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Inkscape is a web-based Vector Drawing Program which helps you to produce pieces of art such as photo-realistic drawings to charts with statistics. Thanks to HTML5 the SVG can be embedded into web pages. The SVG drawings can be viewed without problems by all the major web browsers and the file format is compact enough to transmit over the internet.
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4.8
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Functionality
4.3
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Total features
9
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Nicholas W.
Registrar - Admitting
Hospital & Health Care, 5,001-10,000 employees
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Nick W.: Hey there. My name is Nick. I'm a voiceover artist. I give Inkscape a five out of five and,...
Nathan L.
Website Design Specialist
Internet, 201-500 employees
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Nathan: Hi, I'm Nathan. I'm a founder of an online business in the self-help industry, and I give Inkscape...
Gustavo B.
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Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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I really like Inkscape, and for everyone looking for a vector design software I will advise this hands down.
This is by far one of the best designing tools in the market, and even better this happens to be open source. Inkscape offers a set of tools meant to design freely, effortlessly and with a lower learning curve than other alternatives. Drawing or even editing vectors is very nice, and everything works smooth without overcharging any computer resource.
I wish it has native Ilustrator files support, but there is not. Anyway, you can solve very easy this by changing the Ilustrator files to PDF. Then there is not a big deal about this.
Micalen R.
Computer Games, self-employed
Used weekly for 1-2 years
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Inkscape shouldn't really be compared to other software which specializes in illustrations such as Krita. Inkscape is always first a vector design software and one of the best at that. It requires more technical skills than artistic but both artist and graphic designers and even game designers can make full use of this software.
It's vector design is my favorite thing. I've tried creating logos as rasterized images in other software but they scale horribly. However, as vectors they are perfect and Inkscape does vectors best. The large amount of tools allows me to truly create anything. I use it for logos but also for specialized lettering and sound effects for comics. And it's a free software!
As far as UI it's not the best looking and can be confusing. You will definitely need to learn how to use the software to its full capacity.
Brandi H.
Apparel & Fashion, self-employed
Used daily for 6-12 months
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Uninstalled and payed for photoshop instead.
I liked that it was a free product. But that was all.
The features are severely lacking and 9/10 times the program wouldn't even open and would completely lock my computer.
Anonymous Reviewer
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Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
Used weekly for 1-2 years
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Inkscape is an amazing free software with great features that lets you create and edit vector and no-vector graphics, import and export designs in variety of format, and play with your own designs. It is a great free alternative to Illustrator.
For a free software, inkscape is feature-packed with almost everything its rivals offer. I love that it allows us to vectorize almost any design, even ones inpkrted from external drawing applications. File conversion from svg to editable PDFs is also a very useful tool, one that isn't available for free anywhere else. It is available on all OS, but seems to work best on Linux. It's recent updates have been fabulous, bringing in newer features and better interface. It also has a great support base with thousands of tutorials and an extensive manual to help whenever we are stuck. You will also find many twmplates online to avoid working from scratch.
Does not allow exporting to jpeg, which is a shame. Not all features are supported when a file is imported from Illistrator. Also, the learning curve is very steep. Even people having fairly good knowledge on Illistarttor and such applications will have to go through basic Inkscape tutorials to know how to get a job done. It also lags a bit sometimes.
Anil C.
Marketing and Advertising, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for 6-12 months
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I used Inkscape over 6 months and it works well while you are designing images.
Inkscape has nice features while you are editing images.
Inkscape should have more library and features to create images.
Q. What type of pricing plans does Inkscape offer?
Inkscape has the following pricing plans:
Pricing model: Free, Open Source
Q. Who are the typical users of Inkscape?
Inkscape has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Non Profit, Small Business
Q. What languages does Inkscape support?
Inkscape supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Inkscape offer an API?
No, Inkscape does not have an API available.