Re: Image Conversion: SVG to PNG

I don't use a module, but I also don't have hard-core conversion requirements.

I invoke Inkscape from the command line as

    my $cmd = qq{"$inkscape" -D "--export-png=$tempfile" --export-text
+-to-path --without-gui "$source"};
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This is somewhat slow as I have to relaunch the Inkscape process often, but after I moved to make respectively Decision::Depends, that is only needed when the input SVGs actually changed.

If you're already battling with ImageMagick, using something else might be a way to keep more of your sanity.

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Re^2: Image Conversion: SVG to PNG by vrk (Chaplain) on Apr 24, 2017 at 10:26 UTC
Inkscape has good quality output, so if you only need to generate the graphics at build or configuration time, this is a good solution. Unfortunately it doesn't quite scale up for interactive CGI use!	[reply]
Re^3: Image Conversion: SVG to PNG by Anonymous Monk on Apr 24, 2017 at 11:19 UTC
Iirc inkscape.exe is just a py2exe python program -- shouldnt take much code to daemonize it 💩	[reply]
Re^2: Image Conversion: SVG to PNG by kcott (Archbishop) on Apr 25, 2017 at 09:52 UTC
G'day Corion, I did, in fact, look at Inkscape only a few days ago. This was more out of curiousity than anything else, as I don't actually need a tool to generate the SVG. I was put off by some of the issues with Mac OS X: none insurmountable but sufficiently annoying (for me, at any rate) that I didn't investigate further. I wasn't aware of the command line and export facilities: thanks for pointing those out — maybe I'll take another look. Actually, curiousity grabbed me again. I did a little more investigating (in the middle of replying) and found the manpage. It would appear that the first command line from my OP: `$ convert test.svg -resize 16x16 test016.png` [download] could be written, using Inkscape, as: `$ inkscape -z -e test016.png -w 16 -h 16 test.svg` [download] That seems fairly painless. It's also completely untested as I haven't installed Inkscape. Having to "relaunch the Inkscape process often" is a concern. No, I'm not battling anything at this point. I'm really just at the requirements analysis stage and searching for the best tools. My sanity, at least for now, remains intact; but thankyou for your concern. :-) — Ken	[reply] [d/l] [select]