Inkscape Moves to GitLab

Re:Inkscape Moves to GitLab by jvm on Sunday June 11, 2017 @11:12PM (#14535019)

I ran into this issue and ended up using Affinity Designer. I was pleasantly surprised, it's actually quite comparable to Adobe Illustrator. It's not open source but at $50 much more reasonable than Adobe.

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Re:Inkscape Moves to GitLab by rootlocus on Monday June 12, 2017 @03:28AM (#14535641)

I second this. I've been using Affinity Designer for posters, UI mock-ups, icons, etc. Honestly, I can't use Inkscape at all. I find the interface highly bloated and the whole application generally slow.

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Re:Inkscape Moves to GitLab by melling on Monday June 12, 2017 @04:51AM (#14535889)

How does Designer compare to Illustrator feature wise, and as far a usability? We already have Illustrator. Is it worth adding Designer?

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Re:Inkscape Moves to GitLab by mr_than on Monday June 12, 2017 @08:19AM (#14536659)

I use the two side by side. At times I've found Designer's SVG support actually worked better than Illustrator. Illustrator is definitely faster but there are quite a number of useful pixel/recolouring features in Designer. Generally though the maturity and advanced features (mesh, isolate edit, Pathfinder!) eclipse what Designer brings to the table.

I was a long time Fireworks holdout, and Designer is maybe the closest in feel compared to Sketch or Illustrator (and they're copying each other better now).

All said, the bang for buck is great though, and UI is way easier than Inkscape I gotta say ;)

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Re:Inkscape Moves to GitLab by musha68k on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @08:41AM (#14544304)

Just another data point: to me Affinity Designer actually seems to render much faster than Adobe Illustrator (on a 2015 Macbook Pro with Intel integrated graphics chipset).

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Re:Inkscape Moves to GitLab by sewer_bird on Monday June 12, 2017 @07:08AM (#14536326)

Thanks for this: I didn't know about Designer, and was similarly let down by how less pleasant Inkscape was on Mac, coming from a lovely experience of it on Windows.

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Re:Inkscape Moves to GitLab by stormy on Monday June 12, 2017 @10:29AM (#14537629)

On Affinity Designer's site the price is $39.99, so even more reasonable.

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Re:Inkscape Moves to GitLab by kejaed on Monday June 12, 2017 @10:43AM (#14537734)

20% off for a while with the launch of Affinity Photo for iPad at Apple's WWDC last week.

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Re:Inkscape Moves to GitLab by canadaduane on Monday June 12, 2017 @10:19AM (#14537570)

Affinity Designer development seems to have stalled. There are many requests for features that have been accepted but untouched for a year or two. My current showstopper: export to DXF.

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Re:Inkscape Moves to GitLab by yAak on Monday June 12, 2017 @11:52AM (#14538236)

I don't feel that "stalled" this is correct at all. They had a massive feature update via 1.5 in Oct. and 1.6 entered customer beta in May.

They just haven't shipped your preferred feature.

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Re:Inkscape Moves to GitLab by prokoudine on Monday June 12, 2017 @05:34PM (#14541319)

Ye gods, someone's pet peeve hasn't been touched in a year, and that means development has "stalled". Young people today.

Do you have any idea how long Illustrator users had to wait for artboards to land?

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Re:Inkscape Moves to GitLab by cptskippy on Monday June 12, 2017 @11:04AM (#14537870)

Are you playing with a cheap laser engraver off ebay?

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