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Softonic Rating:
Excellent:9/10
License:
Free (GPL)
Added:
February 7, 2007
Updated:
April 10, 2008
Publisher:
Website
File size:
33.4 MB
Downloads:
2,896

“Versatile vector graphics editor”

Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Supported SVG features include shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, patterns, and grouping. Inkscape also supports Creative Commons meta-data, node editing, layers, complex path operations, bitmap tracing, text-on-path, flowed text, direct XML editing, and more. It imports formats such as Postscript, EPS, JPEG, PNG, and TIFF and exports PNG as well as multiple vector-based formats.

Inkscape's main goal is to create a powerful and convenient drawing tool fully compliant with XML, SVG, and CSS standards. We also aim to maintain a thriving user and developer community by using open, community-oriented development process, and by making sure Inkcape is easy to learn, to use, and to extend.

Languages:

English

Recent changes in Inkscape:

  • This release brings the exciting new features developed by the Google Summer of Code 2006 participants, as well as tons of other improvements across the board. Most notably is the new Gaussian Blur feature, which allow softly and naturally blurring Inkscape objects like path, shapes, groups, text, and images. Gaussian blur enables a wide range of photorealistic effects: arbitrarily shaped shades and lights, depth of field, drop shadows, glows, etc. Also, blurred objects can be used as masks for other objects to achieve the "feathered mask" effect.

OS requirements for Inkscape:

  • OS: Win95/98/98SE/Me/2000/NT/XP/2003

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User opinions about Inkscape (1)

  • grio grio (1 User opinions)
    8/10
    about Inkscape - 19 Sep 2007

    The program is GOOD! 1) IF I WISH TO PROCESS SIMULTANEOUSLY 10 OR 100 OBJECTS of ANY TYPE it is difficult to me TO MAKE IT. 2) TO ADD PROCESSING EVENTS By means of Javascript... read more

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Softonic Rating:Excellent
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11 ratings
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  • Currently 8/10.
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  • Currently 8/10.
Installation
  • Currently 9/10.
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