Scalable Vector Graphics: The New Normal in Web Imagery

Scalable Vector Graphics have virtually supplanted most forms of file-based web imagery because of the ease with which they can be transferred to the client side and rendered by the user's own web browser. Prior to the advent of the SVG format, websites that intended to convey elaborate backgrounds likely had to host image files the size of desktop wallpapers, which would have taken some time to fully transfer over and load. As of the present, however, site owners and web developers can expect their projects to have a harder time getting onto satisfactory positions on search engines' results pages because of how their algorithms consider it important that websites load quickly for audiences.

As a result, for competitive websites, sophisticated backgrounds must be delivered in the SVG format, which would exist as syntax not dissimilar to the rest of the code lurking within the HTML and CSS files powering the page's design and aesthetics. Usage of original syntax is heavily recommended because SVG-based background designs and their accompanying code can be subject to royalties, but it is not always easy to have access to visual design programs that can create background patterns and export them as SVG. An online resource at pattern.monster, however, lets the user modify existing templates for SVG-based backgrounds and export them as packets of code that can be used for one's own site designs.

Each clickable template presented on the main page leads to a separate page containing adjustable sliders and color pickers; any adjustment to a slider labeled "zoom," "angle," and the like is instantly reflected in the pattern shown onscreen. The power and versatility of this freely offered service is put on display by an "Inspire Me" button that adjusts all slider positions and colors to randomly generated values, thus generating a very unique pattern out of infinite possible permutations. Whatever form the current pattern has assumed can be copied to the computer's clipboard as viable code in either HTML-friendly or CSS-compatible formats. Furthermore, it can be downloaded as a self-contained SVG file or even exported as a PNG image file. For more information click here https://pattern.monster/.