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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.
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.
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.
Does anyone knows if it works fine on macOS yet?
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.
I run an older 2012 Mac and don’t experience that often.
I have yet to try it, but maybe there’s a way of going through XQuartz, which might help. I hear they recently switched to GTK’s direct Quartz backend, which I can imagine is causing the problems.
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.
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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.
By "pushing the boundaries" do you mean "violating SVG standards" or is it the other editors who aren't keeping up with SVG2.0 etc?
Not nice, but there you have it. It would be great if there was an Adobe SVG format in those cases perhaps.