A number of vector graphics editors exist for various platforms. World war 2 pdf books. Potential users of these editors will make a comparison of vector graphics editors based on factors such as the availability for the user's platform, the software license, the feature set, the merits of the user interface (UI) and the focus of the program. Some programs are more suitable for artistic work while others are better for technical drawings. Another important factor is the application's support of various vector and bitmap image formats for import and export.

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The tables in this article compare general and technical information for a number of vector graphics editors. See the article on each editor for further information. This article is neither all-inclusive nor necessarily up-to-date.

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Maya is 3D computer animation software with powerful modeling, rendering, simulation, texturing, and animation tools for artists, modelers, and animators.

1. Inject life into your SVG. With a rich animation library and easy event handing, Snap.svg lets you bring your SVG to life. Source agnostic. Of course you can generate SVG with Snap, but you can also use Snap to work with SVG generated from tools like Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, or Sketch.
2. SVG 1.0 became a W3C Recommendation on 4 September 2001. Certain web browsers added support for SVG animation during the 2000s, including Amaya as early as 2003, but SVG animation was only supported by widely-used browsers beginning in the 2010s, notably by Firefox 4 (2011).

Some editors in detail[edit]

• Adobe Fireworks (formerly Macromedia Fireworks) is a vector editor with bitmap editing capabilities with its main purpose being the creation of graphics for Web and screen. Fireworks supports RGB color scheme and has no CMYK support. This means it is mostly used for screen design. The native Fireworks file format is editable PNG (FWPNG or PNG). Adobe Fireworks has a competitive price, but its features can seem limited in comparison with other products. It is easier to learn than other products and can produce complex vector artwork. The Fireworks editable PNG file format is not supported by other Adobe products. Fireworks can manage the PSD and AI file formats which enables it to be integrated with other Adobe apps. Fireworks can also open FWPNG/PNG, PSD, AI, EPS, JPG, GIF, BMP, TIFF file formats, and save/export to FWPNG/PNG, PSD, AI (v.8), FXG (v.2.0), JPG, GIF, PDF, SWF and some others; recently, also some support for exporting to SVG has been added (via a free Export extension).
• Adobe Flash (formerly a Macromedia product) has straightforward vector editing tools that make it easier for designers and illustrators to use. The most important of these tools are vector lines and fills with bitmap-like selectable areas, simple modification of curves via the 'selection' or the control points/handles through 'direct selection' tools. Flash uses Actionscript for OOP, and has full XML functionality through E4X support.
• Adobe FreeHand (formerly Macromedia Freehand and Aldus Freehand) is mainly used by professional graphic designers. The functionality of FreeHand includes flexibility of the application in the wide design environment, catering to the output needs of both traditional image reproduction methods and to contemporary print and digital media with its page-layout capabilities and text attribute controls. Specific functions of FreeHand include a superior image-tracing operation for vector editing, page layout features within multiple-page documents, and embedding custom print-settings (such as variable halftone-screen specifications within a single graphic, etc.) to each document independent of auxiliary printer-drivers. User-operation is considered to be more suited for designers with an artistic background compared to designers with a technical background. When being marketed, FreeHand lacked the promotional backing, development and PR support in comparison to other similar products. FreeHand was transferred to the classic print group after Macromedia was purchased by Adobe in 2005. On May 16, 2007, Adobe announced that no further updates to Freehand would be developed but continues to sell FreeHand MX as a Macromedia product.^[1] FreeHand continues to run on Mac OS X Snow Leopard (using an Adobe fix) and on Windows 7. For macOS, Affinity Designer is able to open version 10 & MX Freehand files.^[2]
