Inkscape Outdoes Itself Again | Version 1.3 Has Arrived!

[@elrumi6341]

I can't believe that this software is free. These people are amazing

[@xeiAiex]

free and open source software is fantastic

[@doctormo]

It's "already paid for". It's free after people spend money or time making it. I'm very thankful for the people who sponsor me on Patreon for example because they paid for some of these features. Other developers are pure volunteer and I love those guys too. They are amazing.

[@kelvinharrison591]

Yes, I started screen printing in 2012 and this software has really been a blessing! Also, I have learned pretty much everything that I know from Logos by Nick.

[@ghaznavipc]

They truly are

[@milanlockett9870]

@@doctormo I'm glad to hear this because I recently just graduated and no longer have access to the program for free. Is inkscape good as everyone else here is saying? Can this software be used professionally, like to commission projects, etc.? I've already been establishing my graphic design services. Also is there a software like inkscape that is like photoshop? Thank you for your help.

[@ArchangelSe7en]

Oh and props to you Nick being pretty much the number one advocator of Inkscape on KZbin. Thank you

[@WriterLady]

IronEcho Design also has a channel that's 99.8% Inkscape projects. His tutorials are on a completely different style than Nick's. Tons of great projects there too. If you're not a subscriber yet, you should check it out.

[@MichelBarbaro]

+1

[@ArchangelSe7en]

@@WriterLady totally will thank you for the tip

[@cadenpolen001]

🔥

[@brauliocruz2884]

​@@WriterLady both guys are so amazing. Diffent aproaches, but insane ability to teach.

[@ArchangelSe7en]

They've been investing massive effort into this gem of a software. Making it more and more valid for use in professional studios. Props to the wonderful team behind inkscape

[@__-vb3ht]

I audibly gasped when I saw the shape builder tool. My workflow has just been cut in half. And then you showed the corner rounding ability. This is insane. My love for Inkscape has gone through the roof

[@Bob-of-Zoid]

Same here! I was like: 🤯 Kaplooooooooooooofkaaaaaaaaa!!!🤪🥳

[@shayes.x]

At this point there's hardly any reason that I would personally need a paid product. I was considering upgrading to Affinity V2 since I had V1, just for the shape builder tool, but now that it's in Inkscape I can save my cash. Great work Inkscape team!

[@jozsefk9]

Affinity support CMYK. That could be a reason too. I don't see any other advantages now. Also, after long time of using Inkscape I found myself being slow if I try to use Affinity now. I also got a V1 licence. But Inkscape got one huge advantage: it works on Linux.

[@LogosByNick]

Yup, Affinity has CMYK and image editing but at this point you could get by fine with a combo of V1 and Inkscape

[@jozsefk9]

@@LogosByNick I could, if I would be on Windows. But I'm not. Looking at Viva Designer. That software works on Linux and supports CMYK professionally.

[@ghaznavipc]

@@jozsefk9 for cmyk hairline and spot color you can use scribus

[@jozsefk9]

@@ghaznavipc I did use Scribus too. But Viva Designer worked better. And there is a free version too.

[@chitsanzokatholowamo459]

Inkscape definitely feels like a different software all together for anyone who used its ealier versions. A big thanks to the Inkscape team for this huge update

[@stahvion5320]

Inkscape is really stepping up there game even more

[@pakane24]

Their*

[@MercyReigns]

@@pakane24 people need to go back to school messing up their and too

[@pakane24]

@@MercyReigns oh I hate when people mess up their, there, your, you're, yours, to, too, were, we're. But there is something even more awful... it's when they mess up plural forms and, for example, write wolve's or wolfs instead of wolves.

@@pakane24 I mean, sometimes you gotta cut people some slack, the autocorrect feature on some phones is shit and english might not be their first language.

[@pakane24]

@ I'm also not a native English speaker, but I think that this is just base knowledge that anyone should understand. And autocorrect nowadays is very good, because majority is either using Google keyboard or Apple keyboard. Both have excellent autocorrect and word prediction

[@fishbarbeque8540]

I SALUTE THE INKSCAPE TEAM, you guys ROCK and Your work NEVER has and NEVER will be un appreciated! Thank you ALL so much!

