{"id":68,"date":"2010-09-13T21:19:10","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T20:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aimee.mychores.co.uk\/?p=781"},"modified":"2010-09-13T21:19:10","modified_gmt":"2010-09-13T20:19:10","slug":"the-wessex-wyvern-as-svg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/2010\/09\/the-wessex-wyvern-as-svg\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wessex Wyvern as SVG"},"content":{"rendered":"

I needed to find a good quality image of a Wyvern, the symbol of Wessex, ancient kingdom of the West Saxons. The best i could find was the image on the Wessex Flag, below, but it is poor quality and can’t be scaled up. So i had to learn a bit about path tracing and scalable vector graphics.<\/p>\n

\"Wessex<\/a><\/p>\n

Wessex Flag by Chrys Fear, found at fotw.net\/flags\/gb-wessx.html<\/a><\/p>\n

I used a combination of the free open source graphics tools GIMP<\/a>, Inkscape<\/a> and Potrace<\/a> to trace the shape into vector format. Even at the same size, it’s already much better, saved here in PNG format:<\/p>\n

\"Wessex<\/a><\/p>\n

The SVG is infinitely scalable and you can download it here: wessex-wyvern.svg<\/a><\/p>\n

Here you can see the quality improvement:<\/p>\n

\"Before<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is a close up of the eye, which took a bit of work to get the paths just right:<\/p>\n

\"Close<\/a><\/p>\n

I needed the Wyvern to form part of the Bi Wessex flag. Here is what we are affectionately calling the Bivern!<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

The Bi Wessex flag is also available as SVG, should you want it: bi-wessex-flag.svg<\/a><\/p>\n

If you need to improve the quality of an image, i hope you will feel encouraged that it is possible, with a little bit of effort and experimentation.<\/p>\n

Filed under: art<\/a>, bi wessex<\/a>, bisexual<\/a>, computer<\/a>, linux<\/a>, open source<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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