Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. We also aim to maintain a thriving user and developer community by using open, community-oriented development. It is very easy to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps and much more. Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. It's very stable & really does almost everything Illustrator does, only it's WAY better because it's Open Source & totally FREE.An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.

Making the above changes took about half an hour & now Inkscape. Just Google 'Inkscape Mac GTK themes & toolsets'. There are several sites that show you how to do this.

I upgraded the butt-ugly Inkscape Windoze GUI theme to a snazzy dark grey GTK theme & tool set, which makes it look & almost like native Mac software. I makes my workflow much smoother & more efficient. This means I can use Inkscape without constantly stumbling around the keyboard. I altered the XQuartz (X11) keyboard commands to use the Command key instead of the Control key. 91 runs almost like a native Mac app-once I made two changes:ġ. Inkscape was always awkward on a Mac because it used X11 & Windoze key commands & the clunky Windoze interface.īut now Inkscape. I've been waiting for the promised Inkscape Mac native version for years, ever since Adobe bought & killed Freehand because Illustrator couldn't compete with it.

Downloading Inkscape 1.3