Notices by Inkscape (inkscape@mastodon.art)

Heads up!

Community voting for #Inkscape :inkscape: 1.3 About Screen Contest finalists closes March 26, 2023 (23:59:59 UTC) ⏰ .

This is your opportunity to influence which designs & artists make it to the next round! ?️

Vote here ?️ : https://inkscape.org/gallery/=about-screen-contest/contest-for-13/

#ArtWithOpenSource #InkscapeAboutScreen

Half a year ago, we asked you which file format you wished us to improve #Inkscape’s support for (https://mastodon.art/@inkscape/109056520663695840).

Today, we proudly announce that the project has hired @niccokunzmann as a contractor to improve the importing of Adobe Illustrator files.

Welcome on board!

This is the first time the Inkscape project has hired an external contractor. Your donations make this possible as Inkscape is funded by its users!

We have also substantially improved other formats.

The extensions have recently been overhauled, including the XAML export & HPGL import functionality, and @doctormo has rewritten the internal PDF importer & multipage / batch exporting.

Update for Windows users:

If you installed the new Inkscape 1.2.2 before December 9, 2022 and experience sudden crashes, please uninstall it and re-download.

We have fixed the packaging issue that was causing this and have updated the download files.

The correct & updated download files contain the text '2022-12-09_732a01da63' in their file names.

Those of you new to Mastodon may be interested in these other #FOSS creative tools to follow here as well:

https://mastodon.social/@Blender
https://floss.social/@GIMP
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@godotengine
https://mastodon.art/@Krita
https://floss.social/@kdenlive

In this new series, we’re highlighting a new feature in the latest #Inkscape version every week!

#2 Did You know that you can hide tools and resize the toolbox in #Inkscape 1.2?

https://media.inkscape.org/media/doc/release_notes/1.2/Inkscape_1.2.html#Tool_Bar

#artwithopensource

As we transition from Summer to Autumn, the sun is lower in the sky,

For the September challenge, **draw any object twice with different lighting**.

Interested? Head over to the challenge page and post your entry. Multiple entries and chitchat are encouraged. See you there!

https://inkscape.org/forums/competitions/inkscape-challenge-1-september-2022-30-september-2022/

#inkscapechallenge #artwithopensource