Hi Rick, Yes, I have experimented with converting Internet Explorer screen captures to SVG (raster encapsulated in SVG code via Beatware Mobile Designer) and the screen looks nice until it gets scaled, then you see that it gets blurry. This discussion is also going on in some other threads here and I do appreciate all the feedback I can gather.
I would think that a software and/or hardware designer could make some serious cash if they could create a way to vectorize any screen displayed either in a smart browser or through a feature of a video card. If I create (from scratch) a simulation of the Google Page in Internet Explorer using Adobe Illustrator and then save that page to SVG format. That page should scale with good quality. Now if I take a high quality raster of that IE (Google) page and then wrap SVG code around it and display that - well I think the hand drawn screen will have a lot more quality to the encapsulated screen. If I was tasked with changing the version number of a software package that was repeated in hundreds of screens and each screen was in SVG format, well I could do a global find and replace and instantly update all the screens. This would save hundreds of hours of work. This is one of the main reasons why I need "100 percent TRUE" SVG format for all of my screenshots. Not only does the customer require it, but it saves time when updates are needed. And software designers are constantly changing (patching and adding new features to software)their product. With that said, having smooth and fluid access to the screens is high desired. I appreciate your feedback and any additional feedback you can send my way. I was told about a BATIK product and will explore that now. Thanks, Jim --- In [email protected], "Rick Bullotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't assume that vectorized screencaps won't look like garbage when scaled...I think you're looking at the wrong technology for this. > > What is the software written in? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:svg- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim > Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 9:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [svg-developers] Re: Is it possible to capture software screens direct into SVG? > > Hello Holger, > > Thanks for the link to the application. > > I am trying to capture hundreds of software screens that have to be > saved, rendered and/or exported to SVG format. > > I am looking for a way to get pixel to vector conversion or straight > vector conversion from a video card. Or, perhaps there is a way to > display a pixel screen in a special custom browser that could snap > each row of pixels to vector format. > > If you know of any tools that can accomplish this, please let me > know. I have seen tools that save screens to SVG and the result was > a .png file that was wrapped in SVG code. > > I need a "TRUE" SVG right from the source, so that I can have > computer menu screens that are scalable (in both directions) without > pixelating and getting blurry. > > Any feedback on this issue is very much appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Jim > > > --- In [email protected], Holger Will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Jim schrieb: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I am trying to figure out a way to take screen captures from any > > > type of software - direct into SVG format. Currently, I am > testing > > > out Macromedia Captivate (formerly RoboDemo) which does a > fantastic > > > job of capturing hundreds of slides (computer menu screens). Is > > > there some way to capture the SVG output from a video card or the > > > display what it renders on the monitor? > > > > > > Or perhaps is there a way to capture and convert screens to SVG - > > > such that the quality is like true vector art? > > > > > > I have hundreds of screens to create and they all have to be in > SVG > > > format, so any ideas are very much welcomed. > > > > > > I tried an application called Mobile Designer but it only took > the > > > Macromedia Captivate screen and wrapped SVG code around a .png > file. > > > > > > I need 100 percent SVG format. Once again, any help is very much > > > appreciated. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Jim > > > > > im not really sure what you want to achieve, but > > > > http://www.svgmaker.com/ > > > > might be a tool that is handy in your situation. > > > > cheers > > Holger > > > > > > ----- > To unsubscribe send a message to: svg-developers- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -or- > visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" > ---- > Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hjh7v45/M=362329.6886308.7839368.1510227/D=groups/S=1706030389:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1122745425/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. 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