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Re: Inkscape 1.1

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Post by waiseristy »

crazygringo wrote: post #41

I installed Inkscape the other day to try to rescale and save an simple SVG for the web. When I took a look at the text saved in the file, I was pretty shocked to discover it saved the entire path of the file in the file . In other words, it saves a directory structure that could contain your username, the name of the project you're working on, what company you're working for, etc. Felt like a pretty shocking invasio…

Preferences -> Input/Output -> SVG output -> Path Data -> Path String format (relative)

Does that do what you want?

Re: Inkscape 1.1

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Post by ognarb »

fartcannon wrote: post #29
ognarb wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We added the feature recently in kde apps: https://pointieststick.com/2021/05/21/this-week-in-kde-kcomm...

This is the most fantastic addition Ive seen to KDE in years! Wow! Is it a bit like AutoCAD?

I don't know how AutoCAD works but it's similar to how jetbrains tools works.

Re: Inkscape 1.1

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Post by Kye »

suyash wrote: post #15

Can someone port this amazing free design app to the iPad and make it work with Apple Pencil please? It will free us from Adobe's bubble.

Affinity Designer for iPad works great with the Pencil.

Re: Inkscape 1.1

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Post by LegitShady »

waiseristy wrote: post #51
crazygringo wrote: post #41

I installed Inkscape the other day to try to rescale and save an simple SVG for the web. When I took a look at the text saved in the file, I was pretty shocked to discover it saved the entire path of the file in the file . In other words, it saves a directory structure that could contain your username, the name of the project you're working on, what company you're working for, etc. Felt like a pretty shocking invasio…

Preferences -> Input/Output -> SVG output -> Path Data -> Path String format (relative) Does that do what you want?

That should be the default but it sounds like it.

Re: Inkscape 1.1

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Post by jdhendrickson »

simondotau wrote: post #45
chasil wrote: post #24

I used Inkscape last week to convert an SVG vector image to EPS, for insertion into a PDF. The conversion was not perfect. I am using FPDF with an EPS add-on, and after study of the PHP source, I was able to open the EPS with a text editor and reformat it so that it would successfully import. Unfortunately, it loaded upside down, so I was forced to flip and save again in inkscape, then repeat the formatting. This odd…

I must say that as someone who is a very occasional user of vector drawing tools (and mainly uses them for prepping SVG for web) I’m sufficiently impressed by the latest version of Affinity Designer as an Illustrator replacement. I was able to open an .ai file, modify it, and export an .svg which was a perfect drop-in replacement for an .svg previously exported by Illustrator. It’s still too expensive for me at full…

I bought all of their products the minute I found out they were still pursuing that oh so old fashioned idea of allowing you to OWN the software you buy from them.

Re: Inkscape 1.1

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Post by nerdponx »

crazygringo wrote: post #41

I installed Inkscape the other day to try to rescale and save an simple SVG for the web. When I took a look at the text saved in the file, I was pretty shocked to discover it saved the entire path of the file in the file . In other words, it saves a directory structure that could contain your username, the name of the project you're working on, what company you're working for, etc. Felt like a pretty shocking invasio…

This is the exact same problem that arose with the Rust compiler recently. At least it can be turned off in Inkscape. Such a weird default.

Re: Inkscape 1.1

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Post by LegitShady »

moron4hire wrote: post #23
suyash wrote: post #15

Can someone port this amazing free design app to the iPad and make it work with Apple Pencil please? It will free us from Adobe's bubble.

Wacom has some much cheaper Cintiq displays these days. I think it's $350 for the 13" and $650 for the 16". I got the 16" recently to update from an old Intuos that finally gave up the ghost after 15 years. The texture of the stylus on the display is a lot better than an Apple Pencil on an iPad, even with a silicon tip (which I also have).

Just bear in mind that the cheaper Wacom displays are not glass screens. I have the 16" cintiq (not pro) and the screen has a few scratches in it already.

The biggest advantage for me is the actual Wacom pen, which was designed to be held and used for a long time comfortably. The apple pencil is ok but I need something with a thicker grip and putting a pencil grip on the apple pencil covers the two touch buttons and stops you from recharging it.

I still have and use an iPad pro with apple pencil 2 but the Wacom pen is 1000x better.

Re: Inkscape 1.1

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Post by char8 »

crazygringo wrote: post #41

I installed Inkscape the other day to try to rescale and save an simple SVG for the web. When I took a look at the text saved in the file, I was pretty shocked to discover it saved the entire path of the file in the file . In other words, it saves a directory structure that could contain your username, the name of the project you're working on, what company you're working for, etc. Felt like a pretty shocking invasio…

lord thanks for mentioning this.

Re: Inkscape 1.1

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Post by stayux »

In the old times I have used Inkscape from curiosity and to free my self from Adobe. After initial interface hick-ups I found it very useful for shape blocking. Nowadays Affinity Designer is 90 percent of my graphic design and part time UI workflow. The rest is in Figma. I hope new version of Inkscape is more responsive under Mac Os, the quartz version was frustrating to work with.

Re: Inkscape 1.1

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Post by BugsJustFindMe »

stayux wrote: post #59

In the old times I have used Inkscape from curiosity and to free my self from Adobe. After initial interface hick-ups I found it very useful for shape blocking. Nowadays Affinity Designer is 90 percent of my graphic design and part time UI workflow. The rest is in Figma. I hope new version of Inkscape is more responsive under Mac Os, the quartz version was frustrating to work with.

> I hope new version of Inkscape is more responsive under Mac Os

It's not. Though you can tell macOS to launch it in low resolution mode and that does help a lot.

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