Hi Andrew a_matseevsky wrote: >It is not the first time when I'm trying to explain: there is no way to create perfect raster to vector converter (conversion from JPG to SVG is in fact this op) without advanced gradient fills support. Linear, radial and meshes-based methods are too primitive. Visit http://www.smartfills and download SVSViewer.zip. This prog contents some image files. These files has been created with my converter, what converts raster images to something like SVG files. Actually, theses files with SVS extension content set of records, what could be included into SVG too (this is why I name my vectors SVS- something as close to SVG as possible). Currently I'm trying to enhance conversion algorithm and structure of SVS files too: I see, that there are some things, what could be done better. But, even current state of advanced gradients fill shows enough clear, how flexible and impressive SVG graphic could be. P.S. If someone wants to play with my converter a little, let me know
Yes, I wondered if you had seen the things about "diffusion curves" introduced at this year's SIGGraph. http://artis.imag.fr/Publications/2008/OBWBTS08/diffusion_curves.pdf . It was presented by some folks from INRIA, Grenoble U, U of Washington and Adobe. They seem to be talking about much the same thing as what you have been talking about and have similar observations about the limitations of more "primitive" gradients. It starts with a cubic bezier and then allows color gradients on either side, together with a set of blur control points that control the transitions between the two halves. They also have come up with a way of computing all this in a practical way, that looks very promising. A brief demo can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEVe7vU5WiU . The work certainly reminded me of what you've been working with for some years now, though it may in fact be a quite distinct approach. Regards David [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: svg-developers-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ----Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:svg-developers-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:svg-developers-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: svg-developers-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
