tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post2670458137727124464..comments2024-03-14T00:48:28.113-04:00Comments on Real World Illustrator: Do you use SVG?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795570164435872662noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-34884735520411759672010-05-02T14:39:43.627-04:002010-05-02T14:39:43.627-04:00I believe SVG should be better supported by browse...I believe SVG should be better supported by browsers as it has potential to be the EPS/ AI of the web. No more flash workarounds when all you want is a scalable graphic.<br />I wonder why it never caught on but hey, CSS took a while also.....<br /><br />I would definitely like to learn more about it. And shame on Adobe to drop support.Leonhttp://www.leonouwendijk.nlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-38937073850292448202010-01-06T17:25:40.107-05:002010-01-06T17:25:40.107-05:00I thought SVG was pretty much dead, and now I see ...I thought SVG was pretty much dead, and now I see that Microsoft (of all people! What happened to silverlight?!) wants to join up again? http://bit.ly/5JmcUi<br />The world is all topsy turvy!David Blatnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18193011249550786496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-49573553083696752152009-10-13T18:25:39.593-04:002009-10-13T18:25:39.593-04:00I bet lots of Illustrator users would use SVG more...I bet lots of Illustrator users would use SVG more if they knew more about it - so I think you should tell us more!digimomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15296872810589270533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-71523301791893814152008-11-05T12:09:00.000-05:002008-11-05T12:09:00.000-05:00We're starting to use SVG extensively because we'r...We're starting to use SVG extensively because we're creating technical graphics for our data sheets that need to be viewed on both the Web (in our CMS) and rendered to high-fidelity PDF via our XSL:FO rendering engine. It works quite well, but we've hit a snag with Symbols. Illustrator saves glyphs in the Symbol font to "SymbolMT" in the actual XML code. SymbolMT isn't recognized by the rendering engine, so it doesn't render certain mathematical symbols. The workaround is to manually replace the symbols in the XML file with XML entities, but we'd rather have Illustrator save to the normal Symbol font. Any suggestions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-86450787414258781262008-01-18T04:03:00.000-05:002008-01-18T04:03:00.000-05:00I've only started using SVG lately as I still see ...I've only started using SVG lately as I still see it as the best Vector format for webdevelopment and design. Proprietary is dead! Okay, God ain't dead either despite the bold claim by Nietze, but open standards will be a lot more important in the EU at least and India and China will have a lot more fun using non-licenced formats as well. This apart from the archival adavntages of SVG as XML language.<BR/><BR/>SVG is a strong concept, but lacks a good interpreter. It's growing in scope though and getting serious following from the avant garde. But let's face it, graphics designers in general are a tad conservative. Just look at the amount of Apple centered saps you'll find in the field. Like driving an oldtimer for it's classy style.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-42856982656923842282007-11-12T14:34:00.000-05:002007-11-12T14:34:00.000-05:00I've neer had a use for SVG. The only reason I hav...I've neer had a use for SVG. The only reason I have ever looked into learning it is because it's on the Illustrator ACE exam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-57354144393833731562007-11-09T23:41:00.000-05:002007-11-09T23:41:00.000-05:00As a major contributor to the Open Clip Art Librar...As a major contributor to the Open Clip Art Library (openclipart.org) I use it all the time. It is the standard format there. Illustrator is a lot more advanced than Inkscape but Illustrator doesn't support full SVG standards yet and has trouble opening some files. It also can make bloated files if one isn't careful with their work path. But I depend on Adobe for bloat.Johnny Automatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02645115478710630705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-65839177807607045642007-11-09T22:39:00.000-05:002007-11-09T22:39:00.000-05:00I'm a contributor to fotolia.com and they recently...I'm a contributor to fotolia.com and they recently introduced svg as a format for contributors and buyers.<BR/>So far, I've created a bunch of artwork in svg but buyers seem to be still interested in jpg files only, even though there is a svg version of the same file available. Considering that istock is selling artwork as *.ai files with great success - I got no idea why fotolia chose not to. The same goes for animations, fotolia prefers svg over flash as well..weird.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121734597461689281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-45324354410100756322007-11-08T19:58:00.000-05:002007-11-08T19:58:00.000-05:00I mainly work in print and have never used SVG.I mainly work in print and have never used SVG.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-51496196625115236822007-11-08T16:32:00.000-05:002007-11-08T16:32:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806387453057652583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-67809706008974214852007-11-08T16:31:00.000-05:002007-11-08T16:31:00.000-05:00Adobe dropped their support for the SVG viewer...S...Adobe dropped their support for the SVG viewer...<BR/>So the mashup of javascript and SVG, I believe greatly depends on the viewer being able to parse the combination of JS and SVG. Pur SVG can be viewed ok in FireFox (not sure about IE). The SVG xml synthax is quite well and could be useful for data binding (e.g. SVG - to Flash).