How are people reducing the sizes of their SVG files? I want to upload some decals for one of my cars and I can't seem to do this right using Adobe Illustrator. I don't think it's my pictures because the ones uploaded and shared online seem pretty large or colorful. Would appreciate a really simple tutorial on this.
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- Thread starter AdamA998
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- oni_chan
Paths/Points are your problem with size. Simplify the paths, remove redundant points use less colours (no gradients) and you will see the file size drop. Do not use compound paths or mask as it will cause the logo to error up and jumble the logos/decals whatevers. SVG is also like code so open it up in a text editor and clean the code or run it through many online SVG compressors.
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- RandoM-BeeF
I deleted them all last night, but I'll get a couple more tonight from a site with vectors and convert them to svg files. When I download them after converting it shows me they are smaller than 15kb but won't upload.
I am downloading vectors that are already svg and converting them even further using a website, just google search convert to svg should be the first site. They don't come out super detailed though.
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- RandoM-BeeF
Reason they won't load is the websites you're using to further convert them. Websites don't work well
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- Octopuss_911
I suffer the same problem in file size... I download a png file. work on that in gimp2 and safe as a 14kb png file. Open it in Inkscape and tryed immediately to save under as a svg file. Wop bigger than 15kb. Is ther someone who might create a how to thread?! Would be very appreciated
EDIT
It worked. But only on monochrome colors. File size is still too big when the picture is coloured
EDIT
It worked. But only on monochrome colors. File size is still too big when the picture is coloured
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- pie4july
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If you want to reduce the size, you need to use software( like inkscape) to do that.if you have a .svg file a bit bigger than 15kb,go to https://kraken.io and it'll reduce the size automatically. Just drag and drop the file into the box and it shows you the end result then download the reduced file.
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- Castricum
- ZnoopTree
In Illustrator, remove any unneeded layer from the document. If you import a bitmap you want to trace, remove that when you're finished.
When you finally have what you want, copy the whole image into a completely new Illustrator document, before saving it as a SVG file. I've noticed that does wonders.
Also helps a lot to simplify a path with 99% accuracy. Takes away a lot of excess points, without influencing the shape of the image too much.
When all else fails, separate the image in layers and upload those one by one. It's a bit of a drag to composite all those layers together again in the Livery editor, but it's a technique that works for more complex images.
When you finally have what you want, copy the whole image into a completely new Illustrator document, before saving it as a SVG file. I've noticed that does wonders.
Also helps a lot to simplify a path with 99% accuracy. Takes away a lot of excess points, without influencing the shape of the image too much.
When all else fails, separate the image in layers and upload those one by one. It's a bit of a drag to composite all those layers together again in the Livery editor, but it's a technique that works for more complex images.
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- mugo123
This works to reduce .svg files sizes. Not 100% dependent though https://jakearchibald.github.io/svgomg/
