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Documentation The SVG Factory provides most drawing
software packages with the ability to create SVG files,
the new vector-based graphics standard for the internet.
Getting
Started
Converting
Graphics to SVG
What's
the Difference Between SVG and SVGZ?
Optimizing
Your SVG Files
Configuring
the SVG Factory
SVG
Factory Limitations
Licensing
Information
Getting Started
1. In your favorite drawing program, copy an image to the
clipboard.
2. Switch to the SVG Factory and choose “Paste”
from the “Edit” menu.
Or…
1. Export your graphic as a WMF or BMP file.
2. Use the “File” menu to convert that file
into an SVG file.
Converting Graphics to SVG
How To Convert a Clipboard Image to SVG
or SVGZ
1. Switch to another graphics program like CorelDRAW or
Adobe Illustrator.
2. Copy a graphic to the clipboard by choosing
“Copy” from the “Edit” menu.
3. Switch to the SVG Factory.
4. Choose “Paste” from the “Edit”
menu.
5. A “Save As” dialog box will appear, which
will let you choose to save the file as SVG or SVGZ.
When you copy an image to the clipboard, most drawing
programs will provide a copy of the image in the WMF or
BMP format, among others. WMF is the format that the SVG
Factory prefers; if it is not available, then the BMP
format is used instead.
How To Convert a File to SVG
1. From your drawing program, export an image file in the
Windows metafile (WMF) or BMP format.
2. From the SVG Factory, choose “Convert File to
SVG” from the “File” menu.
3. Select the exported WMF or BMP file.
4. A new SVG file will automatically be created in the
same folder as the original file.
How To Convert a Folder to SVG
The SVG Factory has the ability to convert an entire
folder of WMF files into SVG files.
1. From the SVG Factory, choose “Convert Folder to
SVG” from the “File” menu.
2. Choose a folder to be converted.
How To Convert a File to SVGZ
5. From your drawing program, export an image file in the
Windows metafile (WMF) or BMP format.
6. From the SVG Factory, choose “Convert File to
SVGZ” from the “File” menu.
7. Select the exported WMF or BMP file.
8. A new SVGZ file will automatically be created in the
same folder as the original file.
How To Convert a Folder to SVGZ
The SVG Factory has the ability to convert an entire
folder of WMF files into SVGZ files.
1. From the SVG Factory, choose “Convert Folder to
SVGZ” from the “File” menu.
2. Choose a folder to be converted.
What's
the Difference Between SVG and SVGZ?
SVG is the
“normal” scalable vector graphics format, which
is really just plain text. SVGZ is an SVG file that has
been compressed using the gzip deflation algorithm.
Typically, an SVGZ file is about ¼ the size of the
original SVG file, which makes for a much faster download
from the Internet. Both SVG and SVGZ files can be read by
the Adobe SVG Viewer.
Optimizing
Your SVG Files
Since most SVG files are
ultimately downloaded from the Internet, it is important
to keep the SVG file size small to ensure a quick
download. The SVG Factory offers three ways to optimize
SVG files:
Create SVGZ Files
SVGZ files are SVG files that have been compressed in the
gzip format, typically resulting in a 75% reduction in
file size. SVGZ files can be read by Adobe’s SVG
Viewer.
Use SVG File Optimization
The SVG Factory offers several methods of reducing the
size of SVG files, including using three-digit
coordinates and using relative coordinates. For more
information, refer to the section titled Configuring the
SVG Factory.
Use Metafile Optimization
Essentially, the SVG Factory is a WMF-to-SVG converter,
either via a file or the clipboard. The SVG Factory
contains many techniques for reducing and simplifying
metafiles, thus resulting in smaller SVG files. For more
information, refer to the section titled Configuring the
SVG Factory.
Configuring
the SVG Factory
Optimize scaling
This setting causes all coordinates in the SVG file to be
scaled so that no coordinate is larger than 999 (3
digits), which usually results in a smaller file size.
Optimize colors
The SVG specification allows certain 6-digit colors to be
replaced with 3-digit colors, thus resulting in a
slightly smaller file size. For example, with the
Optimize Colors box checked, the color #FFFFFF will be
changed to #FFF. The Adobe SVG Viewer Plug-In and most
other SVG tools support optimized colors.
Relative coordinates
This setting causes all coordinates in the SVG file to be
relative instead of absolute, resulting in a smaller file
size. Absolute coordinates are useful when a human is
reading the text of an SVG file.
Replace ellipses
Some drawing programs, such as CorelDRAW, convert
ellipses into polygons when exporting to WMF. If Replace
Ellipses is checked, then the SVG Factory will attempt to
find and replace polygon ellipses (and circles) with
actual ellipse entities, thus resulting in a smaller SVG
file size. In some metafiles, objects that weren’t
really ellipses may be inadvertently converted into
ellipses, which might result in a distorted image in the
SVG file.
Metafile optimization
This determines the amount of optimization that is
performed automatically to metafiles before converting
them into SVG files.
| No optimization |
Metafiles will
not be optimized. |
| Lossless
optimization |
Metafile data
size will be reduced moderately, but image
quality will not be harmed.
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| Maximum
optimization |
Metafile data
size will be reduced as much as possible, with a
slight loss of picture quality. |
Metafile optimization is
important because it results in smaller, leaner SVG
files, which load and draw faster in web browsers.
Defaults Button
Click on this button to return all configuration settings
to their default values.
More Information
For more information on optimizing SVG files, refer to
the section titled Optimizing Your SVG Files.
SVG
Factory Limitations
Text
Text is not currently supported.
General
When converting image files from WMF to SVG, there may be
slight distortions, degradations, or minor differences
due to the inherent complexities and limitations of image
conversion.
Licensing
Information
The SVG Factory is free!
Please pass it along to your friends or coworkers, or
post it on your web site for downloading.
Although the SVG Factory is free, it is not
public-domain, and it does remain the intellectual
property of SVG Factory Software.
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