Thanks Brion,Seems like folks have created scripts to do just what you described -- export PSD paths as SVG:Though, it seems that while working with SVG is not ideal, at least SVG is a supported type by Adobe Premiere and other stock editors, whereas XCF isn't.-Andrew-Andrew Lih
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PROJECT: Wiki Makes Video http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wiki_Makes_VideoOn Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 8:09 PM, Brion Vibber <brion@pobox.com> wrote:And of course SVG is spoken by both standard free tools like Inkscape, and standard professional tools like Illustrator.SVG is actually a pretty good choice; anything vector-y and things like colors and gradients can be modified at will; and you can still embed raster graphics if you need them via embedded PNG or JPEG.* No editable vector or gradient layers (you can save paths and re-rasterize them to layers manually, but it's kinda awkward to, say, change a blue gradient to a red one with otherwise the same settings)I'd avoid XCF for a couple reasons:* limited import/export support outside of Gimp
Not sure if Photoshop can export its vector/shape layers as native SVG, but if it can that'd be a win. Sounds like another trial installation in my future!-- brionOn Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Jan Ainali <jan.ainali@wikimedia.se> wrote:XCF is alright. For videos we do in Wikimedia Sverige I have started some SVG templates. Mostly because I think text handling is much nicer in Inkscape than in GIMP.Med vänliga hälsningar,
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Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till mänsklighetens samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.2014-11-12 22:57 GMT+01:00 Manuel Schneider <manuel.schneider@wikimedia.ch>:Am 12.11.2014 20:47, schrieb Andrew Lih:
XCF was the first idea I had before I read the last paragraph of that> Wondering if anyone has addressed the issue of Commons-friendly formats
> for exchanging on-screen graphics or lower-third graphics with alpha
> channels for video?
>
> Seems like the .xcf format used by GIMP is the way to go, and it's
> supported in Commons, but I'd like to find out if anyone has any
> experiences with this.
mail. So basically +1 from me ;-)
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