LayerBack

LayerBack is a convert image to 2D tool that turns diagram screenshots into editable Visio, PowerPoint and draw.io files. LayerBack converts screenshots, PNG, JPG and PDF diagrams into editable VSDX, PPTX, draw.io and SVG files, rebuilding shapes, connectors and text as native objects.

LayerBack takes a picture of a diagram and rebuilds it as a file you can actually edit. Upload a screenshot, export, or even a photo of a flowchart, architecture diagram, org chart, network topology, UML or ER diagram, and the service reconstructs it with native shapes, connectors that stay bound to their endpoints, and plain editable text. The output opens in Visio as VSDX, in PowerPoint as PPTX, in draw.io, and as SVG, all from a single conversion. The difference from typical converters is the approach. Many tools simply embed your image inside a file container, so the result looks editable but is still one flat picture. LayerBack processes the diagram the way a person would read it: it identifies boxes, diamonds, containers, arrows and labels, then recreates each one as a separate object. The site's own example shows a converted order fulfillment flowchart where grabbing a shape pulls its connectors along. It is aimed at people who inherit diagrams rather than draw them: analysts rebuilding figures from reports, engineers documenting legacy systems, consultants reproducing client slides, and teams migrating old screenshots into maintainable source files. The workflow is short. Conversions are free and need no account, the preview appears in the browser, and a web editor lets you correct anything before downloading. Credits are only spent on the download, and failed conversions are not charged. For heavier use there is a REST API with an OpenAPI spec, completion webhooks so jobs can post results back instead of being polled, and an MCP server for clients such as Claude and Cursor. Compared with manual redrawing or generic image-to-vector tools, LayerBack is narrower but deeper: it cares about diagram structure and editability, not visual fidelity alone. If you need a one-off quote or a quick sketch, the free tier covers it. If you maintain diagram pipelines, the API and credit bundles are the reason to stay.