[@jeremiasremix]

I love Inkscape. I just hope some developer may give the Text functions some love. There's a lot of things related to text that just doesn't make sense, like going to EXTENSION to simply change the case.

[@victorwestmann]

Get involved with the team and open a feature request. They really listen ❤

[@psylentrage]

Inkscape is growing up. Thank you for the update video. The first two tools already had me smiling. So much time saved👌👍🤌

[@juicerox]

Nick you have no idea how helpful you've been to a lot of us over the years. Your work is greatly appreciated sir.

[@elopez1369]

Can't wait to see more tutorials on 1.3

[@KRXOVRmedia]

YESS! I'm so happy I got over the learning curve and migrated to Inkscape for certain projects.

[@csmemarketing]

Once you know Illustrator, learning Inkscape is easy. Also work faster in it because of less floating windows.

[@emmanuel_ej]

Awesome new changes! I also really love that you've updated the Inkscape Masterclass videos, they've been a tremendous help for me.

[@TriVoxel]

I always have enjoyed Inkscape more than Illustrator for over 8 years. I've been more impressed by the toolset, and the performance. Now though, I feel like a child on Christmas morning! Can't wait to use the new shape tool (will save me so much time in path operations), and the new effects are pretty sick, and the non-destructive modifiers are something I've been wanting for so long, I'm so grateful it exists and is so refined now! As always, great video, and very informative!

[@officialechoman]

Thanks to the inkscape team. I'm most gassed about the shape builder tool. Thanks Nick.

[@didnt_ask_for_handle]

That's awesome! I'm really happy for the developments with inkscape. Honestly the main reason I used Illustrator was the shape builder tool. It's just too useful and streamlined. Always happy to see free alternatives get competitive

[@penguinsushi8442]

The path effect refactor and the performance improvements are everything i've wanted from Inkscape.

[@WriterLady]

Such exciting news! Thank you, Nick!

[@bokunochannel84207]

what i love about inkscape is the workflow. it feels really intuitive.

[@cryptospacenews889]

Man, your videos are pure gold, still doing it Nick. Thanks and your deserved like.

[@igavinwood]

Still the best tutor for Inkscape Nick. And Inkscape is such a great piece of software. Kudos to all those that have worked on it over the years and the continued support. Without them and the FOSS community we would all be stuck with an overpriced subscription service.

[@Pavelek88]

I'm mindblown by Flatter and Fracture function 🤩

[@mekaclaude]

It's a very solid release. Plus the features you've mentioned, I am really fond of multiple pages, CMYK, export menu ... I think Inkscape is growing fast, like Blender and Krita. More and more people are getting interested in Inkscape thanks to your tutorials @LogosByNick 💯 .

[@squeerrel-j]

it has CMYK now???? wow, I'll give it another chance then!

[@teklife]

Inkscape is always impressive, but wow, it's really improved a lot. very nice to see Inkscape devs delivering such quality software.

[@richeeze]

It´s really cool to know inkscape is "slowly" getting better and better. When I started learning it, I thought it was not getting updated, coz I just took it as a finished product, but these updates make inkscape so much better it´s really cool!

[@Bob-of-Zoid]

There are very few software's out there that don't get updated or have features added, especially not big apps like this one. Sure there is the occasional FOSS app that gets stuck, because it's main developer has life get in the way or something, but you don't just give up on it, as sooner or later (more often sooner) someone else will pick up the project and continue to develop it. FYI: Inkscape has always got better much faster than anything Adobe and many other commercial app makers ever made! I don't know how you came to these conclusions with all of the info out there, and you should have never thought that in the first place.

[@makeperceive]

I haven't used Inkscape for about 12 years, but I made some CD covers with it back then that went to print and turned out well. It was great software back then so I imagine it must be fantastic now! (I use Illustrator because that's what my clients require). But Inkscape is certainly more than capable enough

[@alexhetherington8028]

You know what makes this update that much sweeter is you covering it with your amazing video

[@GierlangBhaktiPutra]

As somwone who has been using Inkscape since 2008, this feels like a major update that level up Inkscape!

