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Saving files for the web - Inkscape Tutorial
From the course: Inkscape Essential Training
Saving files for the web
- [Instructor] In this movie, we'll look at the options for saving Inkscape documents in various file formats for web graphics. Let's start by going to the file menu and choosing Save as, and the save as dialog box opens. Under the save as type menu, I can click and see a bunch of file formats so that I can save my Inkscape documents to. Right at the top there are options for saving in SVG format. There's Inkscape SVG, plain SVG, compressed versions of both of these, and optimized SVG. Now, the difference between Inkscape SVG and plain SVG, is that Inkscape SVG adds metadata in the file that makes the graphics easier to work with inside Inkscape. Nothing is different in terms of compatibility with any other software or the appearance of the graphics. The only reason you might choose plain SVG is to keep the file size to a minimum, or if you expect the SVG code will be manipulated outside of Inkscape at some point. The…
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