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   Pete Prodoehl 🍕 (rasterweb@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Dec-2023 09:08:22 JST Pete Prodoehl 🍕

   I've been using Inkscape for over 10 years. If I had been using Illustrator for 10 years I would have paid Adobe over $2,500 in "rental" fees for a subscription that stops as soon as I stop paying.

   Instead I started paying $5 a month to Inkscape to help make sure we can all use it for free for as long as we want.

   #inkscape #openSource

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     Pete Prodoehl 🍕 (rasterweb@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Dec-2023 23:52:04 JST Pete Prodoehl 🍕

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     • tux0r :openbsd:

     @tux0r Thank you for saying "In my (very personal) opinion" because you do bring up valid points, and they should not be brushed away.

     I am happy for it when I use it in specific ways... and I've had a lot of time to learn the quirks and how to live with them.

     Do you have suggestions for other alternatives besides Inkscape, Adobe Illustrator, or the Affinity Suite?

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     tux0r :openbsd: (tux0r@layer8.space)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Dec-2023 23:52:05 JST tux0r :openbsd:

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     @rasterweb In my (very personal) opinion, Inkscape
     - is complicated to use,
     - has an incoherent UI,
     - is quite slow and
     - lacks professional features.

     "Inkscape, because it's not Adobe" is a false dichotomy here. If you're happy with it, that's fine, but there are alternatives. :)

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     Pete Prodoehl 🍕 (rasterweb@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Dec-2023 23:52:07 JST Pete Prodoehl 🍕

     in reply to

     • tux0r :openbsd:

     @tux0r Please tell us why Inkscape sucks.

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     tux0r :openbsd: (tux0r@layer8.space)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Dec-2023 23:52:09 JST tux0r :openbsd:

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     @rasterweb Sadly, Inkscape sucks. I warmly recommend Affinity Designer (or Suite, if you need v2 features).

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 02:42:24 JST clacke

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     • tux0r :openbsd:

     @tux0r That's exactly it. All software sucks, but I prefer the ways free and open software sucks to the ways closed-up software sucks. It's a habit and using the free kind for most of your life will get you into that habit.

     @rasterweb

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     tux0r :openbsd: (tux0r@layer8.space)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 02:42:26 JST tux0r :openbsd:

     in reply to

     @rasterweb “$software sucks” is a matter of taste most of the time, but I didn’t want this to look like mere trolling anyway. :-)

     I know, would I have used Inkscape (or GIMP… same reasoning) for a decade, I would probably consider it “good enough”. But I have been using Affinity products for a few years, and I’m quite happy with them, even though I don’t use them “professionally” (only some hobbyist stuff).

     For vector graphics, Corel DRAW is quite good too. But expensive.

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     WylieCoyoteUK (wyliecoyoteuk@mastodon.org.uk)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 11:00:12 JST WylieCoyoteUK

     in reply to

     @rasterweb
     I am semi-retired now, but I produce a 40 page local community magazine and support a couple of websites for a charity and my daughter's business.
     Main Tools:
     Scribus, GIMP, Libreoffice, Bluefish.
     I also run on Linux, and have done for years.

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