Will Anime 8 open SVG?

c6thplayer1 · Post by **c6thplayer1** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:52 pm

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jonbo · Post by **jonbo** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:58 pm

Yes for version 8.1.

GCharb · Post by **GCharb** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 4:40 am

And t does a decent job at it, much better then AI format.

rocky53204 · Post by **rocky53204** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 5:09 pm

The specific procedure... 'left mouse click' on...
'File' (then) 'Import' (then) 'Vector File' (then) 'SVG File'

The standard 'File Open' window will appear, navigate to your file
and then open it.

Love the feature, however, I seem to lose color at times.
Great feature for import of outlines on version Pro 8.1.
Art can be produced with 'Inkscape' (a free program) or
clipart can be found at 'openclipart.org'...

Some fills and text do not transfer well at this time... Inkscape gradients lose color when transferred... In Inkscape use or convert to solid colors, save new file and then import to AS Pro 8.1

hayasidist · Post by **hayasidist** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:39 pm

hi.. yeah - just been trying to get some SVGs imported. does seem to be a very limited subset of SVG features supported - none of the "clever stuff" such as gradient fill and filters seem to work... and the SVG "text" data type (i.e. not vector representation of text) certainly won't import. I don't think it works too well on SVGs that are not "standalone" (i.e. those that rely on data accesed from external websites) either but I haven't really gone exploring too much in that area. And I guess support for the missing features might be coming along later???

Great for outlines and simple fills, though!

rocky53204 · Post by **rocky53204** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:58 pm

Yep, that duplicates my experience as well...
Hope for more integration on next update/version as neat effects are do-able in Inkscape.

chucky · Post by **chucky** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 6:16 am

I actually thought the same, when I saw this thread a small light bulb went off so I tried something that seems fairly obvious in retrospect.
If you want to get good results from svg imports in ASPRO, first apply a union to the paths, then the line work will appear as intended and shape effects will work also as intended.
I wouldn't expect to keep the inkscape effects anyway, but I would love to see shape effects expanded upon in the way inkscape has in regard to vector effects.
Check it out:- just a squiggly random sketch example
Before union, with yucky anomolies when rendered in ASPRO

after union, clean and looks just as it did in inkscape.

I hope that helps in some small way, I am very much happier now.

chucky · Post by **chucky** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:25 am

You can add the rendered effect from inkscape as an image texture.
Like this, - btw this example is just random squiggles with a preset effect in inkscape.
So ignore the art quality, I'm just demonstrating roughly.
Rendered in anime

hayasidist · Post by **hayasidist** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:05 pm

sorry for dumb question - I'm not an inkscape user - just experimenting with scripting in SVG... [because, amongst other things, that might be a useful way of managing assets for use in AS outside AS]

union, if I understand it and put simply, merges two shapes together and gives you a new shape that is defined by the outside edge of both.

so in your (neat!) drawing - the hair etc where you've done the union - you said "paths" - so I'm taking it that the SVG items were paths before you merged them - do you know if they were closed paths? or some mix of lines and non-closed paths? indeed is it possible to, and can inkscape do, a union (rather than combine) of non-closed shapes?

(and/or, if you're prepared to do it, I'd love to see the before and after .svgs)

Genete · Post by **Genete** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:13 pm

I think that if Anime Studio would simply support one option to don't sustract when a shape overlaps itself, there is not needed any other work.
-G

chucky · Post by **chucky** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:13 pm

Yeah hahasidst, most other vector drawing programs have two ways of responding to a mouse or pen input. One way is as ASPRO does, with a path centred along the brushstroke the other is to generate a a fill with a path all the way around that fill.
Toon boom and flash do this inkscape happens to generate an SVG file which ASPRO can import, but when the paths intersect we get the 'gaps' that are not always desirable.
I found the answer is to do exactly what you said ,using the union function.

I think that if Anime Studio would simply support one option to don't sustract when a shape overlaps itself, there is not needed any other work.

I totally agree Genete, that would be preferable.
What would also be preferable is that aspro as all these other programs (including free ones) could generate a filled path in response to pen input as well as the standard method. That would massively improve it's freehand capabilities.
Freehand being a much more natural input method than a mouse.

hayasidist · Post by **hayasidist** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:05 pm

Ah! - thanks Chucky. AS does seem to have the more logical approach to strokes and fills! (but do I see another "option" on the horizon tho') - and -

Genete - yeah - that "subtract if overlap" has always seemed odd to me - (and the bane of "limb bending!") now at least I know a bit more about the logic behind it.. but to change it now - that might make a few compatibility isses?!

Genete · Post by **Genete** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 6:02 pm

hayasidist wrote:that might make a few compatibility issues?!

I don't think so. It could be just a layer option that by default is off.
-G

hayasidist · Post by **hayasidist** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 6:41 pm

agreed - better to provide support for both rather than ...

simply support one option to don't sustract