Perhaps the lack of FXG support is indicative of Adobe's future support for Flash tehcnology in general? Oops, did I really say that?
On 15 March 2013 11:16, Sebastian Mohr <flex.masul...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks John, > > In case these "key differences" between FXG and SVG still exist, I don't > understand why Adobe folks consider not to support FXG 2.0 and forthcoming > versions of FXG in their design tools - like Photoshop CS6 (and later), > Illustrator CS6 (and later) and Fireworks CS6 (and later) ??? > > > -- > Sebastian (PPMC) > Interaction Designer > > Looking for a Login Example with Apache Flex? Please check out this code: > http://code.google.com/p/masuland/wiki/LoginExample > > > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 10:55 AM, John Cunliffe <mahn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > second hit< > > > http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2008/09/30/why-adobe-chose-fxg-over-svg/ > > >on > > google for "why fxg over svg": > > > > When initial work on an XML-based graphics interchange format began, the > > natural first thought was to use SVG. However, there are key differences > > between SVG and Flash Player’s graphics capabilities. These include core > > differences in SVG and Flash’s rendering model with regards to filters, > > transforms and text. Additionally, the interchange format needed to be > able > > to support future Flash Player features, which would not necessarily map > to > > SVG features. As such, the decision was made to go with a new interchange > > format, FXG, instead of having a non-standard implementation of SVG. FXG > > does borrow from SVG whenever possible. > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Sebastian Mohr < > flex.masul...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > @Alex ... you wrote this: > > > > > > > Don't PhotoShop and Illustrator output SVG as well? What is it about > > FXG > > > > that is a must-have especially if you are targeting HTML and not > Flash? > > > > > > I don't know why Adobe created FXG? For now, I just know that I need it > > for > > > my work as interaction designer when working with Flash Catalyst CS5.5 > > ... > > > Hopefully, Adobe folks on this list could explain that! > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Sebastian (PPMC) > > > Interaction Designer > > > > > > Looking for a Login Example with Apache Flex? Please check out this > code: > > > http://code.google.com/p/masuland/wiki/LoginExample > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 8:43 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 3/14/13 12:33 PM, "Om" <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > >> > > > > >> I'm not sure what Adobe gains by continuing to > > > > >> spend resources on FXG support at this time. If you can show > there > > > > would > > > > >> be > > > > >> a significant upside, I will try to bring that case to the right > > > people > > > > in > > > > >> Adobe. > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am not sure how I can convince Adobe, but here is my reasoning: > At > > > my > > > > > current and previous companies, Fireworks is used just because of > its > > > > > ability to convert visual designs into FXG. We dabbled with > > > Catalyst, > > > > > but we found that the tool was too complicated to use for > Designers, > > > but > > > > > too elementary for Developers. But, the ability to serialize > visual > > > > assets > > > > > as FXG turned out to be the best way to skin Flex apps. > > > > > > > > > > On the other side, I am very proficient with Photoshop and not too > > > > familiar > > > > > with Fireworks. For my simple apps, I choose to create the skins > in > > > > > Photoshop and spit it out as FXG and just import it into Flex. > > > > > > > > > > I know other folks that used Illustrator for the same purpose. > (BTW, > > > > > Illustrator CS6 still supports the "Save As... > FXG > FXG 2.0" > > option. > > > > I > > > > > just tried it out last night. Not sure what to make of this. ) > > > > > > > > > > Thats the possibility of three different tools Adobe could make > money > > > of > > > > > off from customers who don't necessarily use these tools without > FXG > > > > > support. > > > > > > > > > > And frankly, the absence of this utility could potentially hurt my > > > chance > > > > > of making sure we dont move away from Flex where I work. > > > > Don't PhotoShop and Illustrator output SVG as well? What is it about > > FXG > > > > that is a must-have especially if you are targeting HTML and not > Flash? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Alex Harui > > > > Flex SDK Team > > > > Adobe Systems, Inc. > > > > http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- regards, Roland -- Roland Zwaga Senior Consultant | Stack & Heap BVBA +32 (0)486 16 12 62 | rol...@stackandheap.com | http://www.stackandheap.com http://zwaga.blogspot.com http://www.springactionscript.org http://www.as3commons.org
