I used to use shape node with bitmap background, and try to move on to SVG node.
I tested some SVG node which has some gradients and simple rectangle.
When I parse SVG's content, It took about 2~3 sec.
(My computer has Pentium E8400..)
After parsing, Creating svg node with parsed content is very fast.

Strangely, when parsing, Cpu usage is low from task manager.
I hope some improvements on this in later version.
Thanks!

I already use 5.3.1 version. And still takes 2-3 seconds.

I tried SVG node because of bad background image quality when resize.

However I think I found another way.

http://www.glennjones.net/Post/799/Highqualitydynamicallyresizedimageswithnet.ht...

With this link, I modified some functions and Image quality is quite improved.

Who suffered from same problem, refer the link.

Thanks.