[@thewalkingjuju]

This is freaking EPIC, and such an absolute game changer! I don't want to beg with a handful of candy, but integrating 3d forms and perspective rendering into shape builder, would be even more amazing, like for working with 3d text. Actually, this is already possible, with a little finesse. I can't believe how much easier my Yin Yang design became with SB! SB alone is a huge time saver, and for those starting out now with ver.1.3, you can't even imagine the struggles as a beginner, prior to this stable build of Inkscape. It's not that they were impossibilities, but one had to be creative af and have a boatload of extra time, to achieve a desired result occasionally! 🤓 Nick, I've got to be honest with you, you were absolutely instrumental, in helping me understand how to use Inkscape, and level up my design game! I'm not a doodler, so being design creative didn't come natural for me! I followed every one of your tutorials I could find, explicitly, and that's how I learned! Thank you SO MUCH! ♥

[@shakiraleisso5760]

Just found out about Inkscape paired with this amazing channel and the best part of it all is that Inkscape v1.3 was just released introducing the long-awaited (as I later found out) shape builder tool, I'm already blown away and overwhelmed by all of this great stuff going on, thanks to Nick and to the amazing people at Inkscape for enabling me and my fellow designers to grow our passion and ("test the water" - Nick) Inkscape is my ( "foot in the door to the world of graphic design " - also Nick) To Nick, thanks a world To the amazing people at Inkscape : you're making the future -Shakir, another ("future graphic designer" - As Nick labeles us in the "Ai vs Inkscape" video)

[@Solarsystemrdffdfyyhh]

Wow, after a few years of debating the break away from adobe to affinity. The changes I needed to text warp and Inkscape came and saved me. Finding these tutorials and now 1.3 damn Inkscape has finally come around to finally take charge of the mighty 3 apps. With your channel I really never needed adobe! I’m excited!

[@easternwanderer]

that shape building tool will save me so much time! and patterns? oh my, inkscape devs are amazing ✨

[@qunas101]

Wow, the similarities between Live Path Effects menu and Modifiers in Blender is striking. And I'm not complaining, Blender is a great application to draw inspiration from! And of course the Shape Builder is such a gift, I even thought we would never get it because Adobe had some patents for it, but here we are. Awesome release

[@DLiberator78]

Thanks for showing the new features in Inkscape 1.3. They look excellent and the UI seems to be getting better and more intuitive with each release. The only thing that is a shame is that there is still no CMYK for print quality designs without having to go via Scribus. That is the reason I moved to Affinity Designer. Please keep making the great content, I love your Inkscape tutorials.

[@TeddyBearKilla]

I'm, so glad I found your channel and I've been watching your growth over the years trough your videos. Glad inkscape 1.3 came out finally!

[@earlysda]

Would be an even better channel if the proselytizing for a fake god was dispensed with.

[@vcdrift]

Anyone who develop Inkscape 1.3 need a huge praise! 1.3 have the most biggest improvement in Inkscape! And for Nick, thank you for a good demonstration

[@andrs_a]

this new version of inkscape is amazing

[@waleedbinalim]

Love how far Inkscape has come, I started using it in 2013 or 2014

[@jihadozakbar1237]

been a long time following your inkscape stuff after my unemployment, your vid helping me to learn some skill in vector world! thank you for still updating the inkscape guide !

[@DieSchmierlaus]

Es ist schon echt unglaublich, wie mächtig Inkscape über die letzten Jahre geworden ist! Respekt an die Ersteller!

[@raecurreyswitzer1734]

Another great video! Thank you Nick for spending your time helping others like me!

[@umpoucodetudoealgumacoisa]

Sooo many details of this update will be so handy for technical drawing. Having a pattern builder inside inkscape would have saved me a few hours in my last project :'D

[@rock.cultureofficial]

Thank you very much, Nick. I am downloading the update right away.

[@leannlearnsbooks]

I was just watching a video last week on the shape builder tool in illustrator (first time I came across this tool) thinking about how useful it would be. I had no idea that it was planned for the new inkscape and that it was releasing this week.

[@derpderp9281]

Inkscape my love 😍🌹 It makes me so happy an amazing software like Inkscape is completely free, I wish more people knew it and appreciated it

[@frittex]

the examples in this video are brilliant and explain the features perfectly. really rare to see explainations this good, great video!

[@lostwhocares]

Finally impressed and will donate. I will not have to use other software to finish projects. Thankful for your dedication to keep improving.