• Adobe Illustrator is a commonly-used editor because of Adobe's market dominance, but is more expensive than other similar products.^[3] It is primarily developed consistently in line with other Adobe products and such is best integrated with Adobe's Creative Suite packages. The ai file format is proprietary, but some vector editors can open and save in that format. Illustrator imports over two dozen formats, including PSD, PDF and SVG, and exports AI, PDF, SVG, SVGZ, GIF, JPG, PNG, WBMP, and SWF. However, the user must be aware of unchecking the 'Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities' option if he or she desires to generate interoperable SVG files.^[4] Illustrator has been criticized^{[by whom?]} for having a steep learning curve.
• Affinity Designer by Serif Europe (the successor to their previous product, DrawPlus) is non-subscription-based software that is often described as an alternative to Adobe Illustrator.^[5][6][7] The application can open Portable Document Format (PDF), Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator files, as well as export to those formats and to the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) and Encapsulated PostScript(EPS) formats.^[8] It also supports import from some Adobe Freehand files (specifically versions 10 & MX).^[2]
• Apache OpenOffice Draw is the vector graphics editor of the Apache OpenOffice open source office suite. It supports many import and export file formats and is available for multiple desktop operating systems.
• ConceptDraw PRO is a business diagramming tool and vector graphics editor available for both Windows and macOS. It supports multi-page documents, and includes an integrated presentation mode. ConceptDraw PRO supports imports and exports several formats, including Microsoft Visio and Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Corel Designer (originally Micrografx Designer) is one of the earliest vector-based graphics editors for the Microsoft Windows platform. The product is mainly used for the creation of engineering drawings and is shipped with extensive libraries for the needs of engineers. It is also flexible enough for most vector graphics design applications.
• CorelDRAW is an editor used in the graphic design, sign making and fashion design industries.^[9] CorelDRAW is capable of limited interoperation by reading file formats from Adobe Illustrator.^[10] CorelDRAW has over 50 import and export filters,^[11] on-screen and dialog box editing and the ability to create multi-page documents. It can also generate TrueType and Type 1 fonts, although refined typographic control is better suited to a more specific application. Some other features of CorelDRAW include the creation and execution of VBA macros, viewing of colour separations in print preview mode and integrated professional imposing options.
• Dia is a free and open-source diagramming and vector graphics editor available for Windows, Linux and other Unix-based computer operating systems. Dia has a modular design and several shape packages for flowcharting, network diagrams and circuit diagrams. Its design was inspired by Microsoft Visio, although it uses a Single Document Interface similar to other GNOME software (such as GIMP).
• DrawPlus, first built for the Windows platform in 1993, has matured into a full featured vector graphics editor for home and professional users. Also available as a feature-limited free 'starter edition': DrawPlus SE. DrawPlus developers, Serif Europe, have now ceased its development in order to focus on its successor, Affinity Designer.^[12]
• Edraw Max is a cross-platform diagram software and vector graphics editor available for Windows, Mac and Linux. It supports kinds of diagram types.^[13] It supports imports and exports SVG, PDF, HTML, Multiple page TIFF, Microsoft Visio and Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Embroidermodder is a free machine embroiderysoftware tool that supports a variety of formats and allows the user to add custom modifications to their embroidery designs.
• Fatpaint is a free, light-weight, browser-based graphic design application with built-in vector drawing tools. It can be accessed through any browser with Flash 9 installed. Its integration with Zazzle makes it particularly suitable for people who want to create graphics for custom printed products such as T-shirts, mugs, iPhone cases, flyers and other promotional products.
• GIMP, which works mainly with raster images, offers a limited set of features to create and record SVG files. It can also load and handle SVG files created with other software like Inkscape or Sodipodi.
