Inkscape is terrible slow. Unfortunately I can't get Corel Draw

please let us know .. estimate date of version of inkscape 1.4

how to use hex code in Inkscape?

Nice

I think one of the most common problems OSS has, is, more often than not, UX/UI related. Scribus is a prime example. Extremely powerful but let down mostly due to these problems.

lol the last things were funny and typical

excellent

Inkscape for Printing Industries is Real 🎉❤

Thanks guys

I use RGB and do late conversions to CMKY. Mostly, the mostly problem. The weakest point for me is the Illustrator like pages. Such a shame that the early influence on this design wasn't CorelDraw. Second weakest point is menu structure and workflows. If I hadn't move to Linux and Corel hadn't gone subscription I'd have jumped back to CorelDraw. Having been part of Corel beta teams, they did do major revisions to the interface but much of the work was under the hood because the design of the interface was decent from version 3 onward. I'm sorry but I think Inkscape, Corel and Adobe products all suffer the same flaw. Accumulation of wrongness in the age of computers on the desktop with massive memory and processor abilities that were not envisioned when the programs were created. And the user base has changed significantly. There was no "we might need to make this on a 3D printer" when these programs were invented. The starting point for Inkscape and the other programs was "create some component that could be used in a layout program". That's not at all what we need today. What makes CorelDraw so great is the page system. You can turn that into a scrape book for a project. Unfortunately they failed to put the resources into CorelCAD to create a Sketch-Up competitor. Reach out to Alex www.linkedin.com/in/alexvakulenko/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2F&originalSubdomain=ca He was on the team at Corel that fixed everything wrong with the program. He was always helpful and I believe he is now at Google. You might get some useful clues just from a chat. What I'd like to see in 2024 is the redefinition of creative software that starts with a foundation that is going to work into the future and is unified. Corel put a lot of effort into fussing about with colour management but they never moved dust and scratches in Photopaint from where a user wouldn't look for it under edit and put it where it belonged under filters. Years of that sort of program neglect leads to the interface failing users. "Just put it in extensions" being a clear weakness of Inkscape. The interfaces of these programs have all gone to hell. They were developed for simpler times when the programs did less. We need a radical re-envisioning of the interface into one that has flow. Davinci Resolve does this with Media, Media Prep, Sound Prep, Colorization, Edit and Effects. Where are in yesteryear in graphics. Unsorted inputs, multiple program pathways with different interfaces and everything in your face to where is it going to end up? The core interface issue is the everything on all the time display. If I'm node editing I don't need a pile of crap hanging about that has nothing to do with node editing. And when we do this stuff we expect by default there to be a web application. At least something that brings the phone into the useful range of the application. Unfortunately, and while I do understand the need for CM, I think you are wasting time, or perhaps better said, setting yourself up for the real project. The project that has the excitement level that will get contributions. "The Blank Page" Re-imagining the page. Re-imagining code in 2030 terms. Creating the spaces to expand functionality. Better embracing other open source programs. I've been watching you for a while. You need to shuffle CM to another party and focus on "the buzz" to enliven the space generally. Where as CM is a mind-blowing dull topic for 99% of users, it's not going to create the buzz needed in the space. What would be involved in creating a "smoke and mirrors" re-imagining of an interface. Albeit one where to experience the prototype you have a limited set of possible commands? Asking "how much of this crap on my screen do I need to perform this function". Imagine it as an "optional" interface feature, "workflow enhanced". If you started with a blank page you certainly wouldn't use the current rulers or scaling system. Buzz and getting contributions for boring color management isn't going to work. You need to build buzz that starts with a blank page and use the energy from that to get someone to do CM.

Just wondering , with so much hype around AI, are AI tools like chatgpt, Claude etc. not useful to find and fix CMYK issues?

this is .... why dont you ask want software they are using is adobe, affinify, corel ,canvax, i think if you see corel and color manager will be fine as a vector edit program and i listen someone that is print production that is more like esko artpro that is not important to comom users like gamma corrention is bulshit,,,,,

i can´t undertand why inkscape have to be only one svg editor and have suport for cmyk for print. i defend that if cmyk is important inkscape must be a vector editor with svg support pdf is most important than svg for print

Maybe we could find Cmyk palettes in Inkscape? It's quite long to work on color one by one...

good.

CMYK is great. so everyone can use inkscape in printing production .

Hello, I know that cmyk is a limitation for inkscape, but I use the scribus alternative and let's say it works, and the truth is that we demand but we don't see how hard the work is and how little financial support we provide. Thank you for your dedication and help to those of us on the other side of the screen

Wow! This was a great insight into the history of CMYK. I'm more excited for 1.5 than 1.4 :p personally, but 1.4 is shaping up to be a solid release.

CMYK is a great chance for Inkscape. And as always: thank for your work. It's very important!

Why is that I cannot fill objects or text ? It's annoying.

