[CREATE] CREATE Digest, Vol 55, Issue 10

[Jon Phillips]

Ha, I'm on plane, but JC and I met up and hashed out the necessary
parts for the spec. I'll put up on wiki when I touch down.

Also, we need artificial deadline to ge this thing done! :)

Jon

2010/1/22 Christoph Schäfer <christoph-schaefer at gmx.de>:
> Am Freitag, 22. Januar 2010 05:56:11 schrieb Jon Cruz:
>> On Jan 22, 2010, at 5:06 AM, Cyrille Berger wrote:
>> > Ok, I will clarify my opinion. I agree that swatchbook is more than just
>> > colors, that includes gradient, pattern, brushes, etc... And that we
>> > currently have no easy way to exchange swatchbook, between users, and
>> > applications. So we definitely need a specification for swatchbook.
>> > However, what I do not know (and therefor I have no opinion) is wether we
>> > need a specification for the gradient themselves, or if SVG gradients are
>> > enough, or if something is missing in SVG gradients.
>>
>> Yes. I did some analysis and it turns out that once you remove the physical
>> applications of gradients (and thus also linear vs. radial gradients) SVG
>> gradients are a subset of GIMP gradients.
>>
>> http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Swatch_Book#Gradient
>>
>> I'm also working on implementing this *right now*  :-)
>>
>> Well, we've got some stuff going here at linux.conf.au and Christoph S.
>> needs the open format right away.
>
> No, he doesn't ;) At least one ink vendor and Adobe will be attending LGM to
> discuss the new format. An existing draft wouldn't hurt, though :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Christoph
>
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