Rasterise an SVG

Export tiger.svg as a 1024 pixel wide PNG called tiger.png.

The task

The reference answer shows the job can be done with deft. It is not an agent run.

deft image resize tiger.svg --size 1024x --upscale -o tiger.png

The files are not kept here, because tiger.svg is under AGPL. Its source is linked.

Input

No input file.

Reference output

No output yet.

How a result is judged (1 check)

image: file = "tiger.png", width = 1024, format = "PNG"

Runs

CodexWithout deftFailed2026-11-07

tiger.png was not created

Time: 31s
New tokens: 7.6k
Total input: 158.3k
Output tokens: 1.1k
Commands: 9
Failed: 5

Trace

I’ll inspect `tiger.svg` and export it to a 1024 px wide PNG in the current directory.
pwd && rg --files -g 'tiger.svg' -g 'tiger.png' -g 'AGENTS.md'
output
```
tiger.svg
```
file tiger.svg && command -v rsvg-convert || command -v magick || command -v convert || command -v inkscape (exit 1)
output
```
tiger.svg: SVG Scalable Vector Graphics image
```

python3 -c 'import cairosvg; print(\"cairosvg\")' (exit 1)

output

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'cairosvg'

command -v swift; command -v qlmanage; command -v ffmpeg; command -v node; ls /Applications

output

/usr/bin/swift
/usr/bin/qlmanage
/opt/homebrew/bin/ffmpeg
/usr/local/bin/node
Adobe Acrobat DC
Agent Home.app
Anaconda-Navigator.app
AppFlowy.app
BaiduNetdisk_mac.app
Blender.app
Canon Utilities
CapCut.app
ChatGPT.app
Cisco Webex Meetings.app
ClashX.app
Claude.app
Cursor.app
Discord.app
Docker.app
GarageBand.app
GeForceNOW.app
Google Chrome.app
Google Docs.app
Google Drive.app
Google Sheets.app
Google Slides.app
Insta360 Studio.app
IntelliJ IDEA Edu.app
Keynote.app
Kindle.app
League of Legends.app
Microsoft Outlook.app
Mobalytics Desktop.app
Numbers.app
Pages.app
Python 3.12
Riot Client ().app
Safari.app
Steam.app
Sublime Text.app
TeX
Telegram.app
Tor Browser.app
Transcribe.app
Utilities
VideoFusion-macOS.app
Visual Studio Code.app
Warp.app
WeChat.app
iMovie.app
iTerm.app
zoom.us.app

ffmpeg -y -i tiger.svg -vf scale=1024:-1 tiger.png (exit 234)

output

ffmpeg version 7.1.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2025 the FFmpeg developers
  built with Apple clang version 15.0.0 (clang-1500.1.0.2.5)
  configuration: --prefix=/opt/homebrew/Cellar/ffmpeg/7.1.1_1 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-version3 --cc=clang --host-cflags= --host-ldflags='-Wl,-ld_classic' --enable-ffplay --enable-gnutls --enable-gpl --enable-libaom --enable-libaribb24 --enable-libbluray --enable-libdav1d --enable-libharfbuzz --enable-libjxl --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-librav1e --enable-librist --enable-librubberband --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libtesseract --enable-libtheora --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvmaf --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-lzma --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-frei0r --enable-libass --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libspeex --enable-libsoxr --enable-libzmq --enable-libzimg --disable-libjack --disable-indev=jack --enable-videotoolbox --enable-audiotoolbox --enable-neon
  libavutil      59. 39.100 / 59. 39.100
  libavcodec     61. 19.101 / 61. 19.101
  libavformat    61.  7.100 / 61.  7.100
  libavdevice    61.  3.100 / 61.  3.100
  libavfilter    10.  4.100 / 10.  4.100
  libswscale      8.  3.100 /  8.  3.100
  libswresample   5.  3.100 /  5.  3.100
  libpostproc    58.  3.100 / 58.  3.100
[svg_pipe @ 0x9a9014000
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find /opt/homebrew -iname '*rsvg*' -o -name 'inkscape' 2>/dev/null | head -20; ls -l tiger.svg;
output
```
-rw-r--r--@ 1 user  staff  68630 Nov  5 21:11 tiger.svg
```

