Re: [Gimp-user] Native Support for SVG

2009-12-17 Thread Cédric Gémy
It seems that my message has been sent several time. I don't know where it comes from, please apologize for this. actual i don't have any idea of how vector layers have been implemented to Gimp. I guess the most important thing is not that vector property of the layer. IMO, having vector masks (w

Re: [Gimp-user] Native Support for SVG

2009-12-08 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On 12/9/09, David Gowers wrote: > Not exactly. Paths have been available for a long time; however vector > layers were implemented by Henk Boom a year or so ago Three years ago. It was a GSoC2006 project. Alexandre ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@

Re: [Gimp-user] Native Support for SVG

2009-12-08 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 6:52 AM, Cédric Gémy wrote: > > There is no non-sense that Inkscape supports some bitmap operations and > also no nonsense that a bitmap applications support some vector > possibilities simply because in many project, you simply need to mix > vector and bitmap datas. > > a l

Re: [Gimp-user] Native Support for SVG

2009-12-08 Thread Cédric Gémy
There is no non-sense that Inkscape supports some bitmap operations and also no nonsense that a bitmap applications support some vector possibilities simply because in many project, you simply need to mix vector and bitmap datas. a logo on a photo for example : and if the logo can be kept vector t

Re: [Gimp-user] Native Support for SVG

2009-12-08 Thread Programmer In Training
Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > On 12/8/09, David Gowers wrote: > >> Why should GIMP support SVG export? > > Because jumping from one (bitmap) application to another (vector) and > back is fairly normal? While I agree with you that Inkscape is a > superior authoring tool for vector graphics, there

Re: [Gimp-user] Native Support for SVG

2009-12-08 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Torsten Neuer wrote: > The only way to "fully support SVG in Gimp" would be to implement SVG graphics > internally, so SVG "export" could be just native SVG without raster image > conversion. However, in this case, the Gimp image format would need to include > speci

Re: [Gimp-user] Native Support for SVG

2009-12-08 Thread Torsten Neuer
Am Dienstag, 8. Dezember 2009 04:54:20 schrieb Programmer In Training: > > SVG is a vector format, not a raster format; GIMP is a raster image > > editor. Why should GIMP support SVG export? At least, there seems no > > advantage in using GIMP over using Inkscape to make SVGs, and many > > disadvan

Re: [Gimp-user] Native Support for SVG

2009-12-08 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On 12/8/09, David Gowers wrote: > Why should GIMP support SVG export? Because jumping from one (bitmap) application to another (vector) and back is fairly normal? While I agree with you that Inkscape is a superior authoring tool for vector graphics, there is no reason why GIMP shouldn't have SVG

Re: [Gimp-user] Native Support for SVG

2009-12-07 Thread Programmer In Training
David Gowers wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Programmer In Training > mailto:p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us>> wrote: > > I was looking at the changelog for 2.7 and I still don't see GIMP moving > any closer to supporting SVG (which is quickly becoming not-so-rare). > I'd rat

Re: [Gimp-user] Native Support for SVG

2009-12-07 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Programmer In Training < p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> wrote: > I was looking at the changelog for 2.7 and I still don't see GIMP moving > any closer to supporting SVG (which is quickly becoming not-so-rare). > I'd rather not have to go to another tool to create SVGs (