Inkscape 1.2 released

Re:Inkscape 1.2 released by redox99 on Monday May 16, 2022 @10:09PM (#31405309)

I don't agree that this thing about moving to the browser is currently relevant outside of the drawing software like figma and equivalents. I don't see NLE, 3D suites, DAWs and many more moving anytime soon to the browser. Maybe photo editors like photoshop? But even that isn't there yet.

And to be honest the only FOSS content creation software that actually competes at the professional level (i.e not just simple edits) with proprietary tools is Blender: As in, would people use this software, if all the (currently proprietary) alternatives were also FOSS? But inkscape doesn't need to compete. So I don't think it's getting left behind in the dust.

I'm sure too that most inkscape users would much rather have a lot other improvements, than moving to the web.

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Re:Inkscape 1.2 released by easrng on Monday May 16, 2022 @10:19PM (#31405383)

I would still use inkscape, it's way faster and lighter and though it crashes sometimes, it doesn't corrupt files like Illustrator. It also has (IMO) a simpler interface that's somewhat more discoverable than Illustrator but not by much.

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Re:Inkscape 1.2 released by jjoonathan on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @08:48AM (#31409733)

> it's way faster

Does Inkscape have GPU rendering yet or does it still slog down on anything more complicated than a minimalist icon?

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Re:Inkscape 1.2 released by easrng on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @04:27AM (#31420430)

I think it does software rendering and there's some tearing while you zoom but it opens much faster and is more responsive than Illustrator.

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