hello, my name is harvey rayner and i became involved with svg through the svg logo contest. my background is in digital arts and graphic design. i would not say i have the skills and knowledge to contribute to the nuts and bolts of svg development as my own coding experience is very limited. I am more interested in finding new and, dare i say, cool applications of this evolving technology.
http://www.root2art.co.uk/svg_color_selector/index.php linked above is an svg/javascript color editor i have put together using Bob Ippolito's http://ecritters.biz/colorselector/ color selector script as a starting point. the project is far from complete, but there should be something there to indicate what i'm looking to create. i'm sure the script alterations could be done more elegantly by a more experienced hand, but it does seem to work in ie7 ff2 and opera9. it's a bit sticky in ff and, for some reason i can not identify, the svg sometimes fails to load in opera. when the page is refreshed it loads. at the moment the 'cross hairs' in the color selector takes its reference from the top of the page. if the page is scrolled the 'cross hairs' do not coincide with the cursor. opening the editor in its own window would solve this problem, but i want to add further functionality below, so scrolling would be preferable. the next problem to tackle is going to be exporting edited patterns as pngs to my server. i'd like users to be able to create seamless background tiles from their chosen colors. i suspect this will involve exporting to png and then cropping a few px off the edges. the svg patterns designs can be oversized by the same amount. i figure that if this is not done then a thin border will appear around the tile produced when the design edge is anti-aliased with the default background color. this is the procedure i follow to create seamless bitmap patterns http://www.root2art.co.uk/backgrounds/index.php . maybe it won't be an issue with a different method of exporting. ultimately users will be able to order their color pattern selections printed onto fabric. i'd like to create a library of pre-color patterns that users can add to. orders for fabric could be sent to me as a simple list of color values and the relevant ids. the svg to png export functionality is the main issue i'd like to ask the group for guidance with. what's a good place to start? cheers harvey rayner ----- 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/ <*> 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
