Inkscape linked on Astoundingly scriptable apps

“Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor. Supported features include shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, patterns, and grouping. Inkscape also supports Creative Commons meta-data, node editing, layers, complex path operations, bitmap tracing, text-on-path, flowed text, direct XML editing, and more. It imports formats such as JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and others and exports PNG as well as multiple vector-based formats.”

Another astoundingly useful app on the Macintosh is Inkscape. Inkscape relies on X Windows, so you’ll need XQuartz to run it on your Mac. But once you have it you have a full-featured drawing app that is scriptable using Python.

You can edit the colors on a piece of your drawing and even duplicate pieces of your drawing.

You can target any piece of your drawing in a script by giving it a unique name. With that unique name, you can reference it in one line.

Because Inkscape is based on XML, you can manipulate your drawings pretty much in any way you’d like, and turn those manipulations into a script to use on other drawings.