Hey , I don't want to remember all the shortcuts key, so can you make option to create macro function which saves on command tools. So that I can do my job done peacefully

So they don't use the software cause the website looks bad? 😂 The website looks and functions flawlessly. I am a Corel power user (professional) and Inkscape is more stable even on Windows. But why such a long delay for CMYK support. I understand it's an open source project, but this is the most important thing a professional needs. BTW thanx for this amazing tool.

Inkscape is powerful, but would like to see better and cleaner UI (modern like Figma or Lunacy), CMYK option for printing, Dropper tool could work like Illustrator so it can copy not only colours but everything from the object, like text for example.

I want to donate monthly in smaller amounts because it is more feasible for me to contribute a larger total in the long term that way. for example, 5$ for 12 months over 20$ maybe once a year. However, I don't support PayPal in general so I wish there was another way to do this. Either way, I will be contributing to this goal because I believe it is incredibly important to support things like this. But I wonder if there is a barrier there.

By no stretch of the imagination am I a pro at CMYK. In fact, I have very limited knowledge regarding the nuisances of CMYK. However, with that said, I found it fascinating to see other user's thought processes on what would be the ideal workflow for using it. This was a really good idea on your part Martin. I think I need to learn more about CMYK for future reference but at the moment, it is simply not something I use very often.

I really hope that Inkscape will someday has a dedicated tool that can create Editable 3D Text easily like in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. You know, 3D text effect (Beveled, Bold, Shiny, Stacked, 3D Perspective, etc.) It is possible to create 3D text effect in Inkscape for now, but it's just not convenient to do it and not editable. Clone LPE to create 3D Text Effect in Inkscape makes Inkscape forced close so much.

I like inkscape but after years they don t support cymk for printing work. But inkscape support Linux that is my prefer

This will obviously improve the Inkscape as users want it to be (specially where to find a particular tool/functions).

excellent work. :O) as always looking forward to the CMYK work flow in the vector application, it will be an absolute positive step forward for inkscape. Hopefully we will start to see a more stable application for those who want to use it professionally for CMYK process. both will put the application up there with the alternatives

Excellent video, love the effort :D

I really hope that Inkscape will someday has a dedicated tool that can create 3D text easily like in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. You know, 3D text effect styles in Beveled, Bold, Shiny, 3D perspective, etc. It is possible to create 3D text effect in Inkscape for now, but it's just not convenient to do it.

I love how collaborative, but directly actionable these experiments are

Maybe you should just have a simple button that opens a “prepare for print shop” wizard. Inkscape can guide the beginner user and expert user alike through the steps that a professional would follow, even ensuring that they check for and correct out of gamut colors

Congrats! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Fantastic video. Not only did you do a great job "DM"ing these sessions, the editing and forming a cohesive narrative from these sessions was amazing!

CMYK is essential when working with logos, as colors cannot vary from print to print. There needs to be consistency and some logos use special colors (Pantone) or even when we need to apply varnishes over details and in this case, in addition to four-color, we also have to create separate layers for these effects.

Was not expecting to see a dragon and it completely caught me off guard lmao

This is great! I loved how the different stories diverged and converged at some points.

This is great! Imagine Adobe doing this..? Hahahahha.... One thing I would.add.is an option for.advanced CMYK settings so you can keep things simple if needed and go.with some automatic optimal options. An option for.text being converted to true black is mandatory.

Hi Martin, Can you u make a video - How to start developing Inkscape (for beginners )

Well done for doing this. The beginner user automatic mode should also be able to flag issues that may get the file sent back again from the printer . Maybe even a list saying here is what has been set re profile name to give them a chance to match what the printer may have requested. How auto would auto be? Would it do the type of nice things the pros talked about doing every time re blacks and channels. What about images . A side by side preview would possibly be nice.

Supercooooool ❤❤❤

This is really a nice experiment. Thank you Martin!

Seria bom se tivéssemos a possibilidade de configurar o arquivo antes de criarmos, já na janela de início como acontece com gimp por exemplo, e também a opção de converter o arquivo como acontece no scribus. Acredito em vocês Martin e equipe e pelo visto do cmyk do Inkscape vai ser o melhor de todos.

pdf-export Preferences dialog options should be saved in the svg file once any of the preferences are changed (by the user) from the default values (IMO)

This is awesome, getting feedback from the users this way will help producing an intuitive experience for most people (hopefully). As for the beginner, I hope that the process would be more explicit, rather than selecting pdf CMYK and OK, I would like to see an indicator showing the color mode, and when the user have to go to color>convert to CMYK(or rgb if already CMYK). That way the user sees the change and can decide to export or tweak further.

The less friction I have to proof CMYK and the less menus I have to navigate to change settings, the better! My biggest qualm with modern UI designs is that things are hidden in one of multiple possible places and often times multiple layers deep. This is particularly troublesome when there is no universal search for the menu.

This was a great experiment, really interesting to see

Lovely to see the amount of time spent on the Replace Color dialog box as this is your best friend. Scribus does this really, really well. I even managed to get metallic gold ink as a spot colour for transfers for the side of a tram once.

OOOHHH MY GOD ,THANK YOU