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Re: Inkscape 1.1

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Post by cies »

spoiler wrote: post #126
skhr0680 wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gimp is underrated in my opinion. Most of the complaints I've seen about it boil down to it not being a 1:1 clone of Photoshop

I agree that it's a bit underrated, but I disagree about the complaints. People don't complain about it not being a Photoshop clone. People complain about the UX/ergonomics of gimp being decades behind compared to Adobe's tools. It doesn't need the same workflows as Photoshop, but it definitely needs to improve them I will add that copying Photoshop would be an easy all-around win because Photoshop has engineered the…

> it definitely needs to improve

Gimp is FreeSoftware (FLOSS), this puts the word "need" in a context where it does not really work like that.

> because Photoshop [in contrast to Gimp] has engineered their UX

This is straight up condescending to the Gimp devs. Sure PS has put more money in UX design, but your saying Gimp dev did not (or cannot) do any of that.

Please be kind when you get something for free.

Re: Inkscape 1.1

#132

Post by vyuh »

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…

I agree, this can be shocking for many casual users. I think there is an option to save a "plain SVG" as opposed to "inkscape SVG". Does "plain SVG" also include such information?

Re: Inkscape 1.1

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Post by jazoom »

dsign wrote: post #110

I've been a huge fan of Inkscape for over twenty years, and some of its tools are still unmatched by Affinity Designer. Though, I find Affinity to be way better with the features I need 98% of the time, and more responsive too. But now I can afford to pay for Affinity Designer. Before Affinity, Inkscape was my go-tool for vector drawing, because Illustrator is certainly not an option, even now. Inkscape is probably n…

I liked using it too, but it's not on Linux and I don't use Windows anymore.

Re: Inkscape 1.1

#134

Post by lucideer »

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…

> pretty shocking

Inkscape shouldn't be including this, but just an fyi since you say you were shocked by this: many apps include such metadata in their default save formats.

The main distinction with Inkscape is that most apps have a proprietary save format which you are less likely to publish publicly. Inkscape's use of an open standard for their default metadata-rich save format means that metadata often gets published.

Still, I do think the trove of metadata many apps leave in their files is probably unnecessary and should definitely be addressed (in all apps, including Inkscape).

Re: Inkscape 1.1

#135

Post by je42 »

BugsJustFindMe wrote: post #48
rahimnathwani wrote: post #19

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As of 1.x, Inkscape no longer uses XQuartz so, if you tried it over a year ago, it's worth trying again.

Inkscape slowness on mac was never an XQuartz problem. All GTK (or maybe it's Cairo) apps are just terribly slow on macOS (even scrolling in meld is janky as hell and meld doesn't exactly do very much), and the new Inkscape is no exception. In fact, by some accounts the XQuartz version was if anything better in this regard. There's a long discussion about it here: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/1614 @j…

Thanks !

Re: Inkscape 1.1

#136

Post by snoopen »

cies wrote: post #131
spoiler wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree that it's a bit underrated, but I disagree about the complaints. People don't complain about it not being a Photoshop clone. People complain about the UX/ergonomics of gimp being decades behind compared to Adobe's tools. It doesn't need the same workflows as Photoshop, but it definitely needs to improve them I will add that copying Photoshop would be an easy all-around win because Photoshop has engineered the…

> it definitely needs to improve Gimp is FreeSoftware (FLOSS), this puts the word "need" in a context where it does not really work like that. > because Photoshop [in contrast to Gimp] has engineered their UX This is straight up condescending to the Gimp devs. Sure PS has put more money in UX design, but your saying Gimp dev did not (or cannot) do any of that. Please be kind when you get something for free.

I read the criticism as fair and constructive, not condescending at all.

Re: Inkscape 1.1

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Post by jiveturkey »

sprkwd wrote: post #107
girvo wrote: post #61

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Affinity Photo and Designer are brilliant. I'd second their recommendation. Also, the Apple Photos integration for Affinity Photo is pretty damned handy :)

Moved over to affinity a while back and the only thing I miss is line trace from illustrator. Bunch of great little products.

use inkscape for that!

i find affinity to be lacking but very very good value for money. so no complaints

Re: Inkscape 1.1

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Post by jiveturkey »

simondotau wrote: post #79
yeko wrote: post #68

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> I was able to open a .ai file, Actually it doesn't, Affinity open the embbded pdf in Ai file, some metadata like textframe/alignment does not exist in pdf.

Good to know, this probably explained why the notionally transparent artwork was imported with a white background. But the fact that it’s not a true .ai import I don't think this is ever going to be a concern to me because I never use SVG to typeset flowing blocks of text. The main things I'm concerned about are: 1) Path and style integrity 2) Artboard dimensional integrity 3) Export file quality In my testing, I was…

affinity artboard support is newish, and not great. you may want to deep dive into it to be sure their implementation is good for you

Re: Inkscape 1.1

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Post by Jermaine_Jabi »

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…

Does it do that when you save/export for web?

Re: Inkscape 1.1

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Post by egypturnash »

egypturnash wrote: post #95
xvilka wrote: post #77

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Is CMYK used anywhere except printing still? Nowadays print media become rare, thus the need for its support is less. Just my non-expert opinion.

CMYK is only for print - but a pro artist is gonna send a lot of stuff to print. Even in this age of a lot of digital distribution: Someone's gotta do the packaging for almost everything you buy at stores. Go to a convention: someone designed all the signage for the con, the badges, as well as the individual booths and any amount of what they may be selling. Plus all the fliers and stickers whatnot people want to han…

(And yeah, I drifted from CMYK to spot inks, basically there is a whole world of Printing Process that an RGB-only program is unable to do, and while you can come up with workarounds they are all a ton of hassle.)
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