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Inkscape 1.1.1 Is Released

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Re: Inkscape 1.1.1 Is Released

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Post by tombert »

DarkWiiPlayer wrote: post #49
tombert wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't disagree with most of what you're saying, but I wish there was a decent open-source 2d Vector animation software that could compete with Flash/Animate. I know Krita has a decent animation tool, but it's only raster, and I haven't encountered a really good vector tool yet.

Have you looked at synfig? I haven't gotten to use it yet, but it seems like it might be of use to you

Oh my, I haven't looked at Synfig in nearly a decade! I found it pretty unusable and clunky back then, but ten years might as well be a century for OSS. I'll give it a try.

Re: Inkscape 1.1.1 Is Released

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Post by tombert »

klaussilveira wrote: post #50
tombert wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't disagree with most of what you're saying, but I wish there was a decent open-source 2d Vector animation software that could compete with Flash/Animate. I know Krita has a decent animation tool, but it's only raster, and I haven't encountered a really good vector tool yet.

Have you tried working with Blender's Grease Pencil? https://www.blender.org/features/grease-pencil/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jrvfmhI9h8

I have not, though I would be somewhat surprised if it is as straightforward to use as Flash/Animate. I'll give it a try soon.

Re: Inkscape 1.1.1 Is Released

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Post by duped »

dccoolgai wrote: post #12
lopis wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

The last I heard there wasn't a single rendering engine that passes the entire W3C test suite, let alone any two renderers that have the same coverage. I'm not sure if that is still the case.

In my experience using SVG for portability is a minefield.

Re: Inkscape 1.1.1 Is Released

#56

Post by marcodiego »

tombert wrote: post #46
mekkkkkk wrote: post #28

Inkscape is fantastic. It, Blender and Krita has completely freed me from paying subscription fees for creative tools. I used to be an Adobe Suite (PS, AI, AE, PP) user, but I've yet to encounter a situation where I've felt limited by not having access to those "premium" applications any more. There are issues of course - memory leaks and odd GUI handling on Windows in particular - but I've had the same sort of issue…

I don't disagree with most of what you're saying, but I wish there was a decent open-source 2d Vector animation software that could compete with Flash/Animate. I know Krita has a decent animation tool, but it's only raster, and I haven't encountered a really good vector tool yet.

Glaxnimate is evolving well: https://glaxnimate.mattbas.org/

Re: Inkscape 1.1.1 Is Released

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Post by cycomanic »

tombert wrote: post #46
mekkkkkk wrote: post #28

Inkscape is fantastic. It, Blender and Krita has completely freed me from paying subscription fees for creative tools. I used to be an Adobe Suite (PS, AI, AE, PP) user, but I've yet to encounter a situation where I've felt limited by not having access to those "premium" applications any more. There are issues of course - memory leaks and odd GUI handling on Windows in particular - but I've had the same sort of issue…

I don't disagree with most of what you're saying, but I wish there was a decent open-source 2d Vector animation software that could compete with Flash/Animate. I know Krita has a decent animation tool, but it's only raster, and I haven't encountered a really good vector tool yet.

I'm in a somewhat similar boat. I wish there was an easy tool for svg animations. Essentially I want simple translations, transforms and attribute changes (opacity mainly) on my inkscape drawn svgs. At the moment the best solution I have found is to manually edit the svgs.

Re: Inkscape 1.1.1 Is Released

#59

Post by m-p-3 »

Doing image editing and design isn't what I'm making a living from, but for what I do it does cover everything I need from vector-based editing. Thank you to all contributors :)

Re: Inkscape 1.1.1 Is Released

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Post by mekkkkkk »

tombert wrote: post #46
mekkkkkk wrote: post #28

Inkscape is fantastic. It, Blender and Krita has completely freed me from paying subscription fees for creative tools. I used to be an Adobe Suite (PS, AI, AE, PP) user, but I've yet to encounter a situation where I've felt limited by not having access to those "premium" applications any more. There are issues of course - memory leaks and odd GUI handling on Windows in particular - but I've had the same sort of issue…

I don't disagree with most of what you're saying, but I wish there was a decent open-source 2d Vector animation software that could compete with Flash/Animate. I know Krita has a decent animation tool, but it's only raster, and I haven't encountered a really good vector tool yet.

As someone else mentioned, Blender is actually quite decent for vector animation. You might need to modify your workflow slightly, but using grease pencil, bone skinning and curve tools is enough for very decent 2D animations. A nice bonus is that everything is technically still in 3D space as well, so you can easily add true layering, DoF, lighting and particle systems for instance.

The biggest downside to Blender is that the UI can be a bit intimidating since it covers so many aspects of CGI.

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