Complex vector drawing with XAML

akinney — Thu, 22 Jul 2004 08:18:00 GMT

I've been testing a program that converts Adobe Illustrator SVG to XAML and I really wanted to give it a work out, so I decided to draw a card. Cards are symbolic and familiar and commonly have ornate designs so I thought it would be a perfect test.

My work flow here was to draw the image in Illustrator export to SVG and then import the SVG to the conversion tool which would then output the XAML paths. You'll notice in the screenshot that the rendered XAML looks the same on Longhorn and Windows XP using Xamlon.

If you look close enough you'll see that each eye has some extra residue causing a cross-sign that I did not intend to be there, except for the upper eye from the Xamlon Window. Maybe some more work needed there or my paths were off. You may also notice that the middle seam is rather noticeable. This is because, for this image I only wanted to take the time to draw half and then duplicate and rotate the existing half.

This is really fun stuff, especially when you start thinking of moving beyond just static images and getting into animations and interaction.

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Complex vector drawing with XAML