JPG to EPS Converter

Put a JPG into an EPS file for print, layout or a sign maker, without uploading it and without losing quality. Most converters decode the photo and compress it again, which adds a second round of JPEG blur. Here the JPEG itself goes inside the EPS unchanged, byte for byte, and PostScript reads it directly; the tool checks that the bytes in the EPS match your file. Grayscale, RGB and CMYK JPEGs keep their colour model, so a CMYK file from a print workflow stays CMYK. The print size comes from the DPI saved in the JPG, or one you choose, and a photo the camera marked as turned is set upright without touching its pixels. For logos and simple art there is an optional traced mode that redraws the picture as vector paths. Add several JPGs to get a ZIP. Your pictures never leave your device.

100% private — everything runs in your browser. Your pictures are turned into EPS files on your device; nothing is uploaded or stored.

How to convert a JPG to EPS

1. Drop your JPG on the box, or click Try a sample.
2. Keep Your JPEG, unchanged, or choose Traced vector paths for a logo.
3. Check the print size, then read the table: it shows what is inside the EPS, read back from the file.
4. Click Download EPS, or Download all for several pictures.

What you can use it for

• Send a print shop the EPS they ask for, with the photo at full quality
• Place a photo in an older layout app that takes EPS
• Keep a CMYK JPEG in CMYK for print
• Set the print size of a photo from its DPI
• Turn a JPG logo into a vector EPS (traced mode)
• Convert a folder of JPGs in one go

What goes into the EPS

Your JPG	Inside the EPS (default)	Traced mode
The JPEG data	The same bytes, read by PostScript’s JPEG decoder	Shapes traced from the picture
Grayscale / RGB / CMYK	Kept as it is	RGB shapes
DPI saved in the file	Sets the print size (300 DPI if none)	Sets the print size
Camera rotation tag	Drawn upright (or kept as stored)	Drawn upright
Quality	Unchanged: no second compression	Redrawn: flat colours, sharp edges

An EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) file describes one page of artwork in the PostScript language, with a bounding box that tells layout and print programs its size. It can hold vector shapes, text and pictures, which is why print shops, sign makers and older layout apps still ask for it.

Print size at each DPI

Photo	72 DPI	150 DPI	300 DPI
1,200 × 800 px	423 × 282 mm	203 × 135 mm	102 × 68 mm
3,000 × 2,000 px	1058 × 706 mm	508 × 339 mm	254 × 169 mm
4,032 × 3,024 px	1422 × 1067 mm	683 × 512 mm	341 × 256 mm

Size = pixels ÷ DPI inches, and an inch is 25.4 mm. The DPI only changes the size on paper; the photo keeps every pixel.

To change the DPI saved in the JPG itself, use Change Image DPI; to make it smaller first, use the Image Resizer. For a PDF instead of an EPS, use JPG to PDF, and for vector shapes as an SVG, JPG to SVG.

Tested on real JPGs

Our test JPG	JPEG inside the EPS	Drawn by a PostScript interpreter
RGB, 240 × 160 px, 300 DPI	Byte for byte the same	57.6 × 38.4 pt, matches the photo
Progressive, 150 DPI	Byte for byte the same	Matches the photo
Grayscale, no DPI saved	Byte for byte the same	300 DPI used, one gray channel
CMYK with an inverted-colour marker	Byte for byte the same	Still CMYK, colours the right way round
Camera rotation tag: turned 90°	Byte for byte the same	Drawn upright, 120 × 200 px
Camera rotation tag: upside down	Byte for byte the same	Drawn upright

The interpreter is independent of this tool; each of its drawings was compared pixel by pixel with a separate decode of the same JPG.

Not affiliated with Adobe.

Sources

Sources: Library of Congress: Encapsulated PostScript File Format (one page, the %%BoundingBox comment); the JFIF 1.02 specification (density in dots per inch); imagetracerjs on GitHub (The Unlicense).

Frequently asked questions

Is this JPG to EPS converter free?

Yes. There is no sign-up, no watermark and no daily limit. The EPS is written in your browser, so your JPG never leaves your device.

Is the photo re-compressed?

No. Your JPEG file goes into the EPS exactly as it is, and the PostScript reads it with its own JPEG decoder (DCTDecode). The tool reads the EPS back and checks that the JPEG inside is byte for byte your file; the table says so.

Is the EPS vector?

Not by default: a photo is pixels, and the EPS holds those pixels. For logos and simple art, choose Traced vector paths: the picture is redrawn as shapes in up to 32 colours, sharp at any size, but no longer the original pixels.

What print size will the EPS be?

The JPG’s own DPI (saved in its JFIF header) sets the size: a 3,000 px wide photo at 300 DPI is 10 inches (254 mm) wide. If no DPI is saved, 300 DPI is used. You can also pick 72, 150, 300 or 600 DPI; the pixels stay the same, only the size changes.

Does it keep CMYK?

Yes. A CMYK JPEG stays CMYK inside the EPS, and grayscale stays grayscale, so nothing is converted. CMYK files from some design apps store their colours inverted and say so in a marker; the EPS tells PostScript to read them that way, and our tests check that the colours come out the right way round.

My photo was sideways. Why is the EPS upright?

Cameras and phones often save a photo sideways and add a tag that says how to turn it. The EPS uses that tag to draw the photo upright, without changing a pixel. Choose Keep it as stored to ignore the tag.

What about progressive JPEGs?

They work in modern apps and printers. Some very old PostScript printers cannot read progressive JPEGs; the tool warns you when a file is progressive.

Can I convert PNG files here?

This page is for JPG files. For PNG pictures, transparency included, use our PNG to EPS converter.

Is my JPG uploaded?

No. Everything happens in your browser; only the tracer for the optional traced mode is downloaded, from jsDelivr.