At 11:17 AM 11/21/2005, you wrote: >If you want to convert a gif to SVG vector objects, then you are somewhat >screwed. There are bitmap to vector conversion programs such as adobe >Streamline and the Corel Trace (bundled with CorelDraw), but they don't work >very well in large part. I also found this, by searching on google: >http://www.scale-a-vector.de/svg-test4-e.htm Of course, if the gif file is very simple then these tracing programs will work better. If the file was originally drawn as a vector image (supposing no gradients that might have forced dithering) then converting back via Streamline, Corel Trace or half a dozen free and shareware programs should be fairly straightforward.
This reminds me of a question I'll bet someone here knows the answer to: Last I looked, patents in the US last only 20 years (I'm assuming international harmonization as via TRIPPS and Uruguay and so forth) mean that most countries probably share this 20 year duration to patents. It seems by this reckoning that the patent covering the compression algorithm underlying GIF (at least GIF87), oughta be about due to expire. Does this signal any likelihood of GIF-related software appearing in open source projects? or is PNG just so much superior? I don't really know about the internals of either. David Dailey ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/1U_rlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -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/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
