Inkscape v1.0

[Arthur]

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https://inkscape.org/news/2020/05/04/introducing-inkscape-10

 

Smoother performance, HiDPI support, new & improved Live Path Effects & native macOS app

 

After a little over three years in development, the team is excited to launch the long awaited Inkscape 1.0 into the world.

 

Built with the power of a team of volunteers, this open source vector editor represents the work of many hearts and hands from around the world, ensuring that Inkscape remains available free for everyone to download and enjoy.

 

In fact, translations for over 20 languages were updated for version 1.0, making the software more accessible to people from all over the world.

 

A major milestone was achieved in enabling Inkscape to use a more recent version of the software used to build the editor's user interface (namely GTK+3). Users with HiDPI (high resolution) screens can thank teamwork that took place during the 2018 Boston Hackfest for setting the updated-GTK wheels in motion.

 

Smoother performance & first native macOS application

This latest version is available for Linux, Windows and macOS. All macOS users will notice that this latest version is labelled as 'preview', which means that additional improvements are scheduled for the next versions. Overall, 1.0 delivers a smoother, higher performance experience on Linux and Windows, and a better system integration (no more XQuartz!) on macOS.

 

So many new bells and whistles

One of the first things users will notice is a reorganized tool box, with a more logical order. There are many new and improved Live Path Effect (LPE) features. The new searchable LPE selection dialog now features a very polished interface, descriptions and even the possibility of marking favorite LPEs. Performance improvements are most noticeable when editing node-heavy objects, using the Objects dialog, and when grouping/ungrouping.

 

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Release highlights

 

• Theming support and more new customization options
  
• Better HiDPI (high resolution) screen support
  
• Native support for macOS with a signed and notarized .dmg file
  
• Coordinate origin in top left corner by default
  
• Canvas rotation and mirroring
  
• On-Canvas alignment of objects
  
• Split view and X-Ray modes
  
• PowerPencil for drawing editable, variable width strokes with a pressure sensitive graphics tablet
  
• New PNG export options
  
• Integrated centerline tracing for vectorization of line drawings
  
• Searchable Symbols dialog
  
• New Live Path Effect (LPE) selection dialog
  
• New Corners (Fillet/chamfer) LPE, (lossless) Boolean Operation LPE (experimental), Offset LPE and Measure Segments LPE (and more!)
  
• Path operations, deselection of a large number of paths as well as grouping/ungrouping are much faster now
  
• Much improved text line-height settings
  
• Variable fonts support (only if compiled with pango library version >= 1.41.1)
  
• Browser-compatible flowed text
  
• Extensions programming interface updated, with many new options
  
• Python 3 support for extensions
  

Edited May 6, 2020 by Arthur

[TechMonkey]

Has anyone installed the MSI ok? We are getting a profile error that looks like a permissions issue but having set full control to the path it still won't work.

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Link 1: Download Inkscape 1.3 | Inkscape

 

Inkscape 1.3 is the latest major Inkscape release that brings you many fresh new features and new functionality.

 

Release highlights

 

• Shape builder
  
• On-Canvas Pattern Editing
  
• Pattern Editor
  
• Page margin & bleed
  
• Document Resources Dialog
  
• Return of Search, opacity & blend modes in Layers & Objects dialog and the (now optional) persistent snap bar
  
• Font Collections
  
• Syntax highlighting in XML Editor
  
• LPE dialog user interface redesign
  
• Improved performance thanks to fully asynchronous, multithreaded rendering
  
• Better PDF import
  

… and lots more!

 

Link 2: Inkscape launches version 1.3 with a focus on organizing work efficiently | Inkscape