Inkscape 1.5 is a brutal middle finger to Adobe Illustrator, finally delivering the devastating blow that trapped, exploited designers have been praying to see for decades.
Inkscape is built on the blood, sweat, and shattered mental health of a handful of exhausted visionaries. They are stretching themselves to the absolute breaking point,
If you understand C++, join the fight
Don't let Inkscape developers alone in the trenches — step up, fuel the resistance, and help them drive a stake through the heart of Adobe's monopoly
34 Comments
ThunderComplex@lemmy.today · 107 pts · 30d
I hate C++ but I hate Adobe more
markz@suppo.fi · 42 pts · 30d
That's the spirit
SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml · 49 pts · 30d
Unlike Gimp (that I appreciate too) Inkscape is an amazing no drama project.
Giimp+Inkscape+Scribus are the freedom trinity that I'll always support.
And if Dia hadn't died it'd be right there.
HuePony@lemmy.ml · 29 pts · 30d
Don't forget Krita
Equinox1289@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 30d
I'm hoping Graphite matures enough to add to that list as the FOSS motion graphics editor.
jlow@slrpnk.net · 12 pts · 30d
I'm banking on https://friction.graphics/
jlow@slrpnk.net · 10 pts · 30d
It's Inkscape, Krita, Scribus (and Blender) for me 😸
SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 30d
I'm not in the niche of Krita, Blender (iffy decisions lately tho), and Darktable but they're good projects too.
buran@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 30d
What's the drama with GIMP? I only know it took forever to port to GTK3.
SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 30d
As you have said, the amount of time the porting took.
A nothing burger to me but it was made pretty clear by others affected by US defaultism that the name is annoying to them.
The main thing: they were sitting on fat by FOSS standards contributions in crypto for years before finally doing something with the money.
crystalwalrus@programming.dev · 4 pts · 30d
Rip dia
gnufuu@lemmy.ca · 29 pts · 30d
Gotta love a call for contribution that makes you want to paint your face blue and attack Adobe with a sword lmao
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 30d
I use GIMP, Blender, Inkscape and Scribus. I'm retired so it's just for personal projects now. I've donated to all of them.
I was required to use Adobe products professionally, just because they've become the de facto standard in graphics, as we all know. I much preferred, and used Corel Draw over Illustrator and InDesign. Corel Draw does everything the other two do combined, and because it's integrated, it's more convenient and there are several features that make it superior. Unfortunately, it isn't taught in college courses generally. Whenever I could get a new hire to really try Corel Draw and take the time to learn it, they fucking loved it. I converted three people in my time as a graphic designer.
Some people wish that Inkscape were more like Illustrator, I say they should copy Corel Draw.
SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 30d
+1 vote for Corel Draw
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 30d
I'm only qualified for the second point. But, I have donated.
melroy@kbin.melroy.org · 12 pts · 30d
I love Inkscape so much today. When moving from Adobe photoshop I went initially to gimp. While gimp is fine. It's not a vector based editor. I knew about Inkscape for dozens of years, yet only in the recent years I finally discovered the power and moving out of my comfort zone.
Anybody who is in the same position as I was. Just move to Inkscape. Especially for logos etc.
Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 30d
lol, im stealing that
sb@metroholografix.ca · 2 pts · 30d
@melroy @daniel_callahan
I couldn't agree more! It is fantastic software! Literally one of my top favourite FOSS projects of all time - right up there with #icecast.
benjirenji@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 30d
Takes a while to get into the code, but I love the project so it's worth it. I'll probably send money first. Can't commit too much time right now.
illusionist@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 30d
Does inkscape get larger doantions from companies?
jlow@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 30d
It doesn't look like it:
https://inkscape.org/support-us/sponsors/
illusionist@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 30d
Then it'# far from being a brutal middle finger for adobe
jlow@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 29d
Neither sure why it would only be if they get large donations nor if it has to be ...
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 30d
alas I'm of zero use but I love and use Inkscape, so thank you
bashibazouk@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 25d
How is it for ripping apart PDF's and fixing them? As a prepressman I have yet to find a tool as good as Illustrator for that purpose. I assume being open source it does not have support for Pantone? I was using the Affinity suite before they went freemium and that was not terrible but not quite up to Illustrator...
thevoidzero@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 23d
I've used inkscape to edit PDFs. It's not perfect but it's really good. I think it might not do the best job of recovering original objects (idk if that's possible given how PDFs work), but it can show them as they render and you can modify those objects.
sqw@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 29d
i used inkscape for a project recently and was amazed how far it has come since the last time i used it, somewhere around 15-20 years ago. then it was quirky and homely, now it feels pretty professional. i was still able to crash it doing some normalish stuff though, so make sure to save your work often :-)
moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com · -1 pts · 30d
Link to article?
vivalapivo@lemmy.today · -2 pts · 30d
I'm quite proficient in Claude code so I'll be contributing
gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 30d
Make sure to check the contribution rules. Some projects don't allow LLM code!
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 30d
Looks like theres an ongoing discussion but no explicit rule yet.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 30d
I haven't completely lost my sense of satire.
xeno_the_warrior_prince@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 29d
vivalapivo@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 29d
Oh I had hope, mate. I had hope
asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world · -7 pts · 29d
I'd love to get involved, but first drop C++ for new code and use Rust.