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Inkscape - the best vector graphics program out there. So easy to use, and so powerful.
I'm not sure about that "best" qualifier. From what I've read, it still doesn't really support CMYK colour mode and its text tools are lacking compared to Adobe Illustrator.
CMYK is easy to work around.
So, your argument is, that you can find 1 tool where AI is better, and then everything else doesn't matter?
Well, fine - keep paying a sh*tload of money for Adobe, and use AI, that's totally fine by me. :-)
Oh, if you'd be so kind, show me something made in AI, that Inkscape can't do?
Not sure why you're being this hostile.
But that's the point, that you need workarounds for such a simple and (if you work with printed materials) essential feature.
That's literally not what I said, just that I don't think it's necessarily the best based on what I've read. I agree that it being FLOSS raises its appeal quite a bit, but it's not quite there yet to replace Illustrator for me.
Yeah, Adobe's predatory pricing is why I'm not paying for it. But sadly it's still the only tool I found that has all the features I need.
A CMYK file lol. But I'm not going to do work for you, you're clearly not engaging in good faith.
Because "best" is obvious a subjective statement, and you wanted to argue that...
Inkscape can make a CMYK-file, with an addon. It's pretty easy. Besides CMYK is only relevant is you want to print, and most graphics work today is for screens. It literally takes about 7 seconds to make it CMYK.
What feature do you need, that Inkscape can't do? Is it really the 7 seconds to make it CMYK, that breaks you?
Inkscape is incredible! I needed to vectorize some images in pretty specific ways and struggled through the process with my usual drawing software (Clip Studio Paint). It sucked so much! Inkscape did the same thing much better in a fraction of the time
I know what you mean. Back in the day I worked at a graphics bureau, making logos and other illustrations. I worked in Illustrator, and though I could make what I wanted, when I tried Inkscape, it all just got so much easier - and so much more fun and intuitive to work with. Before I felt more like a constructor, and with Inkscape I feel more like a crafter/artist.