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Title: Inkscape - Open source vector graphic program
Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 22, 2009, 09:25:58 am

http://www.inkscape.org/


Surprised it's not been mentioned here before.
Thought it might be handy to for gimp -based texture artists.

Title: Re: Inkscape - Open source vector graphic program
Post by: Aardwolf on August 22, 2009, 02:51:12 pm

Interesting... I didn't know about this either. Hopefully it's got a better interface than GIMP's pen tool?

Title: Re: Inkscape - Open source vector graphic program
Post by: Nuke on August 23, 2009, 01:04:26 am

i toyed with illustrator awhile back to make textures, but it turns out it doesnt work very well.

Title: Re: Inkscape - Open source vector graphic program
Post by: Scooby_Doo on August 23, 2009, 03:20:03 am

Quote from: Nuke on August 23, 2009, 01:04:26 am

i toyed with illustrator awhile back to make textures, but it turns out it doesnt work very well.

I tried Coral Draw ages ago, and came to the same conclusion  :blah:

Title: Re: Inkscape - Open source vector graphic program
Post by: Herra Tohtori on August 23, 2009, 03:25:02 am

Quote from: Aardwolf on August 22, 2009, 02:51:12 pm

Interesting... I didn't know about this either. Hopefully it's got a better interface than GIMP's pen tool?

What's wrong with GIMP's tools? :p

Title: Re: Inkscape - Open source vector graphic program
Post by: Nuke on August 23, 2009, 04:50:07 am

gimp is a raster program and usually the vector tools arent as good as on a dedicated vector graphics proggie. even photoshop has fairly useful vector tools, but still they arent really designed for the kind of stuff you can do in a full vector package.

Title: Re: Inkscape - Open source vector graphic program
Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 23, 2009, 05:25:29 am

Quote from: Nuke on August 23, 2009, 04:50:07 am

gimp is a raster program and usually the vector tools arent as good as on a dedicated vector graphics proggie. even photoshop has fairly useful vector tools, but still they arent really designed for the kind of stuff you can do in a full vector package.

^

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://inkscape.org/screenshots/gallery/inkscape-0.45-photorealistic-car1.png&imgrefurl=http://compscigail.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html&usg=__f5mBB73MJ_BvBpOcrF58OCDlPms=&h=1024&w=1280&sz=496&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=XypGHyfnoAef1M:&tbnh=120&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dinkscape%2Bexamples%26imgsz%3Dl%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1 supports this, The car pic i mean.