Inkscape 1.4 Officially Released! Here's What's New...

[@AvgNerd]

I started watching your videos some years ago and it helped me to start using Inkscape despite I'm not a designer and is really cool to see you still working with Inkscape and, apparently, not looking to leave it! Thanks for keeping up the content!

[@thatviewer-4142]

Unlike some other programs, Inkscape just keeps getting better! Before you know it, this program will be influencing other programs! It's interface is sleek yet intuitive. And the interface is what many programs get wrong. Off topic: I also make screen recordings, and am wondering: how did you smooth out the mouse motion in your videos? I really find that a nice feature, and would like to replicate it.

[@Inkscape-tutorial-pl]

Hello and thanks for your material. About new text browser. It's important to mention, that to use it, you need to enable it first (Preferences - Interface - Window)

[@LogosByNick]

Thanks for mentioning! Pinning this comment in case anyone has this issue.

[@thatviewer-4142]

Might be useful in the future. Thanks!

[@JosedelaVedro]

it's Edit -> Preferences -> Interface -> Windows -> Text and Font dialog -> Unified font browser (experimental) and you need to restart the program

[@Inkscape-tutorial-pl]

@@JosedelaVedro Hello, there's no need to restart Inkscape.

[@nittani.]

Just chose to ignore that issue hmm maybe be more appreaciative buddy go practice graditude i promis it will change your life

[@grandolddrummer]

New Font menu ftw! Thanks for sharing.

[@Aimé-BonusMucowintore-b6i]

I really like Nick tutorials , he's like the perfect teacher till now he's the only i follow on youtube for graphic design . Much respect to him.

[@horisadiafyama]

This is getting better! Still waiting for CMYK export option though...

[@khena6784]

This is what i was waiting for too...biggest issue rn

[@greenfoot5454]

Work is being done on this for 1.5 by doctormo, they've got a few videos on YT about it.

[@Inkscape-tutorial-pl]

It is expected to be released in Inkscape 1.5. There are not too many new features in 1.4 because a lot of time was spent on preparation of changes for CMYK.

[@horisadiafyama]

@@Inkscape-tutorial-pl Now this is good news.

[@IfedolapoAjetunmobi]

Oh my, Inkscape just addressed some of the issues with my pain points and I will keep on using it as always. This update is really amazing

[@kikumi4637]

As always another great video! Well put together, concise and easy to understand. Thank you Nick! Really appreciate the update.

[@CarolusChess]

Impressive release and thanks for your videos. I am using Inkscape together with affinity. Together they are a super power house.

[@himanilsharma2147]

Same here... I usually trace things in Inkscape, do adjustments in a traced vector and then jump into Affinity for a complicated layout .... It feels to me like I had activated a Cheat mode 😂😂 But , This is the Way... How do you use both if them

[@PawFromTheBroons]

@@himanilsharma2147Same, really. Since Affinity Designer can't be bothered to add the Trace feature Inkscape has had for ages…

[@aarongrooves]

Yesterday, I said to myself, "I haven't checked Inkscape in 2 years; I wonder what they're up to!" I went to the site and BAM, new update launched right before my eyes! Tbh, I never got used to 1.2, and I was considering reverting. But now, I'm updating baby! Great video! I just watched your 1.3 video, and I noticed you had a really nice mic on that older video. Do you need support getting a new mic? If so, please let me know how I can help, or donate! Really appreciate the quality of that 1.3 video, and I love the way you deliver information. Thanks again!

[@alexg3905]

Holly molly :D the shape builder as a mask... OMG! I love Inkscape and now it just became even better.

[@JohnColgan.]

Brilliant summary. Thank you. I'm looking forward to downloading & trying

[@missgreendog]

How does this software just keep getting better. It's incredible

[@martingillette7613]

Inkscape is getting so good. I've been using it for many years. About the Modular Grid. It would be useful, as a future update, to be able to link X and Y in each setting. It's not critical but would save a bit of time.

[@lkahfi]

Wow that new shape builder feature that can crop pixel-based image are awesome

[@paulroos8517]

Thanks Nick I love your videos. High-Five for you.

[@mickaelux]

That's amazing!! It's great to see these additions!! Thanks very much for the videos

[@grahamnichols1416]

These are really useful additions to Inkscape. Many thanks for continuing to create great videos.

[@GraphicDesignStudio]

After so much effort finally. Please spread love. This video by nick is very useful for beginners.

[@fleeptough7714]

Thank you, Nick! As always you are providing us good content.

[@deebonash1495]

Thank you!! Ink scape is like the graphic Designer's Blender. And I mean that with all Love and support!

[@imgbat]

Thank you for this and ALL the material you upload!

[@JoeCarterDesigns]

Great coverage of this update! Subscribing!

[@jnealla]

Thank you Nick! I have learned a lot from you. Thank you for sharing!

[@somali4154]

I wish people would appreciate this free software instead of endlessly whining about its so-called shortcomings. If you’re that bothered, go ahead and throw your cash at Adobe. But maybe stop comparing the tireless work of a handful of dedicated volunteers to the bottomless pockets of a corporate behemoth.

[@RachedNoureddine]

as of now there's one problem left to be solved, the CMYK export the rest doesn't bother me much

[@doctormo]

If people are throwing cash around, throw it at me 😉I'm actually working on cmyk in inkscape so it might actually fix something.

[@sesebere]

Or rather throw cash at supporting Inkscape

[@Kaycii.Austine]

God bless you: My point exactly. As for me, I care less about their industry standard. I will rather, and I am going to throw my money to this group behemoth volunteers of Inkscape(my belovedst), GIMP, Krita, KDENLIVE, LibreOffice, and all of open source free software that are very useful for me and my work. And God bless them immensely for these great software they all are giving us for free.

[@nairocamilo]

Never blame the victim! If an application is underwhelming, what reason would there be for someone to use it? What one should do is incentivize people to help, not "whine about whining"

[@CTRL_SMarcos]

Fantastic! Thanks for the video.

[@bmc_]

LESS GOOO!!! I'm so hyped!

[@haya3sa]

my fav is the Dash icons! Looks cleaner and more professional.

[@lummsmusik3219]

Love Inkscape! Such a great tool and gets even better very quickly. My wish for Inkscape would be tools which help and support more to create isometric objects.

[@kamusumbe]

🎉🎉My favorite software (and teacher)

[@derpderp9281]

Inkscape never fails to amaze! I love Inky, hopefully more designers will begin to pay attention to this amazing free open source software so we can slowly move from Adobe's money hungry claws

[@OswaldPrucker]

Thanks a ton. Will go on my machine shortly 🙂

[@GraphicDesignStudio]

Must try 1.4

[@elopez1369]

Font editor sounds great I will need to download this this weekend

[@productivitybydesign9368]

Everything I know about Inkscape I've learned from Nick to a point where I am unable to use anything else because I love it's functionality.

[@GraphicDesignStudio]

Thanks

[@CelticOneDesign]

Shape Builder being able to use raster images is a game changer for me.

[@joebazooks]

inkscape has come such a long way. didnt even know we had surpassed 1.2 until i updated from 0.92 a day or two ago

[@t.e.e.j.a.y]

Awesome update vid, thanks 🙏 Just wondering if there is an option or something we have to check - text and font previews aren't showing 🤔 I'm on the mac version btw

[@Agnoletta]

I know what I’m downloading tonight!

[@SunnyTPup]

Hi, could you make a video on how to use object titles, descriptions and so on and how to use them for more accessible content (or suggest tutorials on that topic if you know any)?

[@ixxnae]

Thanks, Nick!

[@Cchannels]

Hello sir I watching your videos all I’m now learning ❤

[@GraphicDesignStudio]

Must try 1.4

[@orenjineko646]

2:40 They should add (chain) link button (e.g. quicker perfect square) just like in the general object's coordinate and size.

[@柯禮安G]

7:50 this is veeery good

[@YanellyGuzman-x3x]

very helpful thank you so much! is there anyway to get the nodes to be small and grey like they used to be instead of big and white. so when there is 2 nodes in the same spot you can tell and they don't all look the same? thank you in advance :)

[@neodidi]

Inkscape and Affinity suite... Best combo you need.. That's literally all I use to work as a designer for over 6 years now.. Inkscape for some features, like language writing, Arabic mostly, and a few other workflows.. Affinity for everything else.. If I need to open a PS file maybe from a client and don't want to change the extention, I use Photopea... That rarely happens

[@LogosByNick]

I’ve been recommending that combo to users for years. They complement each other’s shortcomings.

[@realyn_166]

Hi. Nick! your videos are helpful always. I'm thinking about enrolling in your masterclass lately now that I have enough funds, but I have a concern I want to ask regarding it... do you update your lessons like when inkscape release major updates?

[@N3ilNDM]

Bro they finally added the modular grids they the goat fr 😭🙏

[@GraphicDesignStudio]

yes

[@noahm.7541]

Raster shape builder is HUGE

[@paulmarbach6447]

Thank you Sir

[@SevernBeach]

Once you got a shape out of Shape Builder, is there any way you can put a stroke/outline to the edge. It still seems to treat it as a square image behind the scenes. Any thoughts ? Also can you blur the edges of the selection created.

[@StarlordStavanger]

hell yeah, great job nick! will wait for Fedora Linux to package this update, hopefully in the next week or two! woo hoo!

[@ordinaryg1rl]

hi nick, can we make a motion blur in inkscape? if it could, i hope u make a tutorial for this😊😊

[@JeremyDWilliamsOfficial]

Thank you for the great video! Very well done. You start with "liquid" artwork. Are you able to share the process you used to create that? I'd like to create something similar. New user here. Cheers! :)

[@LogosByNick]

It's from an old tutorial I made a while back. It should still work if you want to try it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZmoZoSmgpKmsJosi=W8gG03Lq0DuL7sbc

[@JeremyDWilliamsOfficial]

@@LogosByNick Thank you! That's maybe 7 years old, but it's great! I appreciate the time and effort you took to find it and share it (not to mention your original uploading of it ). Thanks again :) Subbed!

[@unaddan]

I wish they enchant their bitmap tracing, and also fix some stability. I tried copying some vector into many object and its so laggy. But i. Illustrator with same amount of object is super normal.

[@bazyt1]

Looks like some nice upgrades. I just tried to install 1.4 (Windows) from the official page and got errors due to missing dlls, so I'll wait a bit (gone back to 1.3 for now).

[@ltlnx]

Try repairing the install or installing from the EXE.

[@shobhafernandes5006]

​@ltlnx I had the same problem. Nothing worked, so went back to 1.3.

[@ltlnx]

@@shobhafernandes5006 sorry about that. A fix was merged some days ago that should (finally) fix it in 1.4.1.

[@godnyx117]

Inkscape is amazing! I can't wait until they port to GTK5 (because GTK4 will be over soon, lol) and use Vulkan Also, that tool of CorelDraw where you just "cut" a line would be amazing if it was added!

[@ltlnx]

Unless GTK5 gets their cross-platform support a lot better, the next toolkit update would probably be one to Qt.

[@godnyx117]

@@ltlnx You base your prediction based on what? Unless they say it, no way to be sure...

[@ltlnx]

I'm part of the bug triaging team so I know that devs are frustrated with GTK :) Switching toolkits is pure speculation though, as there are still some years ahead before we have to make the decision.

[@godnyx117]

@@ltlnx Oh! If you speak with that proof and from that position, then it makes sense! I hope the devs make the best decision, for them above all and then, for the project! Thanks for your time!

[@srenbinderupmadsen5048]

I love your tutorials, so easy and straight forward. My only problem is that my Inkscape doesn't look anything like yours. Is that because I use it on a laptop and not a Mac? 🤔

[@LogosByNick]

It's because of Mac. It looks more polished on Mac.

[@ltlnx]

You can try changing the theme to Minwaita, saves a lot of space and makes the experience better

[@atomaalatonal]

nice. its as surprisingly good as the new libreoffice version. all hail to these devs

[@Stratelier]

The Shape Builder auto-clipping raster objects reminds me, I want to see Boolean path operations do the same if a raster image object is involved.

[@doctormo]

The two boolean operations which are based on the shape builder code will do this. If they can. But the other code is all wired differently and to be honest you can just apply clipping paths directly so I'd have to see a solid workflow demonstration to spend the time unwiring it all.

[@OzeiasQueiroz]

Muiiito bommmm!!!!

[@Cinders7]

It sounds interesting. I'm trying to find if it is compatible with Mac Monterey but don't see any system requirements. Any idea where I might find that info?

[@woohoowoohoowoohoo28]

I cannot Update Inkspace ( 1.32 - > 1.4 ) , because I can't press the next button during inkspace 1.4 setup, how can I fix it?

[@GardeningNotes101]

How do I drag an image file (jpeg or png) into the Inkscape workspace without it opening in a new separate window? I'm currently using Inkscape 1.4, but I didn't have this issue when I was using Inkscape 1.2.

[@beer1for2break3fast4]

I wish the shape building tool would work that smoothly with any vector but it doesn't. I got it to work right once (with a vector I created using the trace bitmap tool) but cannot duplicate what I did. If you draw the shape with the bezier tool it seems to work right.

[@SpiritualityA-Z]

I'm at a loss. I installed the new system and I'm having issues with the kerning on ALL of my script font. I've tried placing the cursor in the middle of the two letters and using the alt key and arrowing over, but it goes right back when I try to change the text to a path. I've also tried turning it into a path first and that doesn't correct it either. Any suggestions? I love the new features, but I may be forced to go back to the older version. :(

[@alechef69]

Hi Nick... a simple question. Till the last version, i used to collect all fonts in the "share" dir, and inkscape was handling them perfectly. Now i get the font preview, only if the fonts are in the windows directory... is it only my problem? regards

[@stopneverstop]

hi Nick, will the new version still keep the formatting and original file

[@LogosByNick]

Yes, everything will still work the same

[@stopneverstop]

@@LogosByNick CHEERS NICK

[@mdossiou]

Thank you very much I have some questions 1. At document properties → modular grid → px → I type 100, but it displays 99.99996. Why does this happen? 2. At text and font tab it doesn't display at the right bottom the font size bar to change font size

[@doctormo]

1. Likely a floating point bug in the round-trip. Should be reported. 2. Not sure what you mean, but perhaps a screenshot in a bug report will help explain it.

[@isancreativedesigns9259]

Downloaded but will not run the set up even after removing v1,3,2 so had to reload the previous version. Run as Admin does not do anything. Anyone else had this problem on Win 10?

[@sanzcamaso]

is there a way to just update your version?

[@dectyl.gaming9751]

how can i switch inkscape to gpu compute ?

[@mikedixonphoto]

I upgraded. The MSI version of the install had a missing libsigc-2.0-0.dll error. The exe install worked fine. Checked Help->About, definitely version 1.4, however my Text and Font panel is still the old style. Windows 11.

[@andersonocardoso2524]

Always happen, fresh install and it should work fine.

[@uchihaabody1392]

Love your videos.❤ Can someone please help me... I use 1.3.2 version and don't know how to update it to 1.4 on Windows

[@GraphicDesignStudio]

Uninstall the 1.3 and install 1.4

[@berntlie6799]

Great overview. One question on "swatches"... I mainly make technical drawings, and I'm curious about whether I can make my own "swatch" list of colors, with "symbolic names"? What I mean is... suppose I have a system with solid (say, copper), liquid (say, water), and gases (say, hydrogen, oxygen). * Is it possible to make my own "swatch" where I define, say "copper", "water", "hydrogen", "oxygen"? * Can I assign some RGB color to each of these colors? * If I have applied the names to some objects, and then regret my chosen RGB values: can I change the RGB values associated with my labels ("copper", "water", "hydrogen", "oxygen"), and then have the objects automatically change to these new RGB values?

[@ltlnx]

The color-name swatch combo already exists in Inkscape, it's just that the UX surrounding it is not in the best shape. You should be able to label, add, edit, import and export colors in the swatches dialog (in the next major version), and changing the swatch color should change all objects using the swatch. There are a lot of discussion around the swatches dialog in the UX chat and the repo recently, please drop by if you have thoughts to share!

[@jewarrior]

Can you make video on golden abstracts geometry pattern background please 🎉

[@GregoryGustavo]

Só falta CMYK nativo, e PDF x1a 😢

[@FirdausiNurQ]

I'm new comer here. I do not really know about INSCAPES. May I know, does this app is an app dealing with design like Photoshop, Illustrator, Coral Draw etc or it is an app for publishing like Adobe InDesign, Adobe Pagemaker, Microsoft Publisher, Affinity Publisher etc?

[@nedeljkosimic9826]

👏 👍

[@osvaldoariellachapellhenrr8345]

Something is wrong. I have installed the latest version of Inkscape but I don't have the new font and text views. Can anyone here help me?

[@ahsanahmedzai6257]

My Text & Font menu is same as old O.o

[@JohnColgan.]

Read the Pinned post, you need to enable the feature first

[@ahsanahmedzai6257]

@@JohnColgan. Thanks 😁😁

[@ArjunaSatria-gd6sp]

How to install 1.4? I've install it but still 1.3 on Ubuntu

[@doctormo]

Please use the PPA, there is a link now from the release page on the website.

[@alessonnunes3236]

Flavors and unflavors Delicious apartment

[@swempthebemp]

In some ways I like inkscape more than affinity. I really miss the perspective tool since switching

[@vitorfranco7123]

I love inkscape. But I do have one major issue with it. I work with very very large files. Bucause it does not support GPU acceleration, and only the CPU, ans the PC ram, it freezes up a lot of times, sometimes grinds to a halt. Does anyone know if they are working on GPU acceleration?

[@GalihKurniaDewangga]

I really wish Inkscape to have a built-in tool for creating 3D text effects easily and intuitive like Adobe Illustrator. Instead of using LPE Clone which is memory hungry and difficult to achieve what we want. I always begging for this feature because I mostly use Inkscape to create Posters and Infographics design, and I love 3D text effects. Now, I know Inkscape is not the right program in creating Posters but I just really love how Inkscape behave, it's so easy to edit text and align objects in Inkscape. If GIMP behave like Inkscape does, I would've use GIMP instead for creating Posters. It's really painful to edit text and align objects in GIMP, there's no guide, there's no snapping feature, there's no multiple layers selection, there's no shape tool, I can't even create a button in a poster in GIMP that still can be modified later if anything wrong, but GIMP just doesn't let that, it's always destructive!

[@haya3sa]

Have you tried Cavalry? you might enjoy it for 3d text poster. its very quick to create interesting vector effect or 3d text and then save to svg or paste/open to any vector program like Inkscape.

[@sebbosebbo9794]

its maybe not that simple to develope... a good proposal ,.. eficientwell thought out meshing, shading & lighting system...

[@ltlnx]

I suppose it would be achievable if we have some kind of Blender integration, but you'll have to find the devs for that😉

[@KaeMProd]

Do I need to uninstall the previous version so I can install the new one or ?

[@doctormo]

If on windows, yes, do that. There are some bugs that happen if you don't.

[@GraphicDesignStudio]

yes

[@pushpendrashrivas5904]

Sir what is app

[@LogosByNick]

Inkscape

[@tyrque977]

Scrolling through these comments all i see is ungrateful people, negativity and complaints i really wonder how you put up with these notifications Nick.

[@vsz-z2428]

will wait for flathub

[@GomilaMusic]

Help please. Why do I get "Blobs" on my letters?

[@ltlnx]

try disabling the stroke

[@GomilaMusic]

@@ltlnx Thank you

[@FernandoCardoso1972]

on windows the text tool is difrent

[@kairu_b]

Noice

[@andersonocardoso2524]

These are good things indeed, but only sad thing is in 2024 and counting we have to download these new updates by going on site, I mean there is no auto-update feature at all.

[@franklunt8975]

I, and I may be doing it wrong, always uninstall the current version then clean install the latest version of the software. I never have any issues with conflicts or incompatibility problems. I use a free "uninstall" program for this purpose.

[@doctormo]

This is mostly because the linux developers all have auto-update built into the operating system. I believe if you install via the Microsoft Store, you would get auto update too.

[@pioshelby7611]

The development guy in charge of Search really got stuck in there......

[@himanilsharma2147]

Can we donate something to Inkscape developers... After so kany years using it I think its my moral responsibility to do it...

[@LogosByNick]

Yup inkscape.org/support-us/donate/

[@cristophero8196]

esta lleno de bugs

[@chetandhiman1072]

Inkscape is really awesome and your tutorials have helped me a lot. In future I hope inkscape will have AI also.🤞🤞

[@dougrodrigues]

Sincere doubt: I know it is a free program so it must have much less investment for its development, so certain functions take longer than expected to be implemented. But what is the function of a vector program that does not export in CMYK? What is the advantage of using it instead of Figma, for example, which is free and can do this with community plugins?

[@doctormo]

Inkscape isn't free, as in beer. It's free as in speech. Which Figma is not. This gets really frustrating to explain as people just don't want to pay for their free software like they really really should be. Pay for your free software guys, otherwise it won't get better as fast as you hope it will.

[@dougrodrigues]

@@doctormo I also think this way: If people helped with free software, we would have incredible and free tools and you are right in saying that they are not completely free, but free for users. Inkscape seems to have gigantic potential to go head to head with Illustrator, but without being able to produce printed materials, it doesn't make much sense to use it. I know the Scribus workaround, but unfortunately the quality is not that good. I believe that people don't value free things as much, and I hope that mentality changes one day.

[@LogosByNick]

Vector design has countless digital, non-print uses. Websites, apps, templates, etc. I've built an entire enterprise around it.

[@dougrodrigues]

@@LogosByNick I understood, I believed that vector files were more used in printing. But don't you believe that this program would be much more widely used with this addition?

[@doctormo]

@@dougrodrigues I've spent the entire of 2024 working on cmyk for inkscape, you can check out my videos for details. So it is important. But it moves as fast as it's able to move given the resources available. It will come, this is not being ignored.

[@Protypebeats-zr8og]

When will they make the eraser tool better 🤦

[@RachedNoureddine]

when more people chip in more money

[@ltlnx]

the whole drawing tools definitely need an overhaul.

[@ashwin372]

inkscape should add AI and make it go brrrrr

[@LogosByNick]

🤣