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Before you upload, compare the size of the SVG to the original: Unless it is a massively detailed image, it should be much smaller. If it is larger, investigate why - perhaps you have embedded a raster image in it (Never do this, it defeats the entire purpose of vector
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Redirecting the output does not work in Windows, the file created from redirection is corrupted (probably because the CR-LF issue). So you have to use the command line option "-o". use "--help" to read about the other options.
95:. This library has comparatively poor support for the SVG standard as it relies on the Cairo rendering engine and may produce visible rendering bugs with some uploads. Some examples can be seen here: 121:
The newest Windows version is 2.26, but Wikimedia servers use a patched version of 2.22, so the closest Windows version available is 2.22. (You can use the newest exe file with the older DLL file.)
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If you've used Inkscape's automatic "trace bitmap" function, or a similar online tracer, you must closely compare the files: Tracing is a good start but will NEVER produce a finished image.
99:. If you'd like to obtain a copy of librsvg for testing images before you upload, it is available as part of GNOME. If you're on Windows, you can follow this (copied guide provided by 76:
If you are SVGifying an image, make sure that it is actually worthwhile: if the SVG will be significantly larger than, and lower quality to, the original, you'll waste your time.
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Ensure that the image has a use on Knowledge (XXG) or a WMF project (IE. If the image has no value here, it will probably be deleted and your work will be wasted).
57:" or some other equally impossible option? It may be annoying for a requester to have the image they wanted improved deleted, but we all have to follow 96: 21: 190: 17: 43:
If you are requested to modify an existing image, check the license for reasonability: if it's a
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To try and reduce size, if you're using Inkscape, you can use the "Plain SVG" option when saving
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The software used by Knowledge (XXG) to convert SVG images to PNG for display in articles is
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You can try run it now, but chances are it will prompt you for missing DLLs.
142:Download and install the newest Windows version of 124:Create an empty directory somewhere, let's call it 97:commons:Category:Pictures showing a librsvg bug 8: 174:It is hoped the developers will fix this. 7: 106:Download the windows binaries from 28: 1: 151:C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\bin 191:Knowledge (XXG) Graphics Lab 18:Knowledge (XXG):Graphics Lab 207: 149:Copy all the DLL files in 164:command line in Windows. 160:Now you have a working 110:, you will need both 47:logo, is it tagged " 31:Advice to graphists 102: 94: 136:into this folder. 100: 92: 198: 163: 156: 152: 135: 134:rsvg-convert.exe 131: 128:folder, extract 127: 56: 50: 206: 205: 201: 200: 199: 197: 196: 195: 181: 180: 179: 178: 161: 154: 150: 133: 130:librsvg-2-2.dll 129: 125: 101:User:Voidvector 93:librsvg 2.40.21 72: 54: 48: 39: 26: 25: 24: 12: 11: 5: 204: 202: 194: 193: 183: 182: 177: 176: 175: 173: 168: 167: 165: 158: 147: 140: 137: 122: 119: 89: 88: 87: 84: 81: 73: 70:SVG graphists: 68: 66: 65: 62: 40: 37:All graphists: 35: 33: 32: 29: 27: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 203: 192: 189: 188: 186: 170: 169: 166: 159: 148: 145: 141: 138: 123: 120: 117: 113: 109: 105: 104: 98: 90: 85: 82: 78: 77: 75: 74: 71: 67: 63: 60: 53: 46: 42: 41: 38: 34: 30: 23: 19: 143: 115: 111: 103:on Meta): 69: 36: 116:librsvg-dev 45:Fortune 500 80:graphics). 22:Resources 185:Category 153:to your 20:‎ | 112:librsvg 52:PD-self 157:folder 16:< 162:rsvg 155:rsvg 144:GIMP 132:and 126:rsvg 114:and 108:here 59:WP:C 187:: 55:}} 49:{{ 146:. 118:. 61:.

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