The Sorcerer's Workshop

Here is another example created in Adobe Illustrator 9.0:

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Here is the image:

As you can see the image is only slightly more complex than the first but there is a lot more code. The .SVG size for this image is only 3kb. The .jpeg version is 3.5kb. The same image saved as .gif is about 5kb. Not a lot of difference but you still have all the other pluses that come with .SVG; superior image quality, the ability to pan and zoom at will, high quality printing, and they smoothly integrate into XML.

Adobe Leading the Way
Currently only a few companies have products capable of supporting .SVG. Adobe's product line of GoLive 5.0, Illustrator 9.0, LiveMotion 1.0 and Photoshop 6.0 all support .SVG giving them an edge over their chief rival Macromedia. Beatware's e-Picture Pro also exports .SVG. Other companies are scrambling to support this powerful new formatting technology.

Browser Support
For the present you will require a plug-in to view .SVG content within your existing browser. Future releases of Internet Explorer and Netscape promise to fully support .SVG. To find a complete list of plug ins, editors and conversion tools go to W3C. You can also find out the latest buzz on .SVG and .XML there. If you wish to see more samples of this emerging technology the Adobe Web site has a number of cool demos. The first official site to implement .SVG is Battlebots. Check them out.