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Re: Inkscape 1.0 Beta 1

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Post by executesorder66 »

Theizestooke wrote: post #8
pugio wrote: post #2

Inkscape is my go to image editor. The UI is reminiscent of the old Macromedia Fireworks, with a paradigm that feels much nicer (to me) than Photoshop et al. I downloaded the beta pessimistically thinking that they still wouldn't have native OSX Menu support (I've been using the non-updated 0.91+devel+osmenu fork/branch forever), but was pleasantly surprised to see full OSX integration in this beta. Great job guys!

I thought Inkscape was an alternative to Illustrator and other vector drawing programs, didn't know people were using it for photo editing.

They said image editor, not photo editor. Vector images are still images.

Re: Inkscape 1.0 Beta 1

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Post by acidburnNSA »

romwell wrote: post #5

My go-to graphics packages are still Gimp for raster / Inkscape for vector graphics. Started using Inkscape in 2007 to illustrate a math paper, and been using it ever since whenever I needed to TeX something up.

Me too. I only recently came across TikZ which is an even more epic way to TeX up fancy diagrams (you "program" them). Still use inkscape for most stuff though.

Re: Inkscape 1.0 Beta 1

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Post by mkl »

tmikaeld wrote: post #9
pugio wrote: post #2

Inkscape is my go to image editor. The UI is reminiscent of the old Macromedia Fireworks, with a paradigm that feels much nicer (to me) than Photoshop et al. I downloaded the beta pessimistically thinking that they still wouldn't have native OSX Menu support (I've been using the non-updated 0.91+devel+osmenu fork/branch forever), but was pleasantly surprised to see full OSX integration in this beta. Great job guys!

I'm used to Affinity Designer, unfortunately Inkscape is very slow for even just ~10 layers of medium complexity shapes on MacOS :-/ While on Affinity, I can have hundred layers without noticeable performance issues.

Sounds like it's caching things? How does the memory usage compare?

Re: Inkscape 1.0 Beta 1

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Post by cies »

Inkscape is my go-to example of why FLOSS is great:

* Learn how to use it once

  * Keep using it for a life time

  * Not completely changing interface every major release
* Keeps getting better (some commercial software seems to bloat beyond repair)

* Available on many platforms

* All of the above for FREE

Now I dont need to do vector graphics every week, not even every month. But for those couple of times a year it's good to have a tool in your box. Inkscape is there for me, no need to buy a (subscription) license. No need to boot into another OS. No need to relearn it. More than complete feature set for my needs.

Congrats to the team!

Re: Inkscape 1.0 Beta 1

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Post by Theizestooke »

executesorder66 wrote: post #13
Theizestooke wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought Inkscape was an alternative to Illustrator and other vector drawing programs, didn't know people were using it for photo editing.

They said image editor, not photo editor. Vector images are still images.

There's a comparison to photoshop.

Re: Inkscape 1.0 Beta 1

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Post by jarek-foksa »

Just in case you are looking for a commercial alternative to Inkscape with a more modern UI and Chromium-based rendering engine, check out my project Boxy SVG: https://boxy-svg.com

The next version (to be released in 2-3 weeks) is going to introduce full support for filters and color swatches. In the upcoming 12 months I expect to reach full feature parity with Inkscape.

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