SVG for Designers: Using Scalable Vector Graphics in Next-Generation Web Sites - Softcover

Trippe, Bill; Binder, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072225297 ISBN 13: 9780072225297

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2002

Synopsis

SVG Design Classroom An exploration of scalable vector graphics (SVG) from both a design and a programming perspective. It provides users with explanations on creating graphics and using SVG with other applications.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Discover New Graphic Worlds with SVG

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), the next groundbreaking graphics and animation tool for computer imaging--allows designers to create fast-loading Web graphics that can be viewed equally well on a Web browser, a handheld computer, or a cell phone. SVG For Designers fully explains the technology, and offers a practical, easy-to-follow guide to its many uses for graphic designers. Learn why SVG-based graphics and Web pages can save time and money, improve quality, and revolutionize the way Web graphics convey information. Take advantage of SVG's open-standard platform and resolution-independent technology--with minimal cost for new software or training, whether you're in publishing, graphic arts, Web design, or production.Learn SVG--the first standardized way to create Web graphics and animation Create fast-loading XML-based images that can be viewed on screens of any size Create SVG images with the programs you're already using, including Adobe Illustrator and CorelDRAW Convey multimedia content over the Web--with or without Flash files Achieve better quality and greater precision for many types of illustrations and artwork Complement Web bitmap formats like JPEG and GIF with the sharpness and quick-loading advantages of SVG Create, modify, and implement SVG graphics in other applications--including Photoshop, Flash, and Illustrator

About the Author

Bill Trippe is president of New Millennium Publishing, a Boston-based consulting practice formed in 1997. Bill has more than 20 years of technical and management experience in electronic publishing, content management, and SGML/XML and related technologies. He brings a unique blend of strategic and hands-on knowledge of the products and trends that are shaping the publishing and content technology marketplace. In addition to his role at New Millennium, Bill is associate editor of The Gilbane Report, the XML columnist for Transform, a Consulting Associate with the consulting and market research firm CAP Ventures, and a regular contributor to the magazine, EContent. He recently co-authored Digital Rights Management: Business and Technology.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0072225297
• ISBN 13: 9780072225297
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 336