Free Stencil Maker
Turn a photo or drawing into a crisp black and white stencil. Move one slider to choose what turns black, then download a PNG.
Make a stencil in three steps
- 1
Choose a picture
A JPG, PNG or WebP photo or drawing. Simple shapes with strong light and shadow make the cleanest stencils.
- 2
Set the threshold
Slide to choose how dark a spot must be to turn black. Clean speckles removes tiny dots, and Invert swaps black and white.
- 3
Download a PNG
Save the stencil as a PNG to print, cut or trace. Drag the divider to compare it with your picture.
Stencil Maker FAQ
Every pixel becomes pure black or pure white. Pixels darker than the threshold turn black and the rest turn white, so the picture becomes solid shapes.
It removes small black dots that are not joined to anything bigger. Turn it up for noisy photos, or turn it off to keep fine detail.
One clear subject with strong contrast, like a pet against a plain wall or a bold drawing. Busy backgrounds turn into messy shapes.
The longest side is up to 1600 pixels, the same size as the picture after we shrink it in your browser.
No. The picture is processed by your browser on your own device. It is never sent to our servers, so nothing is stored and nothing appears in the gallery.
Yes, it is free with no limit, and you don’t need an account. It doesn’t use AI, so it doesn’t use your free pages or credits.