1. SVG Tutorial
2. SVG Examples
3. A Simple SVG Example
4. Displaying SVG in Web Browsers
5. SVG Icons
6. SVG Coordinate System
7. SVG svg element
8. SVG g element
9. SVG rect element
10. SVG circle element
11. SVG ellipse element
12. SVG line element
13. SVG polyline element
14. SVG polygon element
15. SVG path element
16. SVG marker element
17. SVG text element
18. SVG tspan element
19. SVG tref element
20. SVG textpath element
21. SVG switch element
22. SVG image element
23. SVG a element
24. SVG defs Elements
25. SVG symbol Element
26. SVG use Element
27. SVG and CSS - Cascading Style Sheets
28. SVG Stroke
29. SVG Fill
30. SVG Viewport and View Box
31. SVG Animation
32. SVG Scripting
33. SVG Transformation
34. SVG Gradients
35. SVG Fill Patterns
36. SVG Clip Path
37. SVG Masks
38. SVG Filters

• SVG image Video
• SVG image Example

The SVG <image> element is used to embed bitmap images inside your SVG image. This way you can draw ontop of, or next to, the bitmap image.

SVG image Video

Here is a ideo version of this SVG image tutorial:

SVG image Example

Here is an SVG image example:

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
    xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">

  <rect x="10" y="10" height="130" width="500" style="fill: #000000"/>

  <image x="20" y="20" width="300" height="80"
     xlink:href="http://jenkov.com/images/layout/top-bar-logo.png" />

  <line x1="25" y1="80" x2="350" y2="80"
            style="stroke: #ffffff; stroke-width: 3;"/>
</svg>

Here is the resulting image:

First a black rectangle is drawn. Second my logo as image is drawn ontop of the black rectangle. Finally, a white line is drawn ontop of both my image and the black rectangle.

The order the SVG elements are listed in the file, are the order in which they are drawn. Later elements are drawn ontop of earlier elements.

You can also embed other SVG images using the <image> elements. It does not have to be a bitmap image.