format for editable vector graphics exchange
format for editable vector graphics exchange
- Subject: format for editable vector graphics exchange
- From: Erik Buck <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:13:35 -0700 (PDT)
Mac OS X does not have a ubiquitous editable vector graphics format. PDF could potentially become the standard, but it isn't easy to edit and many Mac OS X applications won't accept it on the pasteboard.
I have a framework of reusable 2D and 3D graphics classes that read and write subsets of Autodesk's .3ds and .dxf formats. Neither format is truly open or even adequately documented. Nevertheless, they seem to be the current lowest common denominator for cross-application and cross-platform editable vector graphics exchange. Are .3ds and .dxf still the best interchange formats available ?
What _editable_ vector graphics formats are candidates for a Mac OS X interchange standard in a similar role to the old PICT standard ?
Does anybody use Microsoft's "Enhanced Metafile Format" for cross platform exchange ?
Could W3C/Adobe's Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalable_Vector_Graphics be the answer ? Is there a non-java implementation of SVG that I can embed in my Cocoa applications ?
Is Microsoft's Silverlight going to obliviate SVG ? Is there an implementation of Silverlight that I can embed in my Cocoa applications ?
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