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Re: Inkscape 1.4.4

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Post by Leftium »

faangguyindia wrote: post #55

Inkscape is really good for products with no budget for designers. Let me explain why. One of the apps I am working on hit 10,000+ active users (per Playstore dashboard), and Inkscape has a role to play in this. Since the app is free and doesn't even have a backend, there is no budget for the designer. I looked for a few tools online, but most of them failed to generate icons/logos. I ended up using Inkscape to make…

Next time, perhaps my quick logo generator can help: https://logo.leftium.com/logo

The defaults are tuned to aesthetics of my personal logo, but it's quite configurable. (You can even copy your own SVG into the icon input)

Example logos:

- https://leftium.github.io/nimble.css

- https://github.com/Leftium/weather-sense

- https://github.com/Leftium/multi-launch

Re: Inkscape 1.4.4

#62

Post by josephg »

2ndorderthought wrote: post #35
nathanmills wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Keep in mind that it's FREE and OPEN SOURCE software

I remember my car broke down, it was trash worth maybe 200 in scrap metal at the time. The tow to the yard was like 100 or something. I was screwed and couldn't get rides to work. My buddy lent me a car he had for free. I did not complain once to anyone about the things wrong with that car, and I never will. I even fixed some small issues with it to return the favor. The guy and that car saved my livelihood at the ti…

Eh. I draw the line in a slightly different place. I think saying that some piece of software is bad is not an attack on the developers. It doesn't imply ill will, or entitlement or any of that. People are allowed to write whatever software they want. And its generally net positive to share that software, for free, with the world.

These things are true at once:

- Good work inkscape developers! Inkscape is used by lots of people. I'm happy for the developers and the users, and I hope inkscape keeps getting better.

- I don't want to use inkscape because when I tried it, it seemed ugly, slow and buggy.

The only problem here is when people equate "this program is junk" with "this person is junk". That's a very dangerous belief to have, because it makes an enemy out of practice. And an enemy out of experimentation. The road to expertise is paved by mistakes. If bad quality work makes you a bad person, you can never learn a new skill.

Re: Inkscape 1.4.4

#63

Post by faangguyindia »

Leftium wrote: post #61
faangguyindia wrote: post #55

Inkscape is really good for products with no budget for designers. Let me explain why. One of the apps I am working on hit 10,000+ active users (per Playstore dashboard), and Inkscape has a role to play in this. Since the app is free and doesn't even have a backend, there is no budget for the designer. I looked for a few tools online, but most of them failed to generate icons/logos. I ended up using Inkscape to make…

Next time, perhaps my quick logo generator can help: https://logo.leftium.com/logo The defaults are tuned to aesthetics of my personal logo, but it's quite configurable. (You can even copy your own SVG into the icon input) Example logos: - https://leftium.github.io/nimble.css - https://github.com/Leftium/weather-sense - https://github.com/Leftium/multi-launch

That looks neat! Thanks for sharing, I’ll try to use it next time I need a logo. :D

Re: Inkscape 1.4.4

#64

Post by simonbw »

tasuki wrote: post #2

Ah, the tool I love and hate. Mostly love though. Let me tell you about the single thing I hate: I open a simple hand-crafted SVG and want to make a simple change. It messes up all my formatting and uses its own weird formatting, with line breaks between attributes. I'd rather it at least put newlines between elements rather than between attributes. Ideally there'd be a "save with minimal edits from the original" but…

There is actually one tool I've dealt with that works nicely with hand-crafted SVG's: https://boxy-svg.com/

Re: Inkscape 1.4.4

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Post by SOLAR_FIELDS »

faangguyindia wrote: post #55

Inkscape is really good for products with no budget for designers. Let me explain why. One of the apps I am working on hit 10,000+ active users (per Playstore dashboard), and Inkscape has a role to play in this. Since the app is free and doesn't even have a backend, there is no budget for the designer. I looked for a few tools online, but most of them failed to generate icons/logos. I ended up using Inkscape to make…

I'm no Jony Ive, also a design stunted engineer but I'd say that looks decent given the constraints. My only obvious complaint is the kerning of the text "Get it on Google Play" and "Download on the App Store" (italics emphasis mine, what's in italics is what looks terrible on my laptop screen

Re: Inkscape 1.4.4

#66

Post by AlienRobot »

throwa356262 wrote: post #7

I love Inkscape. But their UX is getting worse with each release. I think they need another Blender-style overhaul

The only problem I have with it is GTK-style bulkiness. I feel like every open source software is developed for 4k quad-monitors in mind, or tablets. Everything is thicker and taller than it needs to be.

Re: Inkscape 1.4.4

#67

Post by david422 »

faangguyindia wrote: post #55

Inkscape is really good for products with no budget for designers. Let me explain why. One of the apps I am working on hit 10,000+ active users (per Playstore dashboard), and Inkscape has a role to play in this. Since the app is free and doesn't even have a backend, there is no budget for the designer. I looked for a few tools online, but most of them failed to generate icons/logos. I ended up using Inkscape to make…

> use Inkscape via CLI to generate icons, logos, and graphics for your app.

I do the same thing. How many icon sizes does Apple require now? I create one SVG vector, and then dump them all out with a script. Need to change something? Update the SVG and instantly regenerate the icons.

Re: Inkscape 1.4.4

#69

Post by lagniappe »

darknavi wrote: post #39

I have my first contribution to Inkscape in this release I think. It's quite a minor feature though, so I don't see it in the changelog. It allows the user to set their default saved file name. I was tired of drawing.svg :)

Thank you :)

Re: Inkscape 1.4.4

#70

Post by lagniappe »

2ndorderthought wrote: post #35
nathanmills wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Keep in mind that it's FREE and OPEN SOURCE software

I remember my car broke down, it was trash worth maybe 200 in scrap metal at the time. The tow to the yard was like 100 or something. I was screwed and couldn't get rides to work. My buddy lent me a car he had for free. I did not complain once to anyone about the things wrong with that car, and I never will. I even fixed some small issues with it to return the favor. The guy and that car saved my livelihood at the ti…

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