Inkscape Batch Exporter

Introduction

A Python script which exports all Inkscape svg files in a given directory to png files. This utility negates the need to manually export each svg using the Inkscape GUI, thus freeing up valuable time for more creative work.

Notes

Compatible with Python 2.7.
The export area is the page in the svg. If you need to customize this behavior, look up the build_command_list function within exporter.py.
A batch export option for iOS developers will be a good extension.

Usage

Simple Example

Drag your svg files to a clone of this repository.
Open your command line and cd to this repository.
Run python exporter.py.
View the output png files in the repository.

Typical Usage Example

Dragging your svg files into the repository is generally a bad idea as it disrupts your existing project setup. You should specify the input and output directories with additional command line options, such as

python exporter.py -i <input_dir> -o <output_dir>

Notice that the input and output are directories (folders) and not individual files. After all, this is a batch exporter script.

Also, if you are an Android developer, specify -a True to generate density-specific png files.

About Width and Height

By default, the width and height values are determined from the document page width and height of each Inkscape svg.

However, if you override the default behavior by specifying -width or -height, all outputs would share the same width or height.

Moreover, if -a True is specified, the width and height will be treated as Android dp values; the dp values will be used to calculate the actual pixel width and height of the output at each display density. For example, a 48dp value is 48px at mdpi and 192px at xxxhdpi.

Full Usage Details

To view all the usage details, run python exporter.py -h. You will see something like this:

usage: exporter.py [-h] [-inkscape INKSCAPE_PATH] [-i INPUT_DIR]
                   [-o OUTPUT_DIR] [-width WIDTH] [-height HEIGHT]
                   [-a IS_ANDROID] [-d IS_DRAWABLE] [-v IS_VERBOSE]

positional arguments:
  None, but if the script is unable to find the Inkscape program at the default
  path, then INKSCAPE_PATH will be a mandatory positional argument.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -inkscape INKSCAPE_PATH
                        path to your Inkscape program, defaults to
                        <an_os_specific_path>
  -i INPUT_DIR          path to the dir containing your svg(s), defaults to
                        <the_current_working_dir>
  -o OUTPUT_DIR         path to the dir that will contain the output, defaults
                        to <the_current_working_dir>
  -width WIDTH          sets the integer width of all exported pngs (in
                        Android dp if IS_ANDROID, in px otherwise), defaults
                        to the document page width in px set in each input svg
                        file
  -height HEIGHT        same as width, but for height instead
  -a IS_ANDROID         specify whether the script should create different
                        outputs for each Android display density, defaults to
                        False
  -d IS_DRAWABLE        specify whether the output directories are for Android
                        drawable or mipmap images, defaults to True; ignore
                        this if IS_ANDROID is False
  -v IS_VERBOSE         enable to view shell output, defaults to True

License

MIT License

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