TinyVG: A challenger to the throne of vector graphics
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Re: TinyVG: A challenger to the throne of vector graphics
#2Very interesting! I like the idea. One sort of concerning thing is in the comparison chart on the page, the middle column (the TinyVG renderer) the images look a little blurry to me. Is that just a limitation of the renderer? I suppose since the right column is clear, it means the spec is _capable_ of producing clear images, right?
Re: TinyVG: A challenger to the throne of vector graphics
#3Very interesting! I like the idea. One sort of concerning thing is in the comparison chart on the page, the middle column (the TinyVG renderer) the images look a little blurry to me. Is that just a limitation of the renderer? I suppose since the right column is clear, it means the spec is _capable_ of producing clear images, right?
Author here:
This is actually a limitation of chrome! The images are perfectly sharp when displayed as files:
https://tinyvg.tech/img/app-icon.png
The are just up/downscaled to 3em height so the table looks uniform
Re: TinyVG: A challenger to the throne of vector graphics
#4Really cool work - I've been looking for something like this for some time and have played around with HVIF and IVG to that end.
@ikskuh since I see you here in the comments, I have one nitpick: I don't think it's fair to compare your binary format to an uncompressed SVG file since they are most often used online (and often used even offline) as gzip- or brotli-compressed resources. It would be nice to see an additional comparison between gzipped TinyVG and gzipped SVG to help even the playing field.
Re: TinyVG: A challenger to the throne of vector graphics
#5I have to install a plugin to allow my WP sites to support SVG because they can potentially contain scripting, what a pain in the ass. All we wanted was vector images, what we got was vector images and a couple kitchen sinks. Bring on the alternatives.
Re: TinyVG: A challenger to the throne of vector graphics
#6Very interesting! I like the idea. One sort of concerning thing is in the comparison chart on the page, the middle column (the TinyVG renderer) the images look a little blurry to me. Is that just a limitation of the renderer? I suppose since the right column is clear, it means the spec is _capable_ of producing clear images, right?
Author here: This is actually a limitation of chrome! The images are perfectly sharp when displayed as files: https://tinyvg.tech/img/app-icon.png The are just up/downscaled to 3em height so the table looks uniform
I'm seeing the same thing in firefox (Linux)
Re: TinyVG: A challenger to the throne of vector graphics
#7There are many other popular vector graphics formats beyond those mentioned here. Lottie has already displaced SVG for animation/motion graphics, and for static content IconVG exists and is backed by Google. There's also PDF, PostScript, Flash, the glyf format in OpenType, etc.
Re: TinyVG: A challenger to the throne of vector graphics
#8The examples in his benchmark image are noticeably blurry compared to the SVGs. Is this due to his software renderer or something in the format itself? Because for me most of the reason I would use vector graphics in the first place is to maintain a crisp look regardless of resolution, and if the middle images are what I can expect from it then I definitely wouldn't use the format.
Edit: Nevermind, this was answered in another comment, apparently it's a limitation of Chrome
Re: TinyVG: A challenger to the throne of vector graphics
#9Excluding animations kills this for me . We need more SVG animations on the web. But the state of animation in SVG is a headache unless your using a third party library .
Re: TinyVG: A challenger to the throne of vector graphics
#10Excluding animations kills this for me . We need more SVG animations on the web. But the state of animation in SVG is a headache unless your using a third party library .
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