Inkscape Has Big Things Planned | 1.4 Beta Is Here [What's New]

[@purwabrancod]

Love inkscape so much❤. thanks to people who is dedicated their time for this amazing tool.peace from indonesia Southeast asian

[@ratudeglobalenterprise3534]

Thanks for the update and will be glad if CMYK is incorporated for easy printing

[@softwarelivre2389]

The color refactoring is on the way. It is an important step to get CMYK implemented. So it's slowly taking shape!

[@J.Dibble]

@@softwarelivre2389👏👏👏

[@pieralessi7426]

By now you can export to PDF and import to Scribus and export to CMYK

[@antoonsorg]

Would be awesome if there is finally cymk support in inkscape for printing.

[@blackjam2683]

The new font function will save so many lives.

[@gojohnniegogo]

Yeah using fonts in Inkspace is quite the challenge. These improvements look a pretty big step forward

[@TheIcthyosaur]

The unified font browser is definite need to have. I am glad it is being addressed in this release. The filter preview will definitely give me more ease and freedom to explore what the other filters do. Thanks for the update.

[@MarcosPaulo-nt6ff]

This update seems really nice! Hope we can have native CMYK now 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@softwarelivre2389]

It's being worked on by Martin and will probably either ship on 1.5 or be very close to it and end up launching in 1.6!

[@TechieSewing]

Thank you for the quick update! I'm excited about the font browser too.

[@majormojo]

Great summary and well presented. Thanks!

[@euansmith3699]

That font browser looks cool. Thanks.

[@inkscapepanda]

Neat, I can't wait to test the final stable version. Go team Inkscape ^_^

[@onepercentile]

2:22 It's nice to see there's an actual browser for fonts now, but I had a work-around for this in v1.3 by clicking the text element, typing "t", then clicking on the font in the upper left tool bar and using up and down arrows to preview different fonts in my design. Glad you covered the new stuff in Inkscape 1.4 beta. The filter manager really brings out the beauty of the hidden filter system.

[@Kaycii.Austine]

I am solely grateful and thankful to everyone behind Inkscape for such a great work thus far and this new beta release... I am loving it. Thanks Nicks for the quick reviews of what we will be getting in this Inkscape version 1.4

[@LeoPlaw]

Ever since Adobe killed Macromedia Freehand (back in the distant past) I've been a loyal Inkscape user. It simply keeps improving and has become quite a beast.

[@gmlaster]

FreeHand was LIGHTYEARS ahead of Illustrator. I was heartbroken to see it go. I only just recently tried Inkscape because I'm being asked to teach a free alternative to Illustrator. I wasn't really looking forward to it, but BOY...am I impressed! My only complaint was things like the anemic font system and the filters that I was gonna have to look through one by one in 1.3. This solves my problem. I hope this version is reasonably stable so I can show it off to my students.

[@LeoPlaw]

@@gmlaster Agreed! It never made sense to me that Adobe killed off the better product. I even ran Illustrator on Linux using Wine for a time until I mastered Inkscape. I think the modern Inkscape now comes up to scratch with Inkscape. Good to hear you are introducing your students to Open Source software. They need to know there are other viable options to the increasingly restrictive commercial software.

[@SomeGuyInSandy]

Loving the font browser! Thanks for the heads up!

[@yogiest]

The UI feels more like corel draw. But I love it much better than previous version.

[@franknord4826]

Finally, useful font selection again! Before Inkscape had the current font selector, it had one without a font preview, but in which you could just click and then use arrow keys to change the text to another font to immediately see what your text looked like. That they deprecated that one has been my main pain point for years now and I'm glad we're finally getting one with preview *and* cursor key navigation. Also, shoutout for the League of Movable Type fonts. :D

[@nonya9120]

WOW... I am a pure hobbyist. Learning any new software take time, something I have very little of at most. So that new grid and text stuff is great news for me. Thank you so much, best wishes.

[@abandonedcranium6592]

The filters and the font selection changes..... ooooh I'm excited! 😁

[@sael_elu]

Finally a modular grid ❤❤❤

[@globalren]

The new filters and font browser look great.

[@Grant_S_M]

Things are coming along beautifully!

[@AdelHaiba78]

Great stuff coming to Inkscape.

[@robb3308]

The new font browser is fabulous. Great for sign work.

[@coryjeffreys5146]

I have been playing around with 1.4 this is so awesome. I cannot wait to see what else this does. thanks, Nick I actually got both versions in but I like the new on so so much better.

[@hollowaykeanho]

wow, the font browsing is something really great!

[@zil6470]

Hi guys, thank you for your work! I have a video/topic idea(s) (and you can do a survey with the community)! Video idea(s): - how to customize inkscape - how to make it look like adobe illustrator, affinity designer - how to create your own theme (icon sets, colors etc..) - best inkscape themes - saving your custom UI Thanks again and Keep Up The Good Work!

[@sael_elu]

Creating icon sets 🥰

[@rano12321]

Fantastic job by Inkscape team, if only Gimp was this good and made good decisions like the inkscape or blender devs.

