This is my first blog, so please bear with me.

*Note* you will need to install SVG plug-in to see some of graphic in here and sites I have linked in this blog.

Plug-in is found at: http://www.adobe.com/svg/viewer/install/

Anyway, a little bit while ago, I guess little over a month ago, I discovered a new file format called SVG. It has some abilities of more well known Flash. I soon discovered that SVG, while little bit less featured than Flash, were totally open-source, and the SVG files uses XML so you can simply open the file and tinker with it if you want.

The homepage for SVG. http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG

This is THE best resource for learning the basics and seeing what it can do.

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~clm/svgintro/svgintro.html

More advanced demos. A must-see to see what SVG can really do.

http://home.earthlink.net/~edwardsrg/Adobe/AdobeTutorial.html

Abode is not the source of SVG format, but they had supported the format and made a plug-in, which you will need to download to see SVG graphics.

Now that you’re done, let’s see some of my own work.

First, I wanted to just play around with some animations.

*EDIT* OOPS apperently prohosting won't allow you to view SVG as is, but you can right click links to download the svg files then view them locally.

Very basic, but looks good.

But it was so basic, so I wanted to try out and use more advanced graphic and effects. This is the result.

This is made from very few shapes. There are 2 circles, one text object and a path. That’s all. You can edit the file and see what I had done.

Programs used:

SodiPodi to make the SVG in first place, with all the fancy graphics.

Abode’s plug-in for viewing SVG on website.

Notepad to add effects since SodiPodi is still quite new.

I hope this blog has been a enjoyable read for you.