Happy birthday to the OG graphics editor! 🥳

21 years of Inkscape! ❤️

#inkscape #opensource

The #Inkscape 1.4 will be released in less than 24h and it has some neat features including (but obviously not limited to) "Affinity Designer File Import" and "Support for internal links in exported PDF files".

I know lots of people in #academia use (or used to use) Affinity Designer. This is your chance to go OpenSource and free yourself from that limiting ecosystem.

Read more about this 1.4 release here:

https://inkscape.org/doc/release_notes/1.4/Inkscape_1.4.html

Inkscape 1.4 Release Notes | Inkscape

^inkscape.org

@schuemaa @doctormo
We could start on an online repository, perhaps on GitLab since #inkscape also uses it?

The one script I have online is for fixing text kerning issues, and is not suitable for an entry-level tutorial on writing small scripts and extensions: https://github.com/acardona/scripts/tree/master/python/inkscape

Also to give here a shout out to the Inkscape Simple Scripting framework, as described https://inkscape.org/~pakin/%E2%98%85simple-inkscape-scripting and available as code to manually install: https://github.com/spakin/SimpInkScr The examples are amusing, and could be adapted: https://github.com/spakin/SimpInkScr/wiki

scripts/python/inkscape at master · acardona/scripts

A collection of scripts related to neural circuit analysis and image processing for python, Fiji, TrakEM2, CATMAID, and others. - acardona/scripts

^GitHub

@schuemaa @doctormo
I've started this:

"Inkscape cookbook for scientists"

https://gitlab.com/acardona/inkscape-cookbook-for-scientists

Currently it's merely a declaration of intentions 😀

#inkscape

acardona / Inkscape Cookbook for Scientists · GitLab

GitLab.com

^GitLab

Inkscape, Johnny, Inkscape. But you know that already 😀

For figure panels, for posters, even for presentations now with its multi-page documents. Works brilliantly. I could not have done my work as a scientist over the last 20 years without #inkscape.

Inkscape has existed for 20+ years and, thanks to the power of open source, will continue to exist for decades to come, when all these and more subscription services have come and gone.

#academia

I want to learn SVG. While not Linux related only, I want to learn the tools on Linux that are oriented to working with SVGs.

#svg #inkscape

OK the release candidate for #inkscape 1.3.1 has dropped and If you can, please do me a solid and test the live path effects:

https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.3.1rc/

That is, everything to do with the rounded corners, tapered stroke, super pen/pencil, clones, etc etc you get the idea. It's the one part of the code that I think is at a high risk of crashes and regressions.

You can report bugs to the usual place. I can help if you get a crash and aren't seeing a crash report screen.

Please re-share!

Download Inkscape 1.3.1rc | Inkscape

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^inkscape.org

If you are drafting figures for a scientific paper or presentation, remember that https://scidraw.io/ exists: a repository of free SVG cartoons for science.

#SciDraw is supported by the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre.

All content on SciDraw is shared under creative commons license (CC-BY) unless stated otherwise.

#inkscape #SVG #science

It's that time of year again when I ask people the question "So, what should I be working on in #inkscape next?"

The full poll is open to my Patreon sponsors over at https://www.patreon.com/posts/86464943

No video this week as I'm travelling for a funeral. Sorry everyone! Be back next week with some poll results and a talk about the future for my work on Inkscape.