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SVGZ at a glance
SVGZ
SVG was developed by the W3C SVG Working Group starting in 1998, after six competing vector graphics submissions. SVG 1.0 became a W3C Recommendation on 4 September 2001, with SVGZ as the compressed variant.
RAS at a glance
RAS
Before today's relatively small set of mainstream consumer image formats dominated everyday use, desktop software, workstations, GUI systems, and early graphics tools produced many specialized raster formats with local importance.
Format comparison
| Feature | SVGZ | RAS |
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| File type | Vector | Image |
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| Created year | 2001 | 1987 |
| Inventor | World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) | Sun Microsystems |
| Status | active | legacy |
| Transparency | Not supported | Not supported |
| Animation | Not supported | Not supported |
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| Layer support | Not supported | Not supported |
| Vector scaling | Supported | Not supported |
When to use each format
When to use SVGZ
- Your source file is already in SVGZ.
- Preserve source expectations before exporting to RAS.
- SVGZ is commonly used in vector workflows.
When to use RAS
- Your target workflow expects RAS.
- Improve delivery compatibility with RAS.
- RAS is commonly used in image workflows.
FAQs
Why convert SVGZ to RAS?
Convert to RAS when preserving compatibility with historical Sun or Unix image assets.
In most modern contexts it serves as a migration and archive-recovery format.
What changes when converting SVGZ to RAS?
This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.
Moving to RAS removes vector scaling.
What should I review after converting SVGZ to RAS?
Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.