I mostly used Inkscape to make simple vector art, in a style typical of 2D-animated cartoons. I like that vector programs, like Inkscape, allow you to have more precision. I used to use Adobe Illustrator, but sadly, it's not free and it's not always a great idea to try to download these programs for free. I switched to Inkscape, after I found out that it's free and has many similar functions that Illustrator has. Personally, I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and I like having a lot of precision when creating my artwork. Lately, I've been testing an extension that allows you to get coordinates of multiple selected nodes. https://gitlab.com/kaalleen/inspect-nodes/
It mostly works well, but I've noticed that on some areas, the coordinates of certain nodes that should be in the same position have slight discrepancies, even though they are snapped to each other. This might just be nitpicking, but it honestly bothers me when nodes that should be snapped to each other are not occupying the exact same location. Granted, the coordinates do get rounded down or up when the number of digits after the decimal is changed. But all the same, I thought the point of snapping nodes was to make sure that two or more nodes are in the same location? I don't know whether these discrepancies is caused by the extension, or if the snapping function is simply not as precise as it seems.
As an example, here is a drawing of my opossum persona, created for Pride month. The red circle on the bow marks where I first noticed the coordinate discrepancy.
Looking at the mentioned discrepancy of .001 mm, that would equate to 0.0037795 pixels. One could make the argument that it's more than small enough to be irrelevant.
I'm confused as to why any discrepancy would even occur, if two or more nodes are snapped to each other. But I suppose I have to live with it for now. Here's a full-body picture of the character.
How Do You Use Inkscape? Simple Vector Art
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I mostly used Inkscape to make simple vector art, in a style typical of 2D-animated cartoons. I like that vector programs, like Inkscape, allow you to have more precision. I used to use Adobe Illustrator, but sadly, it's not free and it's not always a great idea to try to download these programs for free. I switched to Inkscape, after I found out that it's free and has many similar functions that Illustrator has. Personally, I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and I like having a lot of precision when creating my artwork. Lately, I've been testing an extension that allows you to get coordinates of multiple selected nodes. https://gitlab.com/kaalleen/inspect-nodes/
It mostly works well, but I've noticed that on some areas, the coordinates of certain nodes that should be in the same position have slight discrepancies, even though they are snapped to each other. This might just be nitpicking, but it honestly bothers me when nodes that should be snapped to each other are not occupying the exact same location. Granted, the coordinates do get rounded down or up when the number of digits after the decimal is changed. But all the same, I thought the point of snapping nodes was to make sure that two or more nodes are in the same location? I don't know whether these discrepancies is caused by the extension, or if the snapping function is simply not as precise as it seems.
As an example, here is a drawing of my opossum persona, created for Pride month. The red circle on the bow marks where I first noticed the coordinate discrepancy.
Looks fine here on two systems.
Looking at the mentioned discrepancy of .001 mm, that would equate to 0.0037795 pixels. One could make the argument that it's more than small enough to be irrelevant.
I'm confused as to why any discrepancy would even occur, if two or more nodes are snapped to each other. But I suppose I have to live with it for now. Here's a full-body picture of the character.