inkscape - command line - Keep Aspect ratio when resizing to specific width/height

[Nicklas Holmgren]

When using command line resizing today you'd do something like this:
inkscape.exe -f=myInputSvg.svg -e=myOutputFile.png -w=400 -h=400 -z

Then the resulting image will be 100% wide and 100% high which is all fine and dandy, however it can look very squeezed.

You might not want such a result, you might want keep the aspect ratio of the original svg.
So a suggestion would be to add a parameter -keepAspect or -maintainAspect

Which would still make a 400x400 image however the actual drawing inside will be centered inside to 200x400 or 400x200 depending on the shape of the original svg.

This is a suggestion and something which I am in need with.

Here's what I used to export the png in the comments below:
"c:\program files\inkscape\inkscape.exe" -z -f=sportscar3.svg -e=sportcar.png -w=400 -h=400

[Nicklas Holmgren (elrinth)]

this is an example of how sportcar was exported if I wanted a 400x400 image. There is no way to keep the proportions today.

[Nicklas Holmgren (elrinth)]

here is the original svg I used (found on google search) found here:
http://tuxpaint.org/stamps/stamps/vehicles/auto/sportscar3.svg

[Kelson Pereira (kpereira)]

This is a good suggestion to export the png and preserve the aspect ratio.

Is there a planning to do that feature?

Regards,

[grey tomorrow (gtomorrow)]

Hi - thanks for reporting this bug, I've manually migrated it to Inkscape's new bug tracker on GitLab, and closed it here.

Please feel free to file new bugs about the issues you're seeing at http://inkscape.org/report.

Moved to: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inbox/issues/1189
Closed by: https://gitlab.com/greytomorrow