The latest version of popular vector graphic application Inkscape was released yesterday bringing with it a hefty amount of features and improvements.
The new features users will be getting their paws adjusted to include: -
- Timed Autosave
- Spiro spline €“ a new way to work with paths
- Auto Smooth nodes
- Additional modes in the tweak tool, including scaling/rotating objects, deleting and duplicating using the "soft brush€, and more.
- Reworked snapping system
- Snapping toolbar
- New path effects
- Eraser tool
- A filters menu with a huge collection of new preset filters
- Spell Checker for text objects
- New Extensions – including calendar, printing marks, polar grids and more
- Cairo-based PS & EPS export with improved quality & more features
- Plus all a wave of bug fixes, usability tweaks, memory leaks plugged and other.
You can find the full release notes @ http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ReleaseNotes047
Users should also note that the preferences directory has been moved from ~/.inkscape to ~/.config/inkscape to better conform to Linux desktop standards.
Download
You can get the latest version of Inkscape from the official Inkscape site @ http://inkscape.org/download/?lang=en
Alternatively you can use the Inkscape Nightly PPA @ https://launchpad.net/~inkscape-nightly/+archive/ppa but be aware that this hasn't been updated for a few weeks.
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