Hello, On behalf of the Apache Batik team, I am pleased to announce the release of a beta version of Batik 1.0. Batik is a Java based toolkit for applications that want to use images in the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG, an XML syntax for 2D graphics) format for various purposes, such as viewing, generation or manipulation. The URL for the Apache Batik project is: http://xml.apche.org/batik Batik's goal is to provide a full implementation of the SVG specification. The 1.0 beta version supports a large number of static features, including several filters and text selection. Among other applications, Batik comes with a stand-alone viewer that has interesting features such as a thumbnail view of the document, a DOM view, the ability to zoom, pan and rotate document and the ability to export svg images to raster formats (see screen shots at http://xml.apache.org/batik/svgviewer.html). Of special interest to the Java 2D API fans, Batik includes: + Two custom GradientPaints (multicolor linear and radial gradients). + Several custom filters. + The SVGGraphics2D generator. This is an implementation of Graphics2D which generates SVG content. The detailed announcement for the Apache Batik project is at: http://xml.apache.org/batik/pr.html Regards. Vincent Hardy Apache Batik Project http://xml.apache.org/batik =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA2D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
