Category:SVG simplification by gradienting
 | This pseudo-category is in fact a document explaining a technique to optimize and―in a sense―simplify SVG files. The files in this category merely constitute a collection of examples illustrating that technique. These hidden categories are only intended for Wikimedia contributors who want to add or optimize SVG files, but the documented techniques are in no way specific to Wikimedia. Besides being scalable, the images represented by the files in this category have nothing in common (only the files have historical implementation details in common). Most of these documents are in a poor state, as of October 2024, and the effect of some of these so-called simplification techniques would be considered as complexification by most. To address these issues, see discussion about an action plan. |
Gradients are often coded much too elaborate.
- Gradient definition works fine without the
<defs> ... </defs>clamping. - As always, x="0" and "y="0" are the defaults and can be avoided
- Even offset="0" is the default and the drawings display fine without (but W3C marks an error if missing)
- As usual, Inkscape creates huge amounts of crap for the simplest gradients.
Most of the files in this category are examples of simple gradient codings.
In some cases, the Gaussian blurring as another possibility.
Opinion of User:Sarang (Dieter):
- It can clearly be seen that the makers of Inkscape lost the overview, or they never really understood the principles of gradienting (ok, it is a bit complicated).
- For the simplest gradienting, tools create a flood of unreadable gradient code, which normally can easily be replaced by one (or a few) very simple instruction(s).
- As an example, Inkscape always accompanies radial gradients by useless linear gradients.
Media in category "SVG simplification by gradienting"
The following 32 files are in this category, out of 32 total.
-
Fileicon-svg.svg 124 × 136; 3 KB
-
1914 Star BAR.svg 218 × 60; 812 bytes
-
1rightarrow blue.svg 480 × 480; 2 KB
-
Blue-gold pog.svg 64 × 64; 917 bytes
-
Brown tints and shades.svg 1,500 × 250; 862 bytes
-
Colours SVG.svg 450 × 180; 1 KB
-
Couleurs-azur.svg 1,000 × 1,000; 474 bytes
-
Demonstration of linear gradient.svg 512 × 410; 3 KB
-
Ellipse gradient.svg 400 × 150; 300 bytes
-
Gradient.svg 788 × 788; 405 bytes
-
Gradient2.svg 512 × 255; 1 KB
-
Hue alpha 2.svg 2,500 × 2,500; 834 bytes
-
Linear-gradient.svg 120 × 120; 434 bytes
-
Militia Templi COA.svg 653 × 758; 849 bytes
-
Pictogram voting empty green.svg 249 × 249; 440 bytes
-
Pictogram voting wait violet.svg 256 × 256; 633 bytes
-
Qsicon empty.svg 24 × 24; 648 bytes
-
Radial-gradient.svg 120 × 120; 443 bytes
-
Rainbow icon.svg 100 × 100; 540 bytes
-
Rainbow-gradient-fully-saturated.svg 512 × 512; 499 bytes
-
RGB cube example.svg 120 × 140; 2 KB
-
Sandbox green icon.svg 110 × 110; 564 bytes
-
Sandbox yellow icon.svg 110 × 110; 564 bytes
-
SVG-Gradient.svg 128 × 68; 477 bytes
-
Blason Tavel (Gard) gradiented.svg 600 × 660; 749 bytes
-
Translation horizontal.svg 60 × 20; 371 bytes
-
Translation to vi arrow.svg 20 × 60; 385 bytes
-
Wappen Gespalten Blank.svg 190 × 200; 546 bytes
-
Wappen Geteilt Blank.svg 190 × 200; 516 bytes
-
Wappen Geviert Blank.svg 190 × 200; 537 bytes
-
Wappen Schild Blank.svg 190 × 200; 495 bytes
-
Blason French 600x660 gradiented.svg 600 × 660; 587 bytes
_gradiented.svg)
