Animation
Inkscape does not support animation natively but SVG files do. Although Inkscape might add support someday, if any programmer becomes interested in tackling the challenge. If you are interested in programming animation features into Inkscape, please start by joining the development team .
Meanwhile, there are several ways to ...
The non-profit association LILA has organised a Libre Calendar project to support artists and Free Software. Inkscape is one of the supported projects.
Nikita Kitaev is working on SIF exporter for Inkscape that will functionally replace the SVG importer in Synfig.
We recently caught up with Ozant, to ask him some questions about himself, and his use of Inkscape.
About SVG
Because the SVG vector file format is Inkscape's central format, understanding the basics of SVG will be helpful when contributing to Inkscape's development. For example, to make your own extensions , you will need some experience in climbing up and down the XML tree - and if you want to work on some of the core Inkscape functions, ...
Manuals and quick references
Inkscape Beginner's Guide
An introductory guide, covering various topics relevant to new users — ranging from installation to making your own font. It is written by the project's contributors, and can be viewed and downloaded at readthedocs.io.
Inkscape, A Guide to a Vector Drawing Program, 4th Edition ...
Exhibitions of Inkscape Work Across the Internet
If you haven't already seen our own gallery, you can find it here .
Below, there's a listing of many places where you can find images made with Inkscape - and this is only a very small selection of all the great artistic works you can discover on the web.
If you'd like to see your site ...
The much-awaited next Inkscape release is getting closer and closer! Today, the source code for Inkscape-0.92pre2 (beta) was made available for testers on our website. There are many new features to discover and many bugs that have been fixed.
We had a great Inkscape Summit in Rennes, France. Our three-day meeting was hosted by long-time Inkscaper's Elisa and Cédric in their school of design Activ.design...
Report Bugs
Before you file a new bug report …
Please make sure you can reproduce the bug and identify the necessary steps to trigger it.
Ideally use a new blank file (which may be useful later, as a test file) and also try to reproduce after resetting Inkscape preferences ( info here ). This confirms for you that the problem is ...
The Inkscape project announces a new version 0.92 of its popular vector drawing software. New features include mesh gradients, improved SVG2 and CSS3 support, new path effects, interactive smoothing for the pencil tool, a new Object dialog for directly managing all drawing elements, and much more. Infrastructural changes are also under way, including a switch to CMake from the venerable Autotools build system.
Frequently Asked Questions — for Inkscape Users *
* Please find an FAQ for Inkscape Developers in the wiki .
General
What is Inkscape?
Inkscape is an open-source vector graphics editor similar to Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Freehand, or Xara X. What sets Inkscape apart is its use of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), an ...
This year's Kiel Hackfest was one of the best yet, thanks in no small part to Maren Hachmann, who is coordinator for Inkscape's website translation team. The following is a summary of what went on at the Hackfest...
For each major release, we host a contest for artists who compete to have their artwork displayed on Inkscape's About Screen. Meet the winning artist for the upcoming 1.3 release.
With version 1.3 of Inkscape, you’ll find improved performance, several new features, and a solid set of improvements to a few existing ones.
This version is squarely focused on helping users get organized and work more efficiently with our free and open source vector-editing software.
