At 20:39 +0000 1/10/11, Thomas W. wrote: >You're certainly right, hand coded SVG is virtually always cleaner, >smaller and more precise. But not everyone has the skills, time and >nerves to do it, and I doubt it's sensible in every case.
Well, I suppose a part of my point is that this list is named "svg-developers" and I don't see how drawing a picture with MacPaint-type tools in Inkscape or AI or any other programme and then saving it as SVG has anything to do with developing in SVG or the development of SVG. >...There is another one on Wikipedia[1] that was obviously redrawn >by hand (not hand coded, hand drawn in Inkscape). It's slightly >different, but much more detailed and precise and larger. Inkscape >has the option to resave as "Optimized SVG" if size matters. The >question is whether this SVG can legally be used in the OP's context. > >[1]http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Cleveland_Browns_helmet_rightface.svg The code for that image is 28,000 bytes! The entire size on disk of the original MacDraw programme was 99,000 bytes. Properly created SVG is compact and readable. Once you have let these programmes export an image as SVG it is practically impossible to do any useful editing of the code. The image is a dead as a jpg. I don't write SVG directly by hand, which would be very tiresome, but have written a Perl module to create the SVG files. This allows me to do the necessary trigonometrical calculations etc, perform the necessary loops and create readable SVG files very exactly and rapidly, with meaningful ids and comments where necessary. I can also read in fixed data from text files to create the variables needed in the drawing. I can also create Quicktime movies by generating each frame as SVG and converting to PDF. As you say "not everyone has the skills, time and nerves to do it", but I expect a list named "svg-developers" to cater for those who have at least some time, and the nerves, and a wish to develop those skills. To ask why 15K or 27K of garbage exported from MacPaint version x doesn't look good in neoBrowser v.0.002 is not only asking for the moon -- it's of absolutely no educational value for those who want to improve their understanding of SVG. JD ------------------------------------ ----- 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: [email protected] [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/
