Convert transparent svg to png

[plepe]

I'm trying to convert a SVG file with transparent background to PNG, but the outcome always has a white background. I'm using

with Image(filename="test.svg") as img:
    img.format = 'png'
    img.alpha_channel = True # useless, is True anyway
    img.background_color = Color('#0000') # useless, I can choose any color, result always has white background
    img.save(filename="test.png")

Please assist me.

[dahlia]

It seems due to ImageMagick’s poor support of SVG. Although I heard that it can be solved if ImageMagick is forced to use Inkscape as its SVG delegate (see delegates.xml), but I’m not sure about that.

[plepe]

You can do it with the ImageMagick command line utility:

convert -background transparent file.svg file.png

It's important to supply -background transparent prior to opening the file. So I thought, maybe I can open the file in Wand using Image(filename="test.svg", background=None) (or something similar), but unfortunately the background parameter is only accepted when creating images.

[dahlia]

The bug is fixed in 0.3.8, a just released latest version.

[plepe]

Confirmed. Thanks a lot!

[vvsotnikov]

I have the same issue with Wand 0.6.1 and IM 6.9.10-23 with Inkscape delegate.

[BertrandBordage]

For reference, after multiple different types of attempts, I manage to get it working with:

from wand.color import Color
from wand.image import Image

with Image(filename=path, background=Color('transparent')) as image:
    …