Inkscape

The path changing modes of the new Tweak tool allow you to push, shrink, grow, attract, repel, or roughen any path, easily and naturally sculpting exciting freeform shapes. This is a lot more convenient than the Node tool not only because you don't need to think about nodes, but also because it can work on any number of selected paths at the same time.

The color changing modes of the new Tweak tool, paint and jitter, are very similar to the way a soft brush works in a bitmap editor. If you have a number of separate objects, you can select them all and paint over them with any fill or stroke color.

Inkscape 0.46 comes with a selection of stock patterns, accessible via the Fill and Stroke dialog. It is now much easier and faster than before to fill a path with stripes, checkerboard, or polka dots.

The use of effects which previously required to manually installed some Python modules is now straightforward on Mac OS X: they all work out of the box. In addition, Inkscape's interface was made more Mac- friendly by the use of a default theme. This theme reflects the changes made in OS X system preferences (Appearance panel) and works with Graphite (as demonstrated here) or Aqua variants. For advanced users already having a custom ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file, the theme is not enforced and their personal settings are respected.

Nástroj Vedro s farbou funguje rovnako ako nástroj Vedro s farbou v rastrových editoroch obrázkov -- kliknutím na oblasť sa táto vyplní zvolenou farbou. Na rozdiel od iných editorov tento nástroj Inkscape disponuje ďalšími metódami výplne, ktoré vám urýchlia prácu.

The Path along Path effect can curve a path along another path. When this effect is applied to path A (called skeleton), another path B (called pattern) can then be passed as a parameter. The result is that path B is bent along path A. With the node edit tool, path A can be editted on-canvas and the result is updated live. This provides a direct equivalent of "vector brushes" or "skeletal strokes" features in other vector editors.

This example shows how the new hatching techniques can be used to produce a traditional line engraving from a photo. Note also that thinning/thickening can be used not only for hatchings but for sculpting arbitrary paths - easy shape morphing without the Node tool!

Nástroju kaligrafické pero bolo pridaných niekoľko vlastností, ktoré umožnia v Inkscape tvoriť staré umenie rytiny. Snímka obrazovky demonštruje vektorizáciu vodiacej cesty pre rýchle a rovnomerné vyšrafovanie oblasti; pri vektorizácii pozadia pero reflektuje svetlosť pozadia v každom bode; a stenčovanie/zhrubovanie umožňuje zmeniť tmavosť šrafovania v ľubovoľnom bode alebo dokonca vymazať časti kresby.

Now all guidelines are angled. The usual horizontal and vertical guidelines have become angled at 0/90 degrees. To change to a different angle, just double-click the guideline you want to change and enter the values. You can also create a guideline with an angle of 45 degrees by dragging the guideline from the ends of the rulers. You can also create an angled guideline from a straight line. Draw this line and press Shift+G.