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806387453057652583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-59168672198169231852007-11-08T08:28:00.000-05:002007-11-08T08:28:00.000-05:00I wanted to learn to use SVG, but now I'm wonderin...I wanted to learn to use SVG, but now I'm wondering- does it have any use that I can't get from SWF?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-67625721696827902392007-11-08T07:53:00.000-05:002007-11-08T07:53:00.000-05:00All the times I tried to export as SVG in Illustra...All the times I tried to export as SVG in Illustrator (for Wikipedia), it was a mess, probably, more my fault than the programs. After the first few tries, I decided to use Inkscape when drawing for Wikipedia, which fortunately is not very frequent.Alexandre Giesbrechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17787402115916448370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-16410412091538571972007-11-07T16:29:00.000-05:002007-11-07T16:29:00.000-05:00I wrote about SVG back in 1999 in Adobe Magazine, ...I wrote about SVG back in 1999 in Adobe Magazine, and surprisingly little has changed since then. If you want to read the article, you can find it <A HREF="http://www.adobe.com/products/adobemag/archive/pdfs/99smtsdb.pdf" REL="nofollow">in PDF format at this archive.</A>. <BR/><BR/>Back then, Microsoft and Adobe were both very pro-SVG, but then MS backed off (later to come out with WPF/Silverlight, which is similar to SVG in some ways), and as others have pointed out here, Adobe has lost interest, too, due to Flash.<BR/><BR/>SVG has a lot going for it... just not the stuff it needs to survive.David Blatnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18193011249550786496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-79602538306511548252007-11-07T15:55:00.000-05:002007-11-07T15:55:00.000-05:00I'd love to use it if the browsers which (claim to...I'd love to use it if the browsers which (claim to) support it could stop crashing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-49928863443540886692007-11-07T12:17:00.000-05:002007-11-07T12:17:00.000-05:00What makes me want to play with SVG is this nice w...What makes me want to play with SVG is this nice web application: http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahl2005/onlineatlas/atlas.svgz<BR/><BR/>Let's go learn some JavaScript...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-40899011606916453812007-11-07T09:32:00.000-05:002007-11-07T09:32:00.000-05:00I only use SVG when I have to export a path for im...I only use SVG when I have to export a path for import into Blender, since Illustrator's eps files don't seem to work very well for some reason.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05517885535662990499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-15039388590472054282007-11-07T08:43:00.000-05:002007-11-07T08:43:00.000-05:00I don't use the svg format because i don't really ...I don't use the svg format because i don't really know what it is - I know the definition of it; but anything more than that is foggy.<BR/>Is it only for web?<BR/>will it ruin my site's accessibilty (i work for the governemnt and it's a strict guidline)?<BR/>what are the advantages over flash content (if it's accessibility, i'm sold!)<BR/><BR/>will svg hold my spot color definitions for color accuracy with different creators?<BR/><BR/>It seems like with the (impending/rumored) rise of resolution independence, either flash or svg would be perfect in arenas where a png won't cut it (i'm thinking User Interfaces, etc).<BR/><BR/>If you've got time, i'll read posts about svg.Brandon Whitesellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01489566847126266968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-42932535338962331092007-11-07T08:13:00.000-05:002007-11-07T08:13:00.000-05:00A client had an SVG file for me to use but I haven...A client had an SVG file for me to use but I haven't purposely saved something as an SVG file.<BR/><BR/>I have shied away from it because I was concerned non-graphic people wouldn't be able to read it when they came to my web site.<BR/><BR/>Also, I have cartoons on my site. Many people swipe them when they are jpegs and gifs. I was afraid they would have even more incentive if they knew how to use a high res, vector SVG file.<BR/><BR/>I may prefer an Acrobat file because I can at least put security features into the file.Kevin Spearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02055073927901066940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-52198531740305897702007-11-07T03:33:00.000-05:002007-11-07T03:33:00.000-05:00I have no expierence of working with SVG. I would ...I have no expierence of working with SVG. I would be interested to learn more, but does if have a future as a format on the web?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-27808441560525272842007-11-06T23:40:00.000-05:002007-11-06T23:40:00.000-05:00I'm another Inkscape to AI user of SVG. I find Ink...I'm another Inkscape to AI user of SVG. I find Inkscape's basic path tools superior to Illustrator's, so I like to start out drawings with IS and then finish off the art using AI's more advanced features.<BR/><BR/>It would be fantastic to have native SVG support in all web browsers. Adobe seems to have lost interest since they've bought Macromedia.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18113401548437527539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-41604805437047292522007-11-06T22:50:00.000-05:002007-11-06T22:50:00.000-05:00I was a fan of SVG when SVG Tiny had momentum as a...I was a fan of SVG when SVG Tiny had momentum as a mobile format but since Adobe bought Macromedia, I don't see it having much future in the mobile space - at least in Japan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-23789317346359649382007-11-06T21:06:00.000-05:002007-11-06T21:06:00.000-05:00I only use SVG from/to Illustrator when I'm sharin...I only use SVG from/to Illustrator when I'm sharing files with my Linux/Inkscape using colleagues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com