Inkscape can create and edit complex diagrams, lines, graphs, logos, and illustrations.
After 14 months of development, the launch of the new version of the vector graphics editor Inkscape 1.3, version in which various changes have been made to the user interface, as well as improvements, bug fixes and more.
For those unfamiliar with the editor, you should know that it provides flexible drawing tools and supports reading and saving images in SVG, OpenDocument Drawing, DXF, WMF, EMF, sk1, PDF, EPS, PostScript, and PNG formats.
Inkscape 1.3 Main New Features
In this new version of Inkscape 1.3 that is presented, it is highlighted that added a new shape builder tool that allows you to quickly merge, link, and combine overlapping paths using fill actions. Pressing the Shift key replaces the attach contours operation with the exclude operation.
Another change that stands out is that added a dialog to view the resources used in the document, which provides a list of built-in components such as palettes, filters, colors, fonts, symbols, markers, etc.
Besides that, the ability to create font collections has been implemented, allowing you to define font categories and add arbitrary fonts to them for quick access and filtering (for example, you can select your favorite fonts, font sets for thematic use, or arrange fonts by style, and when browsing fonts, display only the sources of the selected category).
In the combo dialog for working with layers and objects ("Layers and objects", "Objects..."), the ability to change transparency and overlay modes is provided Added support for moving various objects around to hide or lock them, added a return item search form, and added support for creating and filtering items by name, as well as improved keyboard control with cursor keys.
The improved operations with fixed colors in the paletteFor example, when scrolling through the palette items, fixed colors are now displayed separately on the left. Added the ability to resize color swatches.
On the other hand, we can find that the dialog for working with filters has been redesigned, in which the search for effects has been simplified and a drop-down menu has been added. The layout of the elements in the dialog now automatically adapts to the resizing of the window.
Added a texture editor, which allows to manipulate the shape of the textures, change the size and offset of the repeated cells, change the angle of rotation. To simplify search and navigation, the ability to distribute textures among collections is provided.
Of the other changes that stand out:
- New interface for adjusting bleeds and trimming the edges of a document in preparation for printing.
- A new node selection mode, implemented in the arcana style (when the Alt key is pressed, the edge is outlined and objects falling on it are selected).
- Redesign of the Live Path Effects (LPE) dialog.
- New dialog to import PDF files, which provides the ability to customize the fonts used in a PDF document.
- Changed node removal logic: When snapping and clipping after removal, Inkscape now takes into account the use of a straight or curved line to connect the resulting nodes.
- The XML editor has syntax highlighting, the ability to use a monospace font, and automatic line translation.
- Added a dockable panel to manage snap settings.
- The ability to copy and paste objects between different pages while maintaining their original position is provided, which is useful when creating presentations or cloning animation frames.
Finally, if you are interested in knowing more about it about the new version of Inkscape 1.3 you can check the details In the following link.
How to install Inkscape 1.3 on Ubuntu and derivatives?
Finally, for those who are interested in being able to install this new version in Ubuntu and other Ubuntu-derived systems, they should open a terminal in the system, this can be done with the key combination "Ctrl + Alt + T".
And in her we are going to type the following command with which we will add the application repository:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:inkscape.dev/stable sudo apt-get update
Done this to install inkscape, we just have to type the command:
sudo apt-get install inkscape
Another method of installation is with the help of the flatpak packages and the only requirement is to have the support added to the system.
In a terminal we just have to type the following command:
flatpak install flathub org.inkscape.Inkscape
Finally another of the methods offered directly by Inkscape developers, is using AppImage file which you can download directly from the app's website. In the case of this version, you can open a terminal and in it you can download the appimage of this latest version by typing the following command in it:
wget https://inkscape.org/gallery/item/42330/Inkscape-0e150ed-x86_64.AppImage
Done the download, now you just have to give permissions to the file with the following command:
sudo chmod +x Inkscape-0e150ed-x86_64.AppImage
And that's it, you can run the app image of the application by double-clicking on it or from the terminal with the command:
./Inkscape-0e150ed-x86_64.AppImage