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HTML5 Multimedia: Develop and Design
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HTML5 Multimedia: Develop and Design

by Ian Devlin
November 2011
Beginner to intermediate
288 pages
5h 3m
English
Peachpit Press
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10. Using Video with SVG

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is a language that allows you to define two-dimensional vector graphics for display in your web documents. Written in XML and supported by all of the major browsers, you can use it to describe vector shapes, text, and images on which you can also apply specific filters.

SVG has been around for a while but seems to have escaped the notice of most web developers. This has changed with the advent of HTML5 and the svg element and the fact that it is now supported by Internet Explorer 9. As people became more interested in canvas (which you read about in Chapter 9) and its capabilities, they also began to take more notice of SVG and what it might be capable of.

This chapter briefly explores SVG ...

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