[@mickaelux]

Fantastic update!! Thanks for the recap video 👏🏻😃

[@derpderp9281]

modular grids are a game changer! I needed that months ago, I'm so happy with how inkscape is evolving ❤

[@throstlewanion]

Oooh I absolutely love the new font tab! I feel like it’s going to be an absolute game changer for working with fonts

[@AquaticFeather]

Love this update!! Thanks very much for the video as always ❤️

[@annerieder4183]

I m gonna love this new version !!

[@geoffphil]

Thanks Nick. Inkscape is really moving ahead. Thanks for helping keep me up to speed. It would be handy if one could print multiple pages/artboards from within Inkscape (rather than save as pdf and printing), and if course no CYMK must still be disappointing you.

[@doctormo]

Pretty sure I fixed the multi-page printing thing in 1.3, or maybe it for 1.4. But I worked on it!

[@geoffphil]

@@doctormo You're correct! I didn't realise I could now print multiple pages direct from Inkscape. Fantastic. Thanks!

[@rjjeffreys]

Always enjoy and learn from your videos, Nick. Keep up the great work you are doing here.

[@mechadebzilla]

Thanks, Nick! Glad to see we'll get an update soon.

[@yamilaq]

I just download the 1.3 version and I love it, I'll be waiting for the compleate version of this update 'cause it looks so cool and helpfull

[@aBugInTheSystem]

Unloved inkscape so so so much! And I’m happy they are pushing forward always to the better ✨

[@greasyfingergarage]

Once the full new version is out, I will definitely get it just for the font option. I usually open up my font settings on my computer and search through the fonts there to find what I wanted, then go back to Inkscape and select the exact one I wanted.

[@ikrammaizi8678]

fonts and filters was always a struggle to deal with. thank you for the great team of inkscape❤❤

[@EsauR99]

Yes! Live font edit! Thanks Inkscape and Nick for the great news!

[@LUCARANATECH]

what a god send update!!! im FN Stoked

[@paulfw1961]

Always helpful Nick! Thanks!

[@lincolnflanagan810]

Vote Inkscape, and Nick for president 👌thanks for the awesome work you do

[@midnightfuture]

The filter gallery should live preview the effects when you click/focus on a filter, and then make it fixed to the object when you hit apply-exactly how the unified font browser applies to text.

[@sulaimanrosid]

Wow its amazing. Thank you to everyone that make inkscape better🤩

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

Cool! Making Inkscape easier to work with is always a good thing.

[@vlaimereputten4181]

Inkscape or getting more amazing by the day.

[@verser6717]

Font feature is freaking awesome!

[@TheEpicSpire]

awesome. Great update and information.

[@rano12321]

despite being both open source the experience of using inkscape feels completely the opposite of gimp

[@PAFBEAST]

So true, gimp should update their ui design

[@nittani.]

The onlything thats keeping me from using it ​@@PAFBEAST

[@CedarStoneGames]

That font selector is going to save me so much time! Love it!

[@HaroldKuilman]

Knowing Inkscape since 1.2 and experience what it does and how good it became already in 1.4, I'm almost afraid of how good 2.0 is gonna be

[@pmdinaz]

Very nice! For me, Inkscape has a bit of a steep learning curve. You've made the journey enjoyable and easier to digest. Thanks a bunch!

[@DIXERION]

Great update. I love vector graphics so much, definitely one of my favorite open source software.

[@bahatumay]

The filter gallery alone is going to be amazing.

[@trinitri9345]

Love the new updates! Thanks for the short and to the point video!!

[@shayes.x]

Love Inkscape! Hoping for a knife tool one day though 😋 not a deal breaker luckily

[@CTRL_SMarcos]

Thanks for the video. Good improvements, now it's time to test. In my case I have found that the text spacing tool closes every time you press enter, which is not right. I don't know if it happens only to me, but I have already reported it.

[@goshawk_fly]

Modular grid is really cool!

[@francescopenasa5916]

Thank you, your videos are always interesting and well done! I ask a perhaps silly question: is there a way to manage variable fonts? Maybe it's me who doesn't know the system to do it... but if it didn't exist it would be very nice for it to exist!!!

[@andreitice1081]

cool, I liked the updates Inkscape is getting more and more amazing.

[@BeatrizAbiRached]

It would be great if they modernized the ruler and the way of accessing extensions, of measuring curves. The text that appears on the ruler with the object information makes it very difficult to measure small pieces. It would be nice to have the option to deactivate that feature whenever we want.

[@nuxttux]

Thanks for sharing this quick update.

[@XanBos]

The font improvement is going to be a game changer for sure! Also, text on path is a bit of a problem for me. I can put text on a path, but if I want to invert the text, I can’t seem to do so. (I.e. putting text around a circular path, but inverting the text at the bottom to be legible in one orientation) I keep learning more with Inkscape, as I too use it for logos, as well as some illustrations.

[@marlanjn.baptiste8715]

These look very exciting!

[@vickykj4356]

Hope they will add CMYK colour preview and for printing.

[@ScenesTrueToLife]

Thank you. A very interesting presentation.

[@arquivosbackup-e1f]

Thanks for the great news! Best Inkscape channel!

