User talk:Shinsaku

SVGs
SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) images are a little different than other file formats. You can't just take an image like a PNG and save it as a svg, that would defeat the point. Basically a SVG is actually an image built out of a bunch of shapes, paths, colors, effects, and such. As a result, unlike any other file format like .png you can scale a SVG file up to infinite proportions without loosing a single bit of quality. We use them for simple icons because it means we can get any size version of that symbol without worrying about quality or how clear the image is. Not only that, but because it is drawn by ourselves we can use it under a free license rather than under a fuzzy fair use rationale. Symbols are a bit of a different case use than other images.

Radaghast used to do our svg images, like Image:Mist Village Logo.svg but he doesn't appear to be around anymore. Oh well, yukigakure's symbol looks insanely simple, just gimme a bit to get insckape running on my new machine and I'll make a .svg. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) current discussion Dec 7, 2008 @ 00:36 (UTC)


 * Erm, scratch that, you just should have actually looked to see if we had the icon or not. Image:Yukigakure Symbol.svg already exists. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) current discussion Dec 7, 2008 @ 00:39 (UTC)