Speaking of SVG, Lachlan Hardy pointed out the Raphaël JavaScript library to me, and I wanted to pass it along. This library provides cross-browser dynamic vector graphics that generates VML for IE, and SVG for the rest of the world. Among the graphical elements you can create are paths, eclipses, rectangles, circles, and text, and be able to apply […]
Category: Graphics/CSS
Vector Magic originated as a free online service hosted at Stanford University. You could upload a raster image, such as clip art or a photo, and use the service to generate a vector-based image. You could then export the image in a format such as SVG. The service was simple to use and did an […]
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Picnik your Flickr
How many misspellings does it take to make a successful mashup? Elaine posted a note about Flickr adding edit capability via Picnik. I immediately tried it out, as the following screenshots demonstrate: [images lost] Just as with the stand alone version of Picnik, some of the functionality is free, others are part of a premium package: $24.95 per […]
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Experiments: SVG Clock
I thought I would go into some detail on some of the experiments I’ve been trying out on the site, starting with the SVG clock in the sidebar. A major advantage of SVG is that you can actually see how something is created. Try that with a Flash file. The SVG clock in the sidebar […]
I’ve written about this previously, but worth repeating. CSS can be dynamically created using a PHP application, as long as the content type is set to CSS: <?php // declare the output of the file as CSS header(‘Content-type: text/css’); ?> The style sheet can then be used directly or imported into another: @import “photographs.php”; I use […]