• Inkscape is a free and open-source vector editor with the primary native format being SVG. Inkscape is available for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X (using XQuartz) and other Unix-based systems. Inkscape can import SVG, SVGZ, AI, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF (and other raster graphics formats), CDR (CorelDraw), VSD (Visio) file formats and export SVG, SVGZ, PNG, PDF, PostScript, EPS, EPSi, LaTeX, HPGL, SIF (Synfig Animation Studio), HTML5 Canvas, FXG (Flash XML Graphics) and POVRay file formats. Some formats have additional support through Inkscape extensions, including PDF, EPS, Adobe Illustrator, Dia, Xfig, CGM, sK1 and Sketch. The predecessor of Inkscape was Sodipodi.
• Ipe lets users draw geometric objects such as polylines, arcs and spline curves and text. Ipe supports use of layers and multiple pages. It can paste bitmap images from clipboard or import from JPEG or BMP, and also through a conversion software it can import PDF figures generated by other software. It differentiates itself from similar programs by including advanced snapping tools and the ability to directly include LaTeX text and equations. Ipe is extensible by use of ipelets, which are plugins written in C++ or Lua.
• LibreOffice Draw is the vector graphics editor of the LibreOffice open source office suite. It supports many import and export file formats and is available for multiple desktop operating systems. The Document Foundation with the help of others is currently developing Android and online versions of the LibreOffice office suite, including Draw.
• Microsoft Expression Design is a commercial vector and bitmap graphics editor based on Creature House Expression, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2003. It was part of the Microsoft Expression Studio suite. Expression Design is discontinued, but the final version is available free from Microsoft. It runs on Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and 8, and on Windows 8.1 and 10 released after it was discontinued.
• Microsoft Visio is a diagramming, flow chart, floor plan and vector graphics editor available for Windows. It is commonly used by small and medium-sized businesses, and by Microsoft in their corporate documentation.
• OmniGraffle, by The Omni Group, is a vector graphics editor available for Macintosh. It is principally used for creating flow charts and other diagrams. OmniGraffle imports and exports several formats, including Microsoft Visio, SVG, and PDF.
• PhotoLine is mainly a raster graphics editor but also offers a comprehensive set of vector drawing tools including multiple paths per layer, layer groups, color management and full color space support including CMYK and Lab color spaces, and multipage documents. PhotoLine can import and export PDF and SVG files as well as all major bitmap formats.
• sK1 is a free and open-source vector editor for Linux which is oriented for 'prepress ready' PostScript & PDF output. The major sK1 features are CMYK colorspace support; CMYK support in Postscript; Cairo-based engine; Color management; Universal CDR importer (7-X4 versions); Modern Ttk-based (former Tile widgets) user interface. sK1 can import ai postscript-based, CDR, CDT, CCX, CDRX, CMX, PS, EPS, CGM, WMF, XFIG, SVG, SK, SK1, AFF, PLT file formats. It can export ai, SVG, SK, SK1, CGM, WMF, PDF, PS, PLT file formats.
• Sketch is a commercial vector graphics application for macOS.
• SketchUp is a free vector graphics program with a paid pro-version. SketchUp is focused primarily on 3D sketching, with many features specifically designed to simplify architectural sketching. Google integrated an online model sharing database called 3D Warehouse to allow sharing of 3D sketches. SketchUp was purchased by Trimble on 1 June 2012.
• SVG-edit is a FOSS web-based, JavaScript-driven SVG editor that works in any modern browser.
• Synfig Studio (also known as Synfig) is a free and open-source 2D vector graphics and timeline-based computer animation program created by Robert Quattlebaum. Synfig is available for Linux, Windows, macOS. Synfig stores its animations in its own XML file format, SIF (uncompressed) or SIFZ (compressed) and can import SVG.
• Xara Photo & Graphic Designer and Designer Pro (formerly Xara Xtreme and Xtreme Pro) are vector graphics editors for Windows developed by Xara. Xara Photo & Graphic Designer has high usability compared to other similar products and has very fast rendering. Xara Photo & Graphic Designer (and earlier product ArtWorks) was the first vector graphics software product to provide fully antialiased display, advanced gradient fill and transparency tools. The current version supports multi-page documents, and includes a capable integrated photo tool making it an option for any sort of DTP work. The Pro version includes extra features such as Pantone and color separation support, as well as comprehensive web page design features.
• Xara Xtreme LX is a partially open source version of Xara Photo & Graphic Designer for Linux.

