Change canvas size and fit original image inside it, preserving aspect ratio.

[core_69]

Hi,

It's my first post.

I've searched for this and found only "-border" and "-extend" options, but they don't give you the actual control over canvas size.
May be I need to use a combination of a some basic options.
So let's say my original image is 300x200 in size. What I need is a command-line, which will resize canvas to a given size and fit original image inside it, preserving aspect ratio.
So if I specify new canvas size 900x900 the original image should become 900x600 and be center-aligned inside 900x900 canvas.
Again if I specify canvas size to 500x100, the original image should become 150x100 and be center-aligned inside 500x100 canvas.



Any help with this will be greatly appreciated!

Thank you developers for a great program!

[snibgo]

"-resize" does exactly what you ask for.

[core_69]

"-resize" does exactly what you ask for.

Sorry, I didn't described my question well, I'll edit it now.
Thanks

[snibgo]

Okay. You need both "-resize" and "-extent", such as:

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convert in.png -resize 900x900 -background Black -gravity center -extent 900x900 out.png

[core_69]

Okay. You need both "-resize" and "-extent", such as:

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convert in.png -resize 900x900 -background Black -gravity center -extent 900x900 out.png

@snibgo
Works like a charm! You are my hero!!!

[pat]

Hey guys,
how can I proceed in a similar situation, but with SVG file?

Thanks a lot,
P.

[snibgo]

Do the same thing, but with the name of your SVG file.

If you want a better answer, you need to provide more details.

[pat]

@snibgo
Wow, thanks for such fast reply. I did the same thing, however, the result is blurred and looks like a bitmap.

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magick mogrify *.svg -resize '128x128' -gravity center -extent '128x128' *.svg

Takes such effect:


I tried also:

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magick convert *.svg -resize 128x128 -gravity center -extent 128x128 *.svg

But it doesn't take any effect.

[snibgo]

First, I suggest you don't use "magick mogrify" or "magick convert". Just use "magick". This needs the input file, then do the processing, then write the output.

Secondly, when you read the SVG, it is rasterised (converted to pixels) at whatever density you have specified, if any. If you then enlarge those pixels, it will look bad. Better is to use a suitable density. For example:

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magick -density 300 in.svg out.png

Choose a suitable density number. Before the output, resize down if you want, and extent.

[pat]

Can you elaborate snibgo? Can't I just extend the SVG file to square & gravity to center? I don't want to convert my file to PNG yet.

[snibgo]

IM will convert the SVG vector file to pixels (a raster image). You can extend that etc if you want, but if you write the output to SVG, the SVG will contain an embedded raster image.

This is probably not what you want. IM is not a vector editor. For that, Inkscape is a better tool. SVG is a text format, so you can also edit it with a text editor, or the "sed" tool, or whatever.

[pat]

Thank you

[Dward0]

This is great! How would I resize the canvas (preserving the ratio) for a few hundred images in a folder?

[snibgo]

Use mogrify (see http://www.imagemagick.org/script/mogrify.php ) or write a shell script.