Path operation automation

[razerwolf]

I recently discovered that Affinity Designer will copy paths to the clipboard as SVG Documents, so I decided to use it for some simple automation.

 

I wrote a simple python script to simplify SVG paths: https://gist.github.com/NickBeeuwsaert/004851e7f7571b288f3c

 

And here is a example of it in action:

 

before:

 

 

Copy path with Command+V

 

execute on command line:

 

$ pbpaste | python svg_simplify.py | pbcopy

 

And then paste back into Affinity Designer:

 

 

I just thought it might be a cool tip for anyone who uses SVG optimization tools for web development...

 

I'd like to set up a Automator script to streamline it but Automator is acting up for me today :/

 

Also: If you have imagemagick and potrace installed (usually via brew), you can rasterize a image from AFD using this (after copying the image from AFD) using:

 

$ pbpaste | convert svg:- pnm:- | potrace -s - -o - | pbcopy

 

(P.S. I hope this is the right area of the forum to post...)