head -c 500 tiger.svg

output

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<svg id="svg2" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 900 900" version="1.1">
 <g id="g4" fill="none" transform="matrix(1.7656463,0,0,1.7656463,324.90716,255.00942)">
  <g id="g6" stroke-width="0.17200001" stroke="#000" fill="#FFF">
   <path id="path8" d="m-122.3,84.285s0.1,1.894-0.73,1.875c-0.82-0.019-17.27-48.094-37.8-45.851,0,0,17.78-7.353,38.53,43.976z"/>
  </g>
  <g id="g10" stroke-width="0.17200001" stroke="#000" fill="#FFF">

/Applications/Google\\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\\ Chrome --headless --no-sandbox --disable-gpu --hide-scrollbars --window-size=1024,1024 --screenshot=<tmp> file://tiger.svg (exit 134)

file <tmp> && cp <tmp> tiger.png && file tiger.png (exit 1)

output

<tmp> cannot open `<tmp>' (No such file or directory)
cp: <tmp> No such file or directory

I couldn’t create `tiger.png`: the available SVG renderers failed to produce an image, and the Chrome headless attempt didn’t create its output file. `tiger.png` is not present in the current directory.

Output

Files not kept here, for licence reasons.

CodexWith deft, skill installedPassedRead the skillUsed deft2026-11-07

Time: 19s
New tokens: 9.1k
Total input: 71.8k
Output tokens: 0.6k
Commands: 4
Failed: 0

Trace

I’ll check the image conversion instructions and the SVG, then export a 1024-pixel-wide PNG in the current directory.

cat .agents/skills/deft/SKILL.md && rg --files -g 'tiger.svg' -g 'AGENTS.md' -g 'package.json' -g 'pyproject.toml'

output

---
name: deft
description: "Use deft instead of writing a script for file jobs: PDF merge/split/compress/watermark, image resize/convert/compress, video and audio trim/convert/compress, spreadsheets, Markdown to PDF/HTML, and YouTube downloads and subtitles."
---

# deft

One local command for file jobs. Prefer it over writing Python or shell scripts.

Syntax: `deft <group> <command> [inputs] [-o output] [--options]`

Groups:
- `pdf`: Merge, split, compress, encrypt, forms, OCR, compare, convert
- `image`: Resize, crop, convert, compress, filters, montage, OCR
- `video`: Trim, crop, speed, convert, compress, GIF, frames (ffmpeg)
- `audio`: Convert, trim, merge, fade, speed, tag, normalize (ffmpeg)
- `doc`: Word/ODT/RTF: to text, Markdown, HTML, PDF; find and replace
- `slides`: PowerPoint: extract text, Markdown outline, PDF handout
- `data`: JSON/YAML/TOML/XML: convert, query with jq syntax, merge, diff
- `sheet`: Excel/CSV/ODS tables: filter, sort, join, pivot, convert
- `md`: Markdown to PDF, HTML, Word, EPUB; table of contents
- `html`: HTML to Markdown, text, Word, PDF; screenshots
- `epub`: E-books: info, to text, Markdown and PDF
- `email`: EML files: headers, text, attachments
- `contact`: VCF address books: to and from CSV
- `calendar`: ICS calendars: to and from CSV
- `gps`: GPX and KML tracks: convert, distance and time
- `youtube`: Info, download, audio, subtitles, thumbnail (yt-dlp)
- `file`: Any file: hash, duplicates, batch rename, base64, encoding
- `qr`: Cre
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deft image convert --help

output

deft image convert - Change format: --to png|jpg|webp|avif|gif|tiff|bmp|ico
Same as: deft convert

Usage: deft image convert <image>... [-o <image|dir>] [options]
In: image (each handled separately)   Out: image (default <name>.<ext>)
WebP output is lossless. Transparent areas become --background in JPEG.

