Inkscape 1.1.1 Is Released

#1

Post by s1291 » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 11:17 AM UTC

Re: Inkscape 1.1.1 Is Released

#2

Post by cies » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 11:44 AM UTC

I absolutely love this program. Few times per year I need a vector tool. After some toying with proprietary vector tools (Illustrator), I learned Inkscape (as it was readily available in my Linux envs).

I never looked back. It does the job. I never have to look for cracked software in order to open my old files or use my acquired skills.

It just works.

Re: Inkscape 1.1.1 Is Released

#3

Post by slig » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 11:49 AM UTC

Does anyone knows if it works fine on macOS yet?

Re: Inkscape 1.1.1 Is Released

#4

Post by dobladov » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 11:49 AM UTC

I love Inkscape, but really the performance in mac is completely insufficient, each action takes at least 1 second to load.

Probably is not their fault or main target OS, but is so hard to find a free or open source alternative with the same functionality for mac.

Re: Inkscape 1.1.1 Is Released

#5

Post by Prestoon » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 11:58 AM UTC

I am so happy this was finally released. This update fixed a few major memory leaks they were having in the last release. I love Inkscape but that was unbearable. There was a problem with the color droplet tool, simply moving it around increased your memory usage by folds. A smaller one that became annoying overtime was simply dragging objects around on the grid. The nightly build had that one fixed awhile back but my OS didn't seem to want to play ball with it so I just ended up having to deal with these issues, now I hopefully don't have to.

Re: Inkscape 1.1.1 Is Released

#6

Post by dangrossman » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 12:11 PM UTC

Probably my favorite piece of open source desktop software these days. I do all my design for laser cutting in it.

Re: Inkscape 1.1.1 Is Released

#7

Post by Klasiaster » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 12:11 PM UTC

I hoped to see CMYK support in the release notes. There is an extension that provides PDF export with a hack but it would be great to see native support. https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ExportPDFCMYK

Re: Inkscape 1.1.1 Is Released

#8

Post by cosmic_quanta » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 12:12 PM UTC

Inkscape is great. I used it to make schematics and diagrams for my phd thesis. Highly recommended.

Re: Inkscape 1.1.1 Is Released

#9

Post by jhgb » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 12:18 PM UTC

cosmic_quanta wrote: post #8

Inkscape is great. I used it to make schematics and diagrams for my phd thesis. Highly recommended.

I kind of ended up relying on IPE specifically for technical drawings. It's specifically designed for that, and has good LaTeX integration as well.

Re: Inkscape 1.1.1 Is Released

#10

Post by lopis » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 12:20 PM UTC

cies wrote: post #2

I absolutely love this program. Few times per year I need a vector tool. After some toying with proprietary vector tools (Illustrator), I learned Inkscape (as it was readily available in my Linux envs). I never looked back. It does the job. I never have to look for cracked software in order to open my old files or use my acquired skills. It just works.

I just wish designers were more familiar with the SVG format and its caveats. Several times I've wanted to do some quick change in an SVG that was exported from Adobe Whatever and Inkscape was incapable of rendering it correctly, if at all. I'm pretty sure Adobe has been pushing the boundaries of SVG in the last years, while other tools stick to the basics.