Inkscape Vector Graphics Drawing Program (Open Source)
I know I've been remiss in posting to this hardware/software review blog. I'll post more frequently as now: at least once a week, most likely on Saturdays or Sundays.
Several months ago, while doing an exhaustive search on SourceForge for vector drawing programs similar to Adobe Illustrator, I came across Inkscape. While it's still pretty new (V 0.42) at the time of this writing, it's a delightful easy to use vector graphics program. It's not as powerful as Adobe Illustrator, but it's free and works rather well. It still occasionally crashes for me, but not as often as V0.41. And crashing doesn't cause your computer freeze, like some other programs.
Of the ten or more free or trial vector graphics packages I downloaded, this was the "optimal" one: best overall, for different features. (Expression was great. But Microsoft bought it, which may mean they'll put a price tag on it.) What I particularly like about Inkscape is that it produces XML-format SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) files as the standard storage format. You can, however, export PNG (Portable Network Graphics) bitmaps. And you can't beat those gosh darn cool stars that you can make in Inkscape:
(c) Copyright 2005-present, Raj Kumar Dash, http://hardandsoft.blogspot.com
Several months ago, while doing an exhaustive search on SourceForge for vector drawing programs similar to Adobe Illustrator, I came across Inkscape. While it's still pretty new (V 0.42) at the time of this writing, it's a delightful easy to use vector graphics program. It's not as powerful as Adobe Illustrator, but it's free and works rather well. It still occasionally crashes for me, but not as often as V0.41. And crashing doesn't cause your computer freeze, like some other programs.
Of the ten or more free or trial vector graphics packages I downloaded, this was the "optimal" one: best overall, for different features. (Expression was great. But Microsoft bought it, which may mean they'll put a price tag on it.) What I particularly like about Inkscape is that it produces XML-format SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) files as the standard storage format. You can, however, export PNG (Portable Network Graphics) bitmaps. And you can't beat those gosh darn cool stars that you can make in Inkscape:
(c) Copyright 2005-present, Raj Kumar Dash, http://hardandsoft.blogspot.com
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