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Re: SVG can do that?

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Post by yborg »

mikekchar wrote: post #67

One of funnest projects I worked on at Corel was called "Smart Graphics Studio" (I'm guessing most of the people who worked on it also read HN, so "Hi!"). It was an absolutely stupid idea: Some insane PGM read that XSLT could transform any XML into any other XML. Then they read that SVG was XML. They put 2 and 2 together and got a billion: You could draw a picture in SVG and then modify it intelligently (through XSLT…

I guess I'm dumb, but I have no idea what 'PGM' is supposed to mean in this context.

Re: SVG can do that?

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Post by thaumasiotes »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #69

Have not seen anyone mention it, but does it make sense to do Web Game development using SVG's with JavaScript? Has anyone tried this? Is it as fun as these slides make it seem or are there downsides to that approach?

Isn't that basically Flash? It seemed like a popular way to do web games.

Re: SVG can do that?

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Post by biztos »

yborg wrote: post #71
mikekchar wrote: post #67

One of funnest projects I worked on at Corel was called "Smart Graphics Studio" (I'm guessing most of the people who worked on it also read HN, so "Hi!"). It was an absolutely stupid idea: Some insane PGM read that XSLT could transform any XML into any other XML. Then they read that SVG was XML. They put 2 and 2 together and got a billion: You could draw a picture in SVG and then modify it intelligently (through XSLT…

I guess I'm dumb, but I have no idea what 'PGM' is supposed to mean in this context.

I'm guessing Program Manager, which is new-corporate speak for Project Manager.

Re: SVG can do that?

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Post by mikekchar »

biztos wrote: post #73
yborg wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess I'm dumb, but I have no idea what 'PGM' is supposed to mean in this context.

I'm guessing Program Manager, which is new-corporate speak for Project Manager.

Yes. Exactly. I can't remember what we actually called them at the time (in polite company).

Re: SVG can do that?

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Post by ddurkin »

yborg wrote: post #71
mikekchar wrote: post #67

One of funnest projects I worked on at Corel was called "Smart Graphics Studio" (I'm guessing most of the people who worked on it also read HN, so "Hi!"). It was an absolutely stupid idea: Some insane PGM read that XSLT could transform any XML into any other XML. Then they read that SVG was XML. They put 2 and 2 together and got a billion: You could draw a picture in SVG and then modify it intelligently (through XSLT…

I guess I'm dumb, but I have no idea what 'PGM' is supposed to mean in this context.

Program Manager[1]. i.e. too many generals and not enough soldiers

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_management

Re: SVG can do that?

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Post by kayamon »

starmole wrote: post #49

This showcases what's wrong with SVG: It does way too much! To be useful as a vector image format, there should be strict rules (and less cruft). Why is there no libsvg like libjpeg or libpng? Why have interaction as part of an image format? SVG lives in an uncanny valley between jpeg and flash/js. I think there is still a big need for a real vector interchange and display format. Right now people pick a "good" subse…

> Why is there no libsvg like libjpeg or libpng?

nanosvg is pretty good:

https://github.com/memononen/nanosvg

Re: SVG can do that?

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Post by kayamon »

By "SVG can do that?", it appears they actually just meant "JavaScript can do that?", as all the cool animations and stuff are all just JS-driven.

Unless I misread it?

Re: SVG can do that?

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Post by noonespecial »

Veratyr wrote: post #65
noonespecial wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You got it. Imported the jpg and traced it with Inkscape. Hand optimized the SVG and inlined it right into the html of the login page.

Logos are typically shipped in SVG or Adobe Illustrator format aren't they? Even the old style ones had technical specifications. Seems odd you'd have to hand trace a JPEG.

Ha! Yeah. I think maybe you and I might travel in slightly different circles.

Re: SVG can do that?

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Post by jankovicsandras »

Shameless plug:

ImageTracer is a simple raster image tracer and vectorizer that outputs SVG, 100% free, Public Domain.

Available in JavaScript (works both in the browser and with Node.js), "desktop" Java and "Android" Java:

https://github.com/jankovicsandras/imagetracerjs

https://github.com/jankovicsandras/imagetracerjava

https://github.com/jankovicsandras/imagetracerandroid

Re: SVG can do that?

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Post by anilgulecha »

jankovicsandras wrote: post #79

Shameless plug: ImageTracer is a simple raster image tracer and vectorizer that outputs SVG, 100% free, Public Domain. Available in JavaScript (works both in the browser and with Node.js), "desktop" Java and "Android" Java: https://github.com/jankovicsandras/imagetracerjs https://github.com/jankovicsandras/imagetracerjava https://github.com/jankovicsandras/imagetracerandroid

Wow, this is cool. It looks like an API capable of things that Vector Magic[1] can do, but FOSS. Vector Magic has been excellent for some occasions where you have a rasterized clipart, but need it as a vector.

[1]https://vectormagic.com/

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