SVG File Format Tips
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SVG (Scaleable Vector Graphics) is an image file format for 2D graphics.
"Scaleable" means the graphics can be scaled in size (made larger) without loss of quality.
SVG files can be interactive or animated. They are usually generated from application software such as Inkscape or Adobe Illustrator.
SVG files can even be generated programmatically.
Tips
The native file format of Inkscape is .svg
SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphics, a document format (similar to HTML) to reproduce 2D graphics including some animation.
- SVG can do that?! - talk by Sarah Drasner
- Help:SVG — at Wikimedia Commons
- Software at PPM that previews SVG:
- all web browsers
- Software at PPM that opens (Imports) SVG:
- Inkscape, Adobe Illustrator, LightBurn, 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"
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