November 21st, 2005
A new release of everyone’s favourite SVG editor is available to download from Sourceforge. There are also some screenshots on the official site.
John Phillips to the Inkscape mailing list on what’s new:
- Connectors: A new indispensable connector tool implements creation, editing, and auto-routing (object-avoiding) of connector lines between objects. It is indispensable for drawing diagrams. (Google SoC project)
- Inkboard Collaborative Editing: One may now connect to other Inkscape users over a network and edit a shared document, watch changes, and contribute one’s own changes. (Google SoC project)
- Pressure and Tilt Sensitivity: The calligraphy tool may now use a tablet pen with pressure and tilt support to vary the width and angle of a calligraphic stroke.
- Better Node Editing: One may freely drag, bend, and stretch a Bezier curve by any point and not only by a node. Also, one may easily add a new node at any point on the curve.
- New Extensions: There are now extensions for envelope distortion, whirling, and adding nodes.
- Refinements: Inkscape now supports improved precision, expanded limits, usability improvements and several bugfixes.
- SVG Compliance: There is now additional support for the viewBox element improving SVG compatibility.
I’m particularly interested in the Inkboard feature–though bugfixes are always nice too!
9 Responses to “Inkscape 0.43”
November 21st, 2005 at 7:43 pm
I’m rather interested in some of this… being an artist and all…. ::downloads::
November 21st, 2005 at 8:26 pm
I made the header with it!
It really is a lovely program. One of the few graphics programs that I feel comfortable with.
November 22nd, 2005 at 6:32 am
Can’t wait to get my hands on it. I’ve got some darn dependency problems with with my package lists currently which I want to fix when KDE 3.5 comes out (which will be within weeks).
Inkboard Collaborative Editing sounds just awesome. I can see the Tango Project making full use of it. The Ubuntu Art team might also like to look into this now.
After briefly browsing the screenshots, I just saw that a guy is actually using it for graphic design for commercial purposes. How cool!
I love Inkscape. I use it weekly.
November 22nd, 2005 at 7:52 pm
my question is (and I’ve spent quite a few hours trying to figure this out), what do you use it for and what the heck is SVG for? I’m so lost…. I want to use it to make webpages, but I’m not exactly sure how- or even if I can.
November 22nd, 2005 at 10:33 pm
With Firefox 1.5 you can view SVGs natively, making for a kind of web page, but really you just want to export the SVG as a PNG file and use it just like a normal graphic.
The benefits of working with scalable vector graphics is just that: they’re scalable to any resolution without any loss of quality. So you can create cartoon-like graphics with ease.
November 23rd, 2005 at 4:42 am
Alex has already outlined the majors, so I’ll continue:
SVGs are great especially for icons and wallpapers. In fact, check out what the Tango Project is up to. A complete icon set in SVG.
As for web design, lovely for web buttons and idea plotting. I’m currently doing a WordPress theme with a friend and almost all of the graphics are done in Inkscape. It’s also awesome because you can set it out just like the final theme would look like.
Inkscape is just awesome. I’ll remember to show you some SVGs I’ve done in the future Aranil.
Kind regards,
Pascal Klein
November 24th, 2005 at 6:44 pm
::bows:: Thanks very much… I’m sure I’ll figure it out eventually!
November 28th, 2005 at 6:56 pm
Thanks for plugging Inkscape 0.43!
November 29th, 2005 at 8:36 pm
Inkscape is great! Anytime