One thing we can agree on about technology is that it has made communication faster and easier through graphic media files. Emojis were the in-thing before GIFs made things livelier and animatedly funnier. The dust hasn’t settled yet and now we are talking about Christmas SVG files.

If you are a fan of GIFs, it turns out SVG files are faster and more reliable. So why don’t we know about them yet? Probably because SVG files were archived back in 2000 and no one thought about them again. However, enter 2018 and web browsers are demanding graphic files that are scalable and responsive, programmable and interactive, are easily accessible, and have great performance.

GIF vs SVG

GIFs could not cut it and programmers opted to go back to the archives. This is why SVG files are now rising in popularity and might soon become a highlight of how we send animated messages to each other. And now as we near the end of the year, we are definitely going to send lots of Christmas messages to our loved ones.

SVG files are highly scalable and responsive over GIFs. This is because they use text, numbers, and shapes instead of pixel grids like GIFs. SVG files are able to maintain their resolution no matter how much you shrink or stretch them. A single Christmas SVG file can be viewed on wide and small screen and the image quality will still be crisp.

GIFs are final products and no further changes can be made to them. SVG files, on the other hand, are fully editable to include more drawings, texts, shapes, or animations on them. Haven’t you always wanted to add your own touch to a GIF file but couldn’t? An SVG file makes this possible and more.

Then we come to the issue of accessibility and performance. SVG files are text-based, so they can easily be indexed for search by search engines. Most SVG files are tiny in size which makes them load faster and reduce lag on browsers or devices where they are used.

Conclusion

If you can imagine a world where your ordinary GIF can be edited or scaled up or down without losing quality, then you can understand the power of SVG files. The festive season is around the corner, so you might want to send some Christmas SVG files in the form of uplifting messages or animated toons to family and friends. Yes, if you were not sure about the best gift to send to your loved ones this coming Christmas, feel free to leverage the power of SVG files.