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I'm quite new to ImageMagick and want to convert complex SVGs to PNG. I've tested several SVGs with ImageMagick and Batik.

Commands I used:

ImageMagick: Batik: Results:

Cube (included SVG + text):
SVG: https://devpublic.blob.core.windows.net ... /Empty.svg
ImageMagick: https://devpublic.blob.core.windows.net ... magick.png (not acceptable)
Batik: https://devpublic.blob.core.windows.net ... _batik.png (acceptable)

Shapes (image + mask):
SVG: https://devpublic.blob.core.windows.net ... shapes.svg
ImageMagick: https://devpublic.blob.core.windows.net ... magick.png (not acceptable)
Batik: https://devpublic.blob.core.windows.net ... _batik.png (acceptable)

Simple (2 circles + image):
SVG: https://devpublic.blob.core.windows.net ... Simple.svg
ImageMagick: https://devpublic.blob.core.windows.net ... magick.png (acceptable)
Batik: https://devpublic.blob.core.windows.net ... _batik.png (acceptable)

Complex (circle + image + mask + displacement map):
SVG: https://devpublic.blob.core.windows.net ... vgTest.svg
ImageMagick: https://devpublic.blob.core.windows.net ... magick.png (acceptable)
Batik: https://devpublic.blob.core.windows.net ... _batik.png (almost acceptable, the displacement map don't work)

Problem

ImageMagick
All I want to do is to convert a SVG to PNG with C# .NET. Possible solutions are using ImageMagick.NET (http://imagemagick.codeplex.com/) OR the online service Blitline (uses ImageMagick -> http://blitline.com/), but it should be possible to convert the given SVG (see above) to PNG.

Batik
Using Batik is quite cumbersome, because I would need to start a process which also starts the JVM so that the JAR file can be executed (resource intensive (RAM, CPU)).

My question is, is there any ImageMagick solution to achieve the same output as with Batik (Note: I can't change the input SVG)? Following things seem not work quite properly: SVGText with text-anchor="middle", mask and including other SVGs.

As stated here 'viewtopic.php?f=3&t=24611#p105829', I will try to see if I can change the svg handler for the windows distribution. I would also advise you to use the new C# api Magick.NET (https://magick.codeplex.com).

dlemstra wrote:As stated here 'viewtopic.php?f=3&t=24611#p105829', I will try to see if I can change the svg handler for the windows distribution. I would also advise you to use the new C# api Magick.NET (https://magick.codeplex.com).

I just tried it with Magick.NET (yes I know you havn't changed the svg handler yet), same (not acceptable) output. And I also tried the online service of Blitline (http://www.blitline.com/docs/gist_runne ... id=5274643) altough I don't know if they use "librsvg". I only read on their website that they use ImageMagick in the background.

If I try ImageMagick local on my computer, windows 8 only lists the following SVG handlers:
MSVG SVG rw+ ImageMagick's own SVG internal renderer
SVG SVG rw+ Scalable Vector Graphics (XML 2.9.0)
SVGZ SVG rw+ Compressed Scalable Vector Graphics (XML 2.9.0)

Do you think that it should work with "librsvg"?

You have to wait till I managed to get librsvg to work in the windows distribution (or failed ;( ). Once this change has been made it will automatically be available in Magick.NET.

dlemstra wrote:You have to wait till I managed to get librsvg to work in the windows distribution (or failed ;( ). Once this change has been made it will automatically be available in Magick.NET.

Any updates yet?

I completely forgot about this post. The current version of Magick.NET and the current windows distribution are using librsvg to parse SVG files. Not all your images where working but it looked like a bug in librsvg. Feel free to post images that you are using and are not working here and maybe I can track down the bug in librsvg.

dlemstra wrote:I completely forgot about this post. The current version of Magick.NET and the current windows distribution are using librsvg to parse SVG files. Not all your images where working but it looked like a bug in librsvg. Feel free to post images that you are using and are not working here and maybe I can track down the bug in librsvg.

First of all: Big thx for MagickNet, with librsvg it now seems to work way better than before.

I've just tested a few of my SVGs and noticed that the SVGText with text-anchor="middle" still doesn't work properly. Only the right half of the SVGText will be shown.

SVG: https://devpublic.blob.core.windows.net ... s/text.svg
MagickNet-Output: https://devpublic.blob.core.windows.net ... ck_neu.png

I can reproduce the problem and this looks like a bug in librsvg. I will try to track down this bug and get back to you. Not sure when I will have some time to do that.