Options:
  --to <png|jpg|webp|avif|gif|tiff|bmp|ico>
      Target format (or give -o name.ext)
  --quality <n>                Quality for JPEG and AVIF (default 85)
  --background <color>         Fill for transparent areas in JPEG (default white)
Common: -o --force --dry-run --json -j   (deft help common)

Examples:
  deft image convert photo-1.jpg --to png -o photo.png
  deft image convert *.jpg --to webp -o web/

Result fields: width, height

deft image resize --help

output

deft image resize - Scale: --size 800x, 1920x1080, 50%

Usage: deft image resize <image>... [-o <image|dir>] [options]
In: image (each handled separately)   Out: image (default <name>.resized.<ext>)
Images never grow unless --upscale is set.

Options:
  --size <size>                Target size (required)
  --fit <contain|cover|fill>   For WxH: fit inside, fill and crop, or stretch (default contain)
  --upscale                    Allow enlarging
  --quality <n>                Quality for JPEG and AVIF (default 85)
Common: -o --force --dry-run --json -j   (deft help common)

Examples:
  deft image resize photo-1.jpg --size 800x -o small.jpg
  deft image resize *.jpg --size 300x300 --fit cover -o thumbs/

Result fields: width, height

The `deft` image tools support resizing SVGs and setting an exact output width. I’m exporting the PNG at 1024 pixels wide now.
deft image resize tiger.svg --size 1024x --upscale -o tiger.png
output
```
ok image.resize tiger.svg -> tiger.png  1024x1024  0.41s
```
Exported [tiger.png](tiger.png) at 1024 pixels wide.

Output

Files not kept here, for licence reasons.

CodexWith deft, skill as AGENTS.mdPassed2026-11-05

Time: 11s
New tokens: 5.6k
Total input: 61.4k
Output tokens: 0.3k
Commands: 3
Failed: 0

Trace

I’ll inspect the available image conversion command, then export the PNG in the current directory.

deft image

output

deft image - commands (input -> output)
  info      image -> report  Format, dimensions, EXIF orientation, GPS
  compress  image -> image   Smaller file: --quality, --target-size 200KB
  convert   image -> image   Change format: --to png|jpg|webp|avif|gif|tiff|bmp|ico
  crop      image -> image   Cut a region: --box x,y,w,h or --aspect 16:9
  flip      image -> image   Mirror: --direction horizontal|vertical
  resize    image -> image   Scale: --size 800x, 1920x1080, 50%
  rotate    image -> image   Turn clockwise: --angle 90 (EXIF is applied first)
  strip     image -> image   Remove EXIF, GPS and text metadata
  to-pdf    image... -> pdf  One page per image, in the given order
More: deft image <command> --help

deft image resize --help

output

deft image resize - Scale: --size 800x, 1920x1080, 50%

Usage: deft image resize <image>... [-o <image|dir>] [options]
In: image (each handled separately)   Out: image (default <name>.resized.<ext>)
Images never grow unless --upscale is set.

Options:
  --size <size>                Target size (required)
  --fit <contain|cover|fill>   For WxH: fit inside, fill and crop, or stretch (default contain)
  --upscale                    Allow enlarging
  --quality <n>                Quality for JPEG and AVIF (default 85)
Common: -o --force --dry-run --json -j   (deft help common)

Examples:
  deft image resize photo-1.jpg --size 800x -o small.jpg
  deft image resize *.jpg --size 300x300 --fit cover -o thumbs/

Result fields: width, height

deft image resize tiger.svg --size 1024x --upscale -o tiger.png
output
```
ok image.resize tiger.svg -> tiger.png  1024x1024  0.28s
```
Exported [tiger.png](tiger.png) at 1024 pixels wide.

Output

Files not kept here, for licence reasons.

Claude Opus 5.5Without deftPassed2026-11-07

Time: 67s
New tokens: 14.0k
Total input: 108.8k
Output tokens: 1.8k
Commands: 0
Failed: 0

Trace

Output

Files not kept here, for licence reasons.

Claude Opus 5.5With deft, skill installedPassedRead the skillUsed deft2026-11-07

Time: 11s
New tokens: 10.4k
Total input: 75.7k
Output tokens: 0.5k
Commands: 0
Failed: 0

Trace

Output

Files not kept here, for licence reasons.

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