[@dreamaera]

Huge update, thanks Inkscape team!

[@MrQuickLine]

I'm amazed they actually got this far. I work in UX design, and I tried to get involved a few years back, and felt summarily ignored and snubbed by the maintainers. I'm glad somebody was able to knock their heads together and get them moving in the right direction.

[@AdamBelis]

compassion and infinite patience payed off for my UX contributions. Lots of proposals / feetuers took literary years to get in

[@randomparable]

Just completed this video. And man, Inkscape isn't even what I remembered 2 years ago. A lot has changed since then, what an incredible team of devs! Now knowing about the existence of these new features too, I'll try Inkscape once again. Heck, maybe even replacing Illustrator with it too!

[@Bob-of-Zoid]

I haven't even tried all of the stuff from the last major update! Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!🤯

[@diecastchaser164]

Nick thank you so much for your videos over the years. I have learned so much from you, which has helped me tremendously. Big props to all of the people at Inkscape for all of the hard work that has gone into making this free program such a great success.

[@batchampa]

The fish scale pattern is something i spent a bit of time on learning how to make manually previously

[@ItsNish101]

Inkscape is stepping it up and it's great to see.

[@liraco_mx]

I remember using it way back and thinking they'd never update. Now they're hot on the heels of Affinity. Thanks for the video!

[@juampiursic]

Okay, hands down the most excited I've been for an Inkscape release, I wasn't all that hyped, then I saw the video and I'm down with Nick, the most excited I've been.

[@ujanisam2142]

Thank you Nick for this video. I am so excited for the shape builder and pattern tool. Last week I made a logo and I had to go through the hassle of using path effects to round off the corners and now it has become this simple. I also make patterns for my art on Inkscape and this new feature of manipulating existing patterns is great. They really outdid themselves with this one.

[@csmemarketing]

I've been eagle-eyed for this new release a couple of weeks now. I even checked yesterday, but you got it as soon as it was released. I'm installing as we speak, on Pop OS Linux...fastest version of Inkscape. I have been using the 1.3 Dev Snapshots in production work as well, since I like how they Swatches panel highlights the current colours used from a Swatch Library. I use the RAL Classic colour library, which I modified and updated from InkStitch embroidery plugin. Another great feature I saw today - They added a button to re-link Images used in your document, just like Illustrator. Before, you would have to copy and paste the local image url to replace it with an updated image. There's also an embed button for images now. Very very nice. Oh, and this one should have OpenGL acceleration for improved on canvas performance.

[@SpaceMarshalGyorni]

There's tons of great free and open source software out there, but Inkscape glaringly stands out as one of the best among the best. I only use it occasionally, but it's an absolute joy every time I do. What makes it even better is knowing that whenever I do encounter a problem I don't know to solve, Nick will have a video with a detailed, to the point explanation of how to achieve whatever I need. I cannot thank you enough for this content!

[@theninjascientist689]

Blender, Bitwarden, HomeAssistant, and Inkscape are amazing demonstrations of why FOSS is no longer the future, it's the now!

[@xperience-evolution]

I freakin love Inkscape. Thanks to all the people who make this Software possible.

[@halbertwalston]

I'm *so* happy to see the new interface for managing patterns. Now all I want is the ability to convert the applied pattern into a series of editable nodes. Essentially, I do a lot of laser-engraver, etc work. And having to export a raster just to get the pattern is both lossy and inefficient time-wise.

[@AdamBelis]

yes that is curenntyl not posible but i use this small hack. make a bitmap copy and trace it back with trace bitmap dialog rusalts are not 100% precise but honestly if you set your dpi to 900 its like 99% good

[@halbertwalston]

@@AdamBelis Yep, that's the exact scenario I've had to use as well (RE: the second paragraph of my comment was under the fold).

[@AdamBelis]

Yes rel converin would need lots of refactoring I did not seen any developers super interested working on this

[@gnored]

Wow! I had no idea. I gave up on Inkscape years ago, but now I'm going to have another go.Thanks!

[@LoveEarthHereAndNow]

Thank you :) And thanks to InkScape developers!

[@CarlAnngello]

Inkscape is king ❤❤❤

[@roberthardy2013]

I have been using and advocating this from pretty much the earliest versions, