On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Sascha Ahrend <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Any thoughts on creating an plugin/extension for Illustrator CC? It > would > > be a great feature to have this integrated into the workflow. > > Actually the best way to convert AI files is to import an .ai into the > stage of a Flash Pro file with 'Text as vector outline‘ and 'all layers > into a single flash-layer‘ and release straight away as .swf. > Supposed you removed all bitmap data, you will get pretty accurate results. > > That is one way, but you don't get it in the FXG file format and all the benefits that come with it. Also, it adds a dependency on Flash Pro. Thanks, Om > S > > Am 04.09.2014 um 19:56 schrieb OmPrakash Muppirala <[email protected]>: > > > On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Sascha Ahrend <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Hello all, > >> > >> > >> following a recent thread on Design tools for Flex, I built a SVG/SWF to > >> FXG converter. > >> The SVG conversion scheme is a modified version of Inkscape’s upcoming > FXG > >> export scheme (no release date yet.) > >> The SWF conversion is based on the as3swf library. > >> > > > > Sascha, this is awesome. Thanks for working on this. I will play with > it > > and give you some feedback soon. Any chance you will be willing to > donate > > it to Apache Flex so that we can have the community work on it and make > it > > better? > > > > > >> > >> You can find the converter as well as the source code here: > >> http://www.realcreation.com/S2F_Converter/ > >> > >> Windows users: > >> As Microsoft Windows doesn't ship with any built-in XSL processor > >> (necessary for the SVG conversion), this code is for Mac OS only. > >> However, you can adjust it to use a Windows 3rd party XSL command line > >> processor (e.g. Saxon, msxsl, etc.) by just changing a few lines of > code. > >> > > > > When I built an FXG to SVG converter (reverse of what you have done > here), > > I built an AIR app and called the XSLT function from the embedded > browser. > > Webkit comes with an XSLT converter, so it should be pretty > straightforward > > to make this tool cross-platform when used with AIR. > > > > > >> > >> I also wrote a small tutorial, what may be of some general use, when > >> working with FXG conversion. > >> > > > > Any thoughts on creating an plugin/extension for Illustrator CC? It > would > > be a great feature to have this integrated into the workflow. > > > > Thanks, > > Om > > > > > >> I hope you like it. > >> > >> > >> Best Regards, > >> > >> Sascha > >> > >> > >
