Important: Starting with version 0.92 you will no longer be able to download Inkscape for Mac OS X.

Trademark Note 3: Adobe® Illustrator® and Photoshop® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Trademark Note 2: Mac and OS X are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. Trademark Note 1: Microsoft®, Windows® and other product names are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Most popular package manager / app store for Linux should be able to deliver Inkscape, however, please note that this might not (always) be the latest version. Note: The Linux versions can be downloaded from official page here.

Let's delve into the nuances of this software to help you figure out if it is ideal for your needs and desires. The program is supposed to compete with Adobe® Illustrator®, yet many users claim that it falls short of Adobe® high standard. Path markers (ending, middle and/or beginning marks, e.g.Inkscape is a source vector graphics software that took nearly half a decade to create.Dashed strokes, with many predefined dash patterns.A gradient editor capable of multi-stop gradients.Color selector (RGB, HSL, CMYK, color wheel, CMS).Layers (lock and/or hide individual layers, rearrange them, etc layers can form a hierarchical tree).Grouping objects ('select in group' without ungrouping, or 'enter the group' making it a temporary layer).Z-order operations (raising and lowering).Transformations (moving, scaling, rotating, skewing), both interactively and by specifying exact numeric values.Clones ('live' linked copies of objects), including a tool to create patterns and arrangements of clones.Embedded bitmaps (with a command to create and embed bitmaps of selected objects).

Text tool (multi-line text, full on-canvas editing).Shape tools: rectangles (may have rounded corners), ellipses (includes circles, arcs, segments), stars/polygons (can be rounded and/or randomized), spirals.Drawing: pencil tool (freehand drawing with simple paths), pen tool (creating Bézier curves and straight lines), calligraphy tool (freehand drawing using filled paths representing calligraphic strokes).

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