Inkscape illustrator compatibility

Name: Inkscape illustrator compatibility
Published: cendifava1973

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With Inkscape an artist can create most of the same illustrations that can be made with Adobe Illustrator. However. many of the functions and tools that the two applications share are used in different ways. with different names. shortcuts. and approaches. Please add to this document any relevant information on Inkscape/Illustrator parallels. constrasts. hits. and misses.

To Save Files in Inkscape for Use with Adobe Illustrator and vice versa Earlier versions of Inkscape (up to 0. 46) supported export to the . ai file format. This required the installation of Ghostscript. and didn't always work well. Since version 10. AI can import SVG directly. so this detour is no longer necessary and support for it has been removed from Inkscape.

As Inkscape has one incompatible feature. flowed text. you need to convert all flowed text to normal text using Text -> Convert to text. before you save to SVG (or to 'Plain SVG'. if you don't need to edit the file with Inkscape again).

Terminology Anchor Points: in Inkscape. anchor points are known as "Nodes" Palettes: in Inkscape. "palettes" are called "dialogs". such as the Fill and Stroke dialog. Marquee: this is called "the rubberband" when selecting Tools: see AdobeToolMap for complete tool equivalency reference. Things Illustrator can do that Inkscape cannot do: Gradient meshes Multiple strokes and fills for one object Color management for print (ICC Profiles. etc. ) PMS color Natively work with graphs based on data Free transform and perspective transform (only via extension) Blends (only via extension) Things Inkscape can do that Illustrator cannot: Edit SVG source directly Clones. tiled clones. edit clones on canvas Keys to move/rotate/scale by screen pixels Shapes as objects Edit gradients with handles on-canvas (CS4 added this feature) Edit nodes with keyboard One-click paint bucket fill Color painting over objects (CS4 added this feature with the name Blob brush) Hand Tool : Navigating the Canvas Instead of using the Spacebar for panning around a document. in Inkscape an artist can press and hold the middle mouse button (or mouse wheel) and drag the canvas in any direction. Alternatively. rotate mouse wheel to pan vertically. rotate with shift to pan horizontally. In Inkscape. the artist can also pan around the canvas by holding the Ctrl and pressing the arrow keys. Holding the arrow key speeds up the pan in that direction.

In 0. 46. it is possible to set up Space to work as in Illustrator: even though there's no Hand tool. holding Space and dragging canvas will work if you turn on this mode in Inkscape Preferences (Scrolling tab).

Zooming : Plus and Minus Keys Instead of holding down the Ctrl key and pressing + or - to zoom the canvas. in Inkscape the artist simply presses the + or - key to zoom.

Selector and Nodes Tool In order to select objects with the rubberband in Inkscape. an artist must completely select the entire area of the object. not just select over part of it. to include it in the selection.

Individual nodes of paths can be selected with the Node tool rubberband. the same as in Illustrator; however the object must be selected first. and only the nodes from one object (which may combine several subpaths) can be selected. Unlike Illustrator. nodes from multiple uncombined objects cannot be selected at the same time (as of 0. 46).

Group Select In Inkscape there is no special group select tool. To select an individual object in a group of objects. hold the Ctrl key and click on the object with the Selector.

Many tools (such as Node tool. Tweak tool. shape tools) simply ignore grouping and allow you to click-select any object regardless of whether it is grouped or not.

One of the most common questions I receive is how Inkscape compares to Illustrator. and if one is better than the other. The two applications are very similar and have a lot in common. but despite that there’s still enough differences between them for a worthwhile comparison to be made. In this post I’m going to break that all down and go over some the advantages and disadvantages of Illustrator vs Inkscape.

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Before we get started I’d just like to address any potential bias. As someone who earns their living teaching people how to use Inkscape. it wouldn’t be unreasonable for you to assume that I’m approaching this with some kind of bias or agenda. but I can assure you that I’m going to be as fair and objective as possible. And for what it’s worth. I do also make Illustrator tutorials. so it’s not like I don’t have a vested interest in that software as well.

What I Like About Inkscape First and foremost. the thing that I love most about Inkscape is its low barrier to entry. Illustrator is sold on a monthly/yearly subscription-based pricing model. whereas Inkscape is just completely free. It’s made by a team of passionate volunteers who built it as a labor of love. And the reason why I think that’s so important doesn’t have as much to do with money as it does with how accessible that makes it. Inkscape opens the door a little wider for hobbyists and anyone who may have a passing interest in vector design. who may not be able to justify spending money on something they’re not quite sure they’ll like yet.

This actually describes me at one point in time. When I first wanted to learn about vector design over 10 years ago. I couldn’t afford Adobe Illustrator. This was before they had their monthly subscription model. and back then I believe it cost somewhere in the ballpark of $600 just to buy a copy of it.

Not only did I not have that kind of money sitting around. I certainly couldn’t justify spending that much on something that was. at the time. just a hobby. Inkscape was my foot in the door to the graphic design world. and without having it as a free alternative. I might not have ever realized just how much I enjoy design. and I might not have ever pursued it as a career either.

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Because of this I can’t help but wonder how many others are in the same position I was in 10+ years ago. How many future graphic designers are out there who will one day be creating great work and providing real value to the world because of free applications like Inkscape and GIMP that allowed them to test the waters?

Less Demanding Hardware Requirements One big advantage Inkscape has is that it’s far less demanding in terms of hardware. You can run Inkscape relatively well on some low-end consumer-grade computers. which is something that certainly can’t be said for Illustrator.

Inkscape. on the other hand. runs just fine on much less than that. In fact. the first computer I ever used Inkscape with was a refurbished Emachines that I got from Ebay for less than $200. It didn’t exactly run Inkscape with ease. but it did run well enough for me to be productive with it. And if you compare that to 2020’s standards. the technology has come far enough that pretty much any consumer-grade laptop should run Inkscape relatively well.