General information[edit]

This table gives basic general information about the different vector graphics editors:

Operating system support[edit]

This table lists the operating systems that different editors can run on without emulation:

Basic features[edit]

Notes

1. ^ConceptDraw Basic Script only
2. ^ ^abActionScript only

File format support[edit]

Import[edit]

Notes

1. ^ ^abVia an extension
2. ^Not all features are supported. Some Inkscape-generated plain SVG files yield corrupted results
3. ^Via an extension using UniConvertor. Text elements not converted
4. ^Via an extension using Ghostscript
5. ^Via an extension using UniConvertor
6. ^It can export to SVG but cannot import from SVG
7. ^AI postscript-based up to 9 ver.
8. ^Pro version only
9. ^Only SVG 1.0 Specification is supported since Synfig 0.62.00
10. ^Imports only up to version 8.0 AI files, newer AI file versions needs to save as 'AI (V8.0)' or PDF files

See also[edit]

• Raster graphics

Notes[edit]

1. ^'Adobe Store-North America: FreeHand MX'. Adobe. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
2. ^ ^ab'Import and export file formats - Affinity Designer Help'. affinity.help. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
3. ^toptenreviews.com
4. ^'Inkscape FAQ'. inkscape.org.
5. ^'Why I Use Affinity Designer Instead of Illustrator for Motion Design'. School of Motion. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
6. ^'Affinity Designer vs Adobe Illustrator CC 2018 Comparison FinancesOnline'. Financesonline.com. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
7. ^'Affinity Designer vs. Adobe Illustrator: can Designer replace Illustrator? - 99designs'. 99designs. 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
8. ^Martin, Keith (November 27, 2014). 'Serif Affinity Designer'. Expert Reviews. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
9. ^Arah, Tom (January 2008). 'Product Reviews: CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4'. PC Pro. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
10. ^'CorelDRAW X7: support for Adobe Illustrator (AI) files, CorelDRAW X7 Help'.
11. ^'CorelDRAW X7 supported file formats, CorelDRAW X7 Help'.
12. ^'Digital Craft: Serif discontinues its Pageplus, Drawplus and Photoplus designing software to focus on its(Serif) new Affinity range of Professional graphic design software - ANINO'. ANINO. 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
13. ^'Edraw vector graphics types'. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
14. ^Bohemian Coding - Sketch 3
15. ^'Supported file formats in Illustrator CS4 and CS5'. Retrieved 2010-12-01. CorelDraw 5,6,7,8,9,10
16. ^Inkscape 0.47 release notes
17. ^'Karbon14 Features'. Archived from the original on 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
18. ^'Media Support/Linux/Images'. The Document Foundation. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
19. ^'Media Support/Windows/Image Tests'. The Document Foundation. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
20. ^ ^ab'Adobe Freehand MX 11.0 - Minimum System Requirements'. Retrieved 2010-12-01. CorelDraw 7, 8
21. ^'Visio2000: File Formats That Can Be Imported into Visio'. Retrieved 2010-12-01. You can import the following file formats into your Visio drawings: CorelDRAW! Drawing File versions 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 and 7.0 (.cdr), Corel Clipart (.cmx)
22. ^'What you won't find in Microsoft Office Visio 2003'. Retrieved 2010-12-01. The following file formats and converters are no longer supported:CorelDRAW! 3,0-7.0, Corel Clipart Format, CMX
23. ^'What you won't find in Microsoft Office Visio 2003'. Retrieved 2010-12-01. The following file formats and converters are no longer supported:CorelDRAW! 3,0-7.0, Corel Clipart Format, CMX
24. ^'What can Xara Xtreme for Linux do now?'. Retrieved 2010-12-01.

Animation of Scalable Vector Graphics, an open XML-based standard vector graphics format, is possible through various means:

• Scripting: ECMAScript is a primary means of creating animations and interactive user interfaces within SVG.
• Styling: Since 2008, the development of CSS Animations as a feature in WebKit has made possible stylesheet-driven implicit animation of SVG files from within the Document Object Model (DOM).
• SMIL: Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language, a recommended means^[1][2][3] of animating SVG-based hypermedia, supported by the Amaya (2003)^[4]Opera (2006),^[5]Mozilla Firefox (2011),^[6]Google Chrome (2016) and Safari (2017) web browsers,^[7] and any browser that aims to pass the Acid3web standards test of 2008 (i.e. before the test's 'simplification' in 2011) as this requires SMIL support for tests 75 and 76.

