Exporting vector graphics

[Jim Hurley]

>  Richard Gaskin  wrote:
>
>Sorry, couldn't tell ya'.  I know Adobe is one of the few companies pushing
>hard for adoption, as Macromedia would likely prefer not to see Flash
>unseated by an open standard.
>
>But visiting the Adobe site to see if the latest Illustrator imports SVG
>seemed impossible:  all meaty information about product specs for
>Illustrator there appear restricted to downloadable PDFs; little information
>in available directly on the Web.
>
>At Macromedia's site I could find only an aticle about how to write your own
>SVG importer for Flash, not a confidence builder that they're serious about
>supporting this open standard anytime soon.
>
>I'm sure there are other tools that work with SVG, but until these two major
>players get behind it across their product lines its future remains in
>doubt. :(
>


Richard,

Thanks for all the good research. I checked out the site you cited.

I'm sure you noticed that John  Theobald says he uses SVG on Illustrator.

I think I see the solution to this dilemma: Proprietary open standards.

Jim