| | E-Learning Solutions (Content & Assessment Authoring) RapidSVG™ v2.0 Professional Features and Benefits (At a Glance ...) | Highlights of RapidSVG™ v2.0 Professional include: | Page 4 of 4 | - Object Levels - RapidSVG enables developers to quickly reuse objects/elements across multiple pages by defining object levels. Each object may be designated as a Local-Level Object (that is present only on the current page where it has been created) or Global-Level Object (that is present on all pages in the project or certain pages associated with a selected page ID). In addition, a Global-Level Object may be designated as "Global Top" (meaning the object always appears above or in front of all other objects of all other levels on each page) or " Global Bottom " (meaning the object always appears below or behind all other objects of all other levels on each page).
- Object Editing - Objects on a page may be resized, cut, copied, pasted, and deleted. Any selected object may also be resized, moved, skewed, and/or rotated in a single transformation session in which the developer makes the desired transformations and then updates the object with the changes applied.
- Object Grouping - Multiple objects may be clustered into a group in order to be edited/manipulated as a single object. Animations may also be configured for an object group.
- Support for SVG "Use" Objects - RapidSVG supports the SVG "Use" element by enabling developers to define "Use" objects through the Source Editor and/or import "Use" objects from external .SVG files. The "Use" element allows the developer to define a shape once and then use it many times within the .SVG file (i.e., essentially allowing the creation of object templates).
- Object Library - RapidSVG includes an object library, which maintains a collection of predefined shapes provided by RapidSVG as well as user-defined custom shapes added by the developer. Any item from the object library may be added to a page and then customized with property settings.
- Editing Grid - A dotted or lined grid may be displayed over the Page Canvas to serve as a visual aid for increasing the developer's accuracy when placing and moving objects around on the page.
- Text Formatting Bar - Includes industry-standard options for modifying text font, style, size, color, etc.
- Color and Pattern Palettes - RapidSVG features nine (9) different palettes (including gradient and pattern palettes), which can be used to set the fill and stroke of objects or the background color of SVG pages. The developer has access to a broad range of colors and patterns to help create visually appealing SVG content.
The four (4) main color palette types are as follows:
- SVG Colors - This palette features the different colors specified in the SVG specification.
- XStream Colors - This palette contains a color range of over 200 colors.
- Custom Colors - The developer can define and customize any color in this palette. Chosen settings will be saved and retained.
- RGB Mixer - This palette provides flexibility to the developer by providing a continuous distribution of color in a mixer for the developer to choose precisely.
SVG enables developers to fill objects with gradient color blends. RapidSVG provides the developer with the flexibility to create a variety of different gradients. Linear Gradient, Radial Gradient, and Custom Gradient palettes are all provided within the color palettes:
- Linear Gradient - This palette provides the developer with a range of predefined appealing gradients. The developer may choose a gradient style for an object's Fill or Stroke property.
- Radial Gradient - This palette contains a set of predefined radial gradients.
- Custom Gradients - The developer may create a custom gradient using the Gradient Editor . This custom gradient will be saved in an XML file and retained until the developer changes it.
SVG also enables developers to fill objects with patterns. RapidSVG provides the developer with the flexibility to apply various types of sophisticated patterns. Patterns and Custom Patterns palettes are all provided within the color palettes:
- Patterns - This palette provides the developer with a range of predefined eye-catching patterns. The developer may choose a pattern style for an object's Fill or Stroke property.
- Custom Patterns - The developer may import patterns from external .SVG files.
- Printed SVG Pages - RapidSVG provides the capability of printing any SVG page in the project directly to paper. Before actually printing a page, the developer may access a Print Preview window displaying a virtual view of the printed page.
- Previewing Projects - RapidSVG provides facilities for previewing the playback of the project (or an individual SVG page within the project) during editing.
- Customized Preferences - Developers may customize some of RapidSVG's default preferences, including grid, antialias, and zoom settings. These default preferences will be applied to all new projects, pages, and objects.
- Multiple Deployment Options - SVG projects developed with RapidSVG may be deployed on a local machine, on CD-ROM, over a Local Area Network (LAN) or Wide Area Network (WAN), and over the Web (Internet, Intranet, or Extranet).
The project folder contains all the required files ready to deploy locally or over the Internet. Once it has been created, edited, and saved, a project may be played through a web browser. There are two (2) ways of playing a project:
- In the project folder, the user double-clicks the index.svg file to play the project. This will load the first page of the project in the web browser.
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- In the Address Bar of the web browser, the user types the path to the index.svg file in the project (or chooses it from the drop-down list).
When the project is launched, the first page of the project will open in the web browser automatically. Navigation through the remaining pages of the project depends on how the developer has configured the page links. - Web Publishing - RapidSVG includes an integrated web-publishing feature, which enables developers to quickly publish completed .SVG projects to the web. Developers may use the Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard to publish a project to a specified web site on an HTTP server.
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