# What are SVG Images?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-svg-images/639472
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [March 6, 2019, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-svg-images/639472 "2019-03-06T03:50:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2019, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-svg-images/639472/1 "2019-03-06T03:50:12Z")

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For the longest time, when we thought about the format of the images we wanted to use in our web projects and apps, we had a solid stable of choices to go with:

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.kirupa.com/tricks/svg\_101.htm](https://www.kirupa.com/tricks/svg_101.htm)

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### Author: ![REB\_412](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/reb_412/32/9233_2.png) [@REB\_412](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/REB_412)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-svg-images/639472/2 "2019-03-06T12:00:26Z")

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Good summary of the use of the SVG format. Would be nice if you could have mentioned some graphic programs that will save SVG formats.

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### Author: ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-svg-images/639472/3 "2019-03-06T15:55:27Z")

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I think right now the image editors that don’t save for SVG are the exceptions. That is why I didn’t explicitly call that out.

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### Author: ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2019, 12:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-svg-images/639472/4 "2019-10-22T00:40:50Z")

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Decided to record a video on this topic as well 😛

[https://youtu.be/nkt0kRhbVEk](https://youtu.be/nkt0kRhbVEk)

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### Author: ![zohir1952](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/bc8723/32.png) [@zohir1952](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zohir1952)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-svg-images/639472/5 "2019-10-22T17:10:24Z")

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Actually I do not know about SVG format but want to know

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### Author: ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-svg-images/639472/6 "2019-10-22T17:11:40Z")

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Good thing you came to the right place then 😛