Libraries have also been written as a shim to give current SVG-enabled browsers SMIL support.^[8] This method is also known as SVG+Time.^{[citation needed]}

Because SVG supports Portable Network Graphics (PNG) and JPEG raster images, it can be used to animate such images as an alternative to APNG and Multiple-image Network Graphics (MNG).

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History[edit]

SVG animation elements were developed in collaboration with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Synchronized Multimedia Working Group, developers of the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language, the first version of which was published in 1999. SVG 1.0 became a W3C Recommendation on 4 September 2001.Certain web browsers added support for SVG animation during the 2000s, including Amaya as early as 2003, but SVG animation was only supported by widely-used browsers beginning in the 2010s, notably by Firefox 4 (2011). Internet Explorer supports ECMAScript animation, and its successor Microsoft Edge supports ECMAScript and CSS animations as of version 42.17134 of that program.

The SYMM Working Group, in collaboration with the SVG Working Group, has authored^{[year needed]} the SMIL Animation specification, which represents a general-purpose XML animation feature set. SVG incorporates the animation features defined in the SMIL Animation specification and provides some SVG-specific extensions.

Examples[edit]

The following code snippets demonstrate three techniques to create animated SVG on compatible browsers. The relevant parts are in bold green.

SVG animation using SMIL[edit]

SVG animation using CSS[edit]

SVG animation using ECMAScript[edit]

Though the example above works, it is not the optimal implementation, the animation is limited to 50 frames per second (FPS). Using requestAnimationFrame provides better performance and can reach 60 FPS:

SMIL attributes to identify the target attribute[edit]

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The following are the animation attribute which identify the target attribute for the given target element whose value changes over time.attributeName = '<attributeName>' specifies the name of the target attribute. An XMLNS prefix may be used to indicate the XML namespace for the attribute. The prefix will be interpreted in the scope of the current animation element.

attributeType = 'CSS XML auto' specifies the namespace in which the target attribute and its associated values are defined. CSS specifies that the value of ‘attributeName’ is the name of a CSS property defined as animatable in this specification. XML specifies that the value of ‘attributeName’ is the name of an XML attribute defined in the default XML namespace for the target element. The attribute must be defined as animatable in this specification. autoThe default value is 'auto'. The implementation should match the ‘attribute Name’ to an attribute for the target element. The implementation must first search through the list of CSS properties for a matching property name, and if none is found, search the default XML namespace for the element.

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• SMIL animation demonstrating change in transformation (scale) and CSS attributes (opacity and dash offset)

• SMIL animation demonstrating motion along a path and simulation of 3D

• SMIL animation demonstrating morphing of shapes (paths)

• CSS3 animation demonstrating changes in transformation (rotation, scale and translation) and simulation of 3D

The MediaWiki wiki software automatically generates static, non-animated thumbnails of SVG images. Viewing the actual .svg image from each respective description page will show its animation in a compatible browser.

Libraries[edit]

There are several JavaScript libraries for working with SVG animation. An advantage to the use of such libraries is that these libraries often solve incompatibility issues in browsers through abstraction. Examples of libraries include Raphaël and Velocity.js

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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1. ^'Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 Specification'. World Wide Web Consortium. January 2003 – April 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2010.Cite journal requires journal= (help)CS1 maint: date format (link)
2. ^Festa, Paul (9 January 2003). 'W3C releases scripting standard, caveat'. CNet. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
3. ^Bulterman, D.C.A.; Lloyd Rutledge (November 2008). SMIL 3.0: Interactive Multimedia for the Web, Mobile Devices and Daisy Talking Books. X.media.publishing (2nd ed.). New York: NY: Springer. p. 508. ISBN978-3-540-78546-0.
4. ^'SVG Animation support in Amaya'. World Wide Web Consortium. 15 April 2003. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
5. ^McCathieNevile, Charles (31 October 2006). 'Animating Your SVG'. Opera Developer Community. Opera Software. Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
6. ^'SVG animation with SMIL'. 29 March 2011.
7. ^'When can I use SVG SMIL animation?'.
8. ^Dahlström, Erik (August 2008). 'Tricks of javascript, SVG and SMIL'. Opera Software at SVG Open. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

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