SVG File Format Tips
Pikes Peak Makerspace (PPM) is dedicated to supporting our maker community in their creative process by providing shared space, shared tools, software, materials and a knowledge base to turn their ideas into reality.
SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphics, a document format to reproduce 2D graphics.
Scaleable means the graphics can be scaled in size (made larger) without loss of quality. This is not true with raster graphics.
SVG's are usually generated from "drawing" software such as Inkscape or Adobe Illustrator.
However, SVG files can even be generated manually or programmatically.
SVG's can also be interactive or animated.
Tips
The native file format of Inkscape is .svg
- Software at PPM that previews SVG:
- all web browsers (Brave, Edge, Chrome, Firefox)
- Software at PPM that opens (Imports) SVG:
- Inkscape, Adobe Illustrator, LightBurn, Blender, VCarve(?)
- Software at PPM that saves (Save As, Export) SVG:
- Inkscape, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw
- Live code in SVG with Visual Studio Code and the third party extension "SVG"
Training — PPM Trainer(s) needed
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Links to external sites:
For Additional Help
- Use the PPM Slack channel #computing
- List of all PPM Slack channels
- Note that we have a Slack channel (#job-board) for members to post, discuss, or accept job opportunities either within PPM or from the community.
See Also
Links to other PPM Wiki pages:
Curated Links
Links to external sites:
- SVG can do THAT?! — by Sarah Drasner
- CodePen — build, test, and discover front-end code.
Other Fun Stuff
Links to external sites:
- Rubik's_cube_almost_solved.svg — on Wikimedia Commons
Search the PPM Wiki — include Content pages as well as Multimedia.
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