[@hipflipped]

I'm seeing a nice performance bump with zooming scrolling (using opengl).

[@Alex-gw6pm]

It would be so useful if they have added the “real time alignment and distribution” such as in PowerPoint and adobe illustrator, where it gives you a hint that objects are already aligned or not.

[@doctormo]

If I understand you, that's already there. The snapping tool has align and distribute options which do those hints.

[@Alex-gw6pm]

@@doctormo can you tell please, where to find it?

[@doctormo]

@@Alex-gw6pm I can't submit links into other people's video comments (stupid youtube), but you should search for "Alignment and Distribution snapping" the inkscape wiki, release notes or youtube videos.

[@hipflipped]

Inkscape already a very robust version of that feature. You need to turn on "alignment" in your snapping and turn snapping on.

[@Alex-gw6pm]

Yeah, you are right guys. Thank you alot, I'm just new user of inkscape, I didn't know that there are advanced options for snapping😬 now inkscape is my favorite 😁

[@AdamBelis]

Glad you like a new features. But there are not many other features planed for this release. This year was in spirit of migration of backend stuff for gtk4 that should hopefully should happen next year

[@ValkyrieArts-g3f]

Finally…FONTS! Thank you!

[@fredericroland8204]

Thank you Nick

[@ednelsonalmeida5768]

Great Nick you are the best man!

[@PINKALIMBA]

Hope to have a "Simplified" feature to reduce the number of nodes just like Illustrator. I do a lot of objects union, intersection, different, break apart. That increases the number of nodes in my final product and I find it hard to clean up the nodes in Inkscape.

[@AdamBelis]

Inkscape has this feature . Path - path effects - simplify

[@FransHattingh]

Hopefully they have (or will soon) solve the issue (bug?) in Inkscape where not all weights and styles of an installed font family are available from the dropdown menu.

[@scotadam]

Thanks for the update. I do like the update to the font browser. Is there a way to create custom groups of fonts? For example, if I have about ten favorite fonts, I could create a favorites group. If I wanted futuristic fonts, I could create a group called that. And so on and so forth.

[@doctormo]

Yes that was added in 1.3, but I think it needs a lot more love to be a great feature.

[@benzflynn]

Nick, have you got any videos on bevel filters or indeed any other Inkscape effects that would be suitable for a logo involving a tiling mosaic ? I have looked through the existing filters but the only thing near this tile edge effect is the Filters > Bevels > Raised Ridge . . . But this has the "grout" sticking up instead of lying below the level of the tiles as it is in reality. It also makes the overall logo a bit dimmer and fuzzier, as if the view was through a dull glass. Any ideas are welcome and I love your videos 🐬

[@nisper5396]

Can you snap to those grids? That would be nice.

[@cekuhnen]

The font browser is indeed super !!! Now it needs text styles !

[@lorrainemicah5079]

Thank for the update. I would like to know more about the new feature in inkstitch if I can use the cut work new feature in splitting a design

[@FuzzballStudios]

I love Inkscape and use it pretty much every day-both for work and personal. Switched from Affinity years ago when I realized Affinity was stagnant, and Inkscape has only got better!

[@1thinkhealthy]

Looks great. Thanks

[@alexandrekarvalhooficial]

Hello Nick, congratulations on the video. Martin released a new video and mentioned you, have you seen it?

[@khalidelgazzar]

Great video. Looks like an exciting relaease

[@alexandr-spb]

посмотрите квк устроено перемещение или редактирование элементов в архикаде: там все построено на входе в режим редактировании и на выходе из него. тогда удобно задавать направление или расстояние без дополнительных напряжений

[@SambuddhaBisi]

much needed meaningful changes, these

[@renelle6733]

Thank you for the update I am excited to work with it, I immediately downloaded this version but I'm unable to import or see a preview from my folders to complete a design. Can you assist me with this issue? Thank you!

[@MarkMolter1984]

I've heard some independent Inkscape developers are working on CMKY support not sure where they are on that.

[@fxsrider]

The font browser!! How did it take so long to add something so helpful?

[@namees9898]

Thank for update, I love the new option functions of Shape Builder Tool, but hope that in the future it will be able to easy trim path (open shape) like in Illustrator or Designer.

[@AnilAtluriWord]

Would you suggest downloaidng this Beta?

[@siiimom9304]

The font browser is a bigger thing than it should be. It will make the work much easier.

[@JohnColgan.]

Some great additions, the font browser is x100 better!! Super out of box thinking!!

[@alimahfudli2848]

Nick, How do I duplicate a "Page" along with the content in a "Page"?

[@TheVigore]

I'd wish they made radial gradient more convenient to do

[@penguinsushi8442]

Love the filter gallery, finally no more guessing. OpenGL Performance improvements can wait until critical things like CMYK are implemented (Inkscape is so choppy visually right now).

[@Ghost-fc3kc]

Thanks Sensei

[@fishbarbeque8540]

I can't waitttttt!!!!!

[@carlaodacosta]

What we can do with illustrator or Corel draw that we can't with inskape?

[@aleckstrance]

Teacher, a question at best a bit absurd, but in order to install this update you have to delete the previous one or just download and install it? 🙂 🙂