On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 08:12 -0700, Joshua A. Andler wrote:
Realistically, bitmaps are a part of the workflow out of convenience for users of the format. If you really want to be an old-school purist about this, SVG filters should be considered unacceptable as well. They're basically a "raster manipulation" of vector objects. Start zooming in on things with lighting effects and see how lovely they start to look. Now... I'm not saying I'm against them, but let's look at things for what they are. :)
No, I'd have to disagree with this. The filters are bitmap effects that are applied at the time of rendering, not at the time of saving the file. So the viewer is still choosing the resolution, not the authoring tool. So it's entirely different.
--Ted