Today I Learned...

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by JD001

Had a small work Xmas night out, ended up at a local Steak house, tried out their triple cooked chips... I should have ordered "normal" chips to compare as I didn't appreciate the hype...

There used to be a Belgian bar in town. They served chips fried in duck fat. Omg!! They were sensational when fresh hot, pretty ordinary if they got cold.

[JD001]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Looks like a lot of work for a few chips. They must have charged a premium for them.

About $45.00 for a 260g fillet steak (medium rare and about 15 chips in a mini frying basket... Steak was good.. chips, so-so..

[Spuds]

TIL the top of a pumpkin is called a peduncle.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Spuds

TIL the top of a pumpkin is called a peduncle.

Not to be confused with ped uncle

[Kaotic Lazagna]

TIL that I can't figure out how SVG files work. No clue how to reduce the file size of the files I have now.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

TIL that I can't figure out how SVG files work. No clue how to reduce the file size of the files I have now.

I predict many many well-intended technical responses.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I predict many many well-intended technical responses.

Wouldn't mind the help to someone who never knew what an SVG file was before today.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Wouldn't mind the help to someone who never knew what an SVG file was before today.

I have no clue what it is. In fact I have so little clue that I would be the worst help ever.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Wouldn't mind the help to someone who never knew what an SVG file was before today.

How big is an example file now?
Do you know why it's hard to compress most image files? I ask because it is possible to embed raster image data into an svg.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

How big is an example file now?
Do you know why it's hard to compress most image files? I ask because it is possible to embed raster image data into an svg.

When I check the properties, they're in the mid to high 100s kb. Gran Turismo Sport has a 15kb limit.

I have no clue what embedding raster image data into an SVG means. =\

What I did was take the images, removed what I didn't want and saved as PNG file using Photoshop. Then I used Illustrator to save those as SVG files (1.1).

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

When I check the properties, they're in the mid to high 100s kb. Gran Turismo Sport has a 15kb limit.

I have no clue what embedding raster image data into an SVG means. =\

What I did was take the images, removed what I didn't want and saved as PNG file using Photoshop. Then I used Illustrator to save those as SVG files (1.1).

Ah, bingo. It's still raster image data wrapped in an svg "container"

Scalable Vector Graphics are collections of instructions in XML format. Words and numbers are easily compressed because of the high level of redundancy in files containing them.

Raster image data has very little redundancy. Basically, every pixel is recorded as a collection of values assigned to the brightness of individual color channels in a palette.

Vector graphics are like "orange line from here to there."

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Ah, bingo. It's still raster image data wrapped in an svg "container"

Scalable Vector Graphics are collections of instructions in XML format. Words and numbers are easily compressed because of the high level of redundancy in files containing them.

Raster image data has very little redundancy. Basically, every pixel is recorded as a collection of values assigned to the brightness of individual color channels in a palette.

Vector graphics are like "orange line from here to there."

How are people making all of these decals on GT Sport? haha. Even a text logo I tried making turned out to be large in terms of file size (but that was still from an image).

[bcj]

Inkscape is a free editor you can use for vector graphics.
It's like MS Paint if it wasn't anything like that at all.
But that's what you use if you haven't sold your soul to Adobe.

You build stuff like a 3d model from corner points and curves then fill them with a color or pattern.

[cjd]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

How are people making all of these decals on GT Sport? haha. Even a text logo I tried making turned out to be large in terms of file size (but that was still from an image).

The usual approach is an auto trace, which converts to paths. These still may need cleanup, and the resulting svg still may have useless metadata which can be scrubbed. I believe there are online tools which will do the metadata bit. Illustrator should do trace pretty well. Inkscape may if the source is clean.