Roland L. Taylor (RolandiXor) (@rolandixor@mastodon.social)
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If you're C++ developer with graphics or C++ experience and you'd like to make a difference in a great #opensource project, #Inkscape could really use your help in pushing the work forward for 1.5. We've got some amazing stuff already, but we need to keep the momentum going so we can let it loose in the wild faster :) Want to get involved? Head over to the milestone list and see where you can help: https://gitlab.com/groups/inkscape/-/milestones/16#tab-issues

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

  • SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml
    31·
    1 month ago

    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.

  • gnufuu@lemmy.ca
    20·
    1 month ago

    Gotta love a call for contribution that makes you want to paint your face blue and attack Adobe with a sword lmao

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 month ago

    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.

  • bashibazouk@lemmy.world
    1·
    28 days ago

    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·
      26 days ago

      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.