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Create ICNS file from SVG file (with ImageMagick)
#! /bin/bash
###
### svg2icns.bash
### Create ICNS file from SVG
###
### See also:
### <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12306223/how-to-manually-create-icns-files-using-iconutil#39678276>
### <https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/GraphicsAnimation/Conceptual/HighResolutionOSX/Optimizing/Optimizing.html>
###
script="$(basename $0 .bash)"
: ${MAGICK_HOME?Requires ImageMagick to be installed}
CONVERT_BIN="${MAGICK_HOME}/bin/convert"
## Usage function
usage() {
cat <<END_USAGE >&2
Usage: ${script} <svgfilename> [<icnsfilename>]
svgfilename: input file in SVG format
icnsfilename: output file in ICNS format (optional)
END_USAGE
}
## Call usage() function if args not supplied
argc="$#"
if [[ "$argc" -lt 1 ]] || [[ "$argc" -gt 2 ]];
then
usage
exit 1
fi
## Verify first positional argument
svgfilename="$1"
if [ ! -f "${svgfilename}" ];
then
usage
echo "${script}: no such file: ${svgfilename}" >&2
exit 1
else
## Verify scalable vector graphics file
$(file "${svgfilename}" | cut -d':' -f2- | grep -qs 'SVG')
if [ "$?" -ne 0 ];
then
usage
echo "${script}: SVG file required: ${svgfilename}" >&2
exit 1
fi
fi
## Verify second positional argument if given
if [ "$argc" -eq 2 ];
then
icnsfilename="$2"
if [ -n "${icnsfilename}" ];
then
## Ensure file extension
ext=${icnsfilename##*.}
if [ "$ext" != "icns" ];
then
icnsfilename="${icnsfilename}.icns"
fi
else
## Given empty string as second arg
icnsfilename="${svgfilename%.*}.icns"
fi
else
## No second arg
icnsfilename="${svgfilename%.*}.icns"
fi
## Create iconset directory if necessary
iconsetdirname="${icnsfilename%.*}.iconset"
mkdir -p "${iconsetdirname}"
##+---------------------+--------------------+--------------+
##| filename | resolution, pixels | density, PPI |
##+---------------------+--------------------+--------------+
##| icon_16x16.png | 16x16 | 72 |
##| [email protected] | 32x32 | 144 |
##| icon_32x32.png | 32x32 | 72 |
##| [email protected] | 64x64 | 144 |
##| icon_128x128.png | 128x128 | 72 |
##| [email protected] | 256x256 | 144 |
##| icon_256x256.png | 256x256 | 72 |
##| [email protected] | 512x512 | 144 |
##| icon_512x512.png | 512x512 | 72 |
##| [email protected] | 1024x1024 | 144 |
##+---------------------+--------------------+--------------+
## Create PNG files as described in table
sizes=( 16 32 128 256 512 )
densities=( 72 144 )
for size in "${sizes[@]}"
do
dimen="${size}x${size}"
for density in "${densities[@]}"
do
if [ "${density}" == "72" ];
then
## std
resolution="${dimen}"
scale=""
else
## hires
resolution="$(( $size * 2 ))x$(( $size * 2 ))"
scale="@2x"
fi
pngfilename="${iconsetdirname}/icon_${dimen}${scale}.png"
#echo \
${CONVERT_BIN} \
-background "none" \
-density "${density}" \
-resize "${resolution}!" \
-units "PixelsPerInch" \
"${svgfilename}" \
"${pngfilename}"
if [ "$?" -ne 0 ];
then
echo "${script}: error creating icon file: ${pngfilename}" >&2
exit 1
fi
done
done
## Convert iconset to ICNS file
iconutil --convert icns "${iconsetdirname}"
if [ "$?" -ne 0 ];
then
echo "${script}: error converting iconset to ICNS: ${iconsetdirname}" >&2
exit 1
else
rm -rf "${iconsetdirname}"
fi
exit 0
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ZuBB commented Jun 1, 2023

patch to this to work with the recent version

vv@my-precious /tmp $ diff svg2icns.bash.sh svg2icns.bash.txt
14c14,15
< CONVERT_BIN="/opt/homebrew/bin/magick"
---
> : ${MAGICK_HOME?Requires ImageMagick to be installed}
> CONVERT_BIN="${MAGICK_HOME}/bin/convert"
114,115d114
<            -density "${density}" \
<            "${svgfilename}" \
117c116
<            -transparent white \ # I needed it
---
>            -density "${density}" \
119a119
>            "${svgfilename}" \
vv@my-precious /tmp $ 

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