{"id":112438,"date":"2020-05-04T20:34:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T20:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamefromscratch.com\/post.aspx?id=140eaefa-52af-4ad1-93f5-baa62f81f984"},"modified":"2020-05-04T20:34:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T20:34:11","slug":"inkscape-1-0-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/05\/04\/inkscape-1-0-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Inkscape 1.0 Released"},"content":{"rendered":"

First launched in 2003, the open source cross platform vector graphics application Inkscape just hit the major 1.0 milestone!  Inkscape is open source with the source code available on GitLab<\/a>.  Details of the release from the Inkscape news page<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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After a little over three years in development, the team is excited to launch the long awaited Inkscape 1.0<\/a> into the world.<\/p>\n

Built with the power of a team of volunteers<\/strong><\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n

In fact, translations for over 20 languages were updated<\/a> for version 1.0, making the software more accessible to people from all over the world.<\/p>\n

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<\/a> for setting the updated-GTK wheels in motion.<\/p>\n

Smoother performance & first native macOS application<\/h5>\n

This latest version is available for Linux, Windows and macOS<\/strong>. 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.<\/p>\n

So many new bells and whistles<\/h5>\n

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

You may encounter some challenges downloading today.  I was unable to download the Win64 version, but the 32bit version worked fine.  Hopefully these download issues are fixed soon.  You can learn more in the video<\/a> below.<\/p>\n