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SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is a scaled vector graphics file with very wide features written in XML markup. Let's find out, with which software solutions you can view the contents of objects with this expansion.

Programs for viewing SVG

Given that Scalable Vector Graphics is a graphic format, it is natural that the viewing of these objects is supported, first of all, image viewers and graphic editors. But, oddly enough, still rare image views cope with the task of opening SVG, relying only on their built-in functionality. In addition, the objects of the studied format can be viewed using some browsers and a number of other programs.

Method 1: GIMP

First of all, consider how to view the drawings of the studied format in the Gimp free graphics editor.

1. Activate GIMP. Click "File" and choose "Open ...". Either use Ctrl + O.



2. The image selection shell starts. Move where the desired element of vector graphics is located. By selecting, click "Open".



3. The Create Scalable Vector Graphics window is activated. It offers to change the size settings, scaling, permissions and some others. But you can leave them without changing the default, simply by pressing ok.



4. After that, the picture will be displayed in the GIMP graphics editor interface. Now you can produce with him all the same manipulations as with any other graphic material.

Method 2: Adobe Illustrator

The next program that can display and modify the images of the specified format is Adobe Illustrator.

1. Run Adobe Illustrator. Silently click on the "File" and "Open" list items. For lovers to work with the "hot" keys, a combination of Ctrl + O is provided.



2. Following how the object selection tool is launched, go to the area of ​​the vector graphics element and highlight it. Then click "OK".



3. After that, with a high probability, it can be said that a dialog box appears, which will describe that the document does not have a built-in RGB profile. Using the radio button, the user can assign a workspace or a specific profile. But it is possible and not to produce any additional actions in this window, leaving the switch in the "Leave No Change" position. Click "OK".



4. The picture will appear and will be available for change.

Method 3: XnView

Consideration of viewers of images working with the studied format, we will start with the XNView program.

1. Activate XnView. Click File and Open. Applicable and Ctrl + O.



2. In the launched selection shell, go to the SVG area. Note an element, press "Open".



3. After this manipulation, the image will be displayed in the new program tab. But you will immediately be visible one explicit flaw. On top of the image will be clogged with the inscription about the need to purchase a paid version of the CAD Image DLL plugin. The fact is that the trial version of this plugin is already built into XnView. It is thanks to her that the program can display the contents of the SVG. But you can get rid of extraneous inscriptions only after replacing the trial version of the plug-in for a paid one.

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There is another opportunity to view the SVG in XnView. It is carried out using the built-in browser.

1. After starting the XNView, while in the Observer tab, click on the "Computer" name in the left side of the window.



2. Displays a list of disks. Choose the one where SVG is.



3. After that, the tree of directories will appear. It is necessary to go to that folder where the vector graphics element is located. After allocating this folder, its contents will be displayed in the main part. Select the name of the object. Now at the bottom of the window in the Preview tab, the preview of the pattern will be displayed.



4. To enable the full view mode in a separate tab, click on the name of the image with the left mouse button twice.

Method 4: IrfanView

The following image viewer, on the example of which we will look at viewing the studied type of drawings, is an IrFanView. To display the SVG in the named program, the CAD Image DLL plugin is also required, but unlike XnView, it is not initially installed in the specified application.

1. First of all, you will need to download the plugin, the link to which was given when considering the previous image viewer. Moreover, it should be noted that if you install a free version, then when you open a file, over the image will appear the inscription with a proposal to purchase a full-fledged option. If you immediately acquire a paid version, there will be no extraneous inscriptions. After the archive with the plug-in will download, with the help of any file manager, move the Cadimage.dll file from it to the Plugins folder, which is located in the placement directory of the IRFANVIEW executable file.



2. Now you can run IrfanView. Click the file name and select Open. Also to call the opening window you can use the O button on the keyboard.

   

   Another option of calling the specified window provides a click on the folder form.



3. The selection window is activated. Scroll to the Scalable Vector Graphics image directory. Having select it, click "Open".



4. The drawing will be displayed in the IrfanView program. If you have acquired a full version of the plugin, the image will be displayed without foreign inscriptions. In the opposite case, the advertising offer will be displayed over it.

You can view a picture in this program to drag the file from the "conductor" into the IrfanView sheath.

Method 5: OpenOffice Draw

SVG can also be viewed from the Draw application from the OpenOffice office package.

1. Activate the OpenOffice starting shell. Click on the "Open ..." button.

   

   You can also apply Ctrl + O or make a sequential press of the "File" menu elements and "open ...".



2. The object opening shell is activated. With it, go to where SVG is located. Having select it, click "Open".



3. The image will be displayed in the shell application OpenOffice Draw. You can edit this picture, but after its completion, the result will have to save with another extension, since the saving in SVG OpenOffice does not support.

Also, the image can be viewed by dragging the file to the OpenOffice starting shell.

You can start starting through the DRAW shell.

1. After starting the DRAW, click "File" and then "Open ...". You can apply Ctrl + O.

   

   Applicable click on the icon, which has a folder form.



2. The opening shell is activated. Remain with its help where the vector element is located. Note it, click "Open".



3. The image will be displayed in the DRAW shell.

Method 6: LibreOffice Draw

Supports the display of Scalable Vector Graphics and a competitor OpenOffice - the LibreOffice office package, which in its composition also has an application for editing images called Draw.

1. Activate the LibreOffice starting shell. Click Open File or dial Ctrl + O.

   

   You can activate the object selection window through the menu by clicking "File" and "Open".



2. The object selection window is activated. It should go to that file directory where SVG is located. After the named object is noted, press "Open".



3. The picture will be shown in the LibreOffice Draw shell. As in the previous program, in the case of file editing, the result will have to be saved not in SVG, but in one of those formats, the saving in which this application supports.

Another opening method provides for dragging the file from the file manager to the LibreOffice starting shell.

Also in LibreOffice, as well as the previously described software package, you can view the SVG and through the DRAW shell.

1. After activating the DRAW, click on the "File" and "Open ..." items.

   

   You can use the pictogram by clicking on the folder, or use Ctrl + O.



2. It causes the object opening shell. Select SVG, highlight it and press "Open".



3. The picture will be displayed in Draw.

Method 7: Opera

SVG can be viewed in a number of browsers, the first of which is called Opera.

1. Run the opera. In this web browser, there are no visualized tools in graphical form to activate the opening window. Therefore, it is necessary to use Ctrl + O to activate it.



2. The opening window will appear. Here you need to go to the SVG location directory. Having select the object, click "OK".



3. The picture will be displayed in the Opera browser shell.

Method 8: Google Chrome

The next browser that can display SVG is Google Chrome.

1. This web browser, like Opera, is based on the Blink engine, so it has a similar way to start the opening window. Activate Google Chrome and type Ctrl + O.



2. The selection window is activated. Here you need to find the target image, make it allotment and click on the "Open" button.



3. The contents will be displayed in the Google Chrome shell.

Method 9: Vivaldi

The next web browser, on the example of which will be considered the possibility of viewing SVG, is vivaldi.

1. Run Vivaldi. Unlike previously described browsers, this web browser launches the launch of the file opening page through graphic elements. To do this, click on the browser logo in the upper left corner of its shell. Click on "File". Next, mark "Open File ...". However, there is also an opening option with hot keys, for which you need to dial Ctrl + O.



2. There is a familiar shell of the object selection. Move in it to the location of Scalable Vector Graphics. Noting the named object, click "Open".



3. The image is displayed in the Wivaldi shell.

Method 10: Mozilla Firefox

We define how to display SVG in another popular browser - Mozilla Firefox.

1. Run the firefox. If you want to open locally placed objects using the menu, then, first of all, you should turn it on, since the default menu is disabled. Click the right mouse button (PCM) along the top of the browser shell panel. In the list that appears, select the "Menu panel".



2. After displaying the menu, click "File" and "Open File ...". However, you can use the Universal Pressing Ctrl + O.



3. The selection window is activated. Make a transition to it where the desired image is located. Mark it and click "Open".



4. Content will be displayed in the Mozilla browser.

Method 11: Maxthon

Quite an unusual way, you can view the SVG in the Maxthon browser. The fact is that in this web browser, the activation of the opening window is in principle impossible: neither via graphic elements of control, nor by pressing hot keys. The only option to view the SVG is to make the address of this object in the address bar of the browser.

1. In order to find out the address of the search file, go to the "Explorer" to the directory where it is located. Hold down the SHIFT key and click the PCM on the object name. From the list, select "Copy as Path".



2. Run the Maxthon browser, set the cursor to its address bar. Click PCM. Select "Paste" from the list.



3. After the path is inserted, remove the quotes at the beginning and at the end of its name. To do this, set the cursor immediately after the quotes and press the backspace button on the keyboard.



4. Then select all the path in the address bar and press ENTER. The image will be displayed in Maxthon.

Of course, this option of discovering locally located on the hard disk of vector drawings is much more increasing and more difficult than other browsers.

Method 12: Internet Explorer

Consider the options for viewing the SVG also on the example of a standard browser for Windows 8.1 switching line operating systems on Windows 8.1 inclusive - Internet Explorer.

1. Run the Internet Explorer. Click "File" and choose "Open". You can also use Ctrl + O.



2. A small window is launched - "Opening". To go to the direct object selection tool, click "Browse ...".



3. In the running shell, move where the element of vector graphics is placed. Indicate it and press "Open".



4. A return to the previous window is returned, where the path to the selected object is already located in the address field. Press "OK".



5. The image will be displayed in the IE browser.

Despite the fact that the SVG is a format of vector images, most modern picture viewers do not know how to display it without installing additional plug-ins. Also, not all graphic editors work with this type of pictures. But almost all modern browsers can display this format, as it was at one time created, first of all, to accommodate pictures on the Internet. True, only browsers are possible in browsers, and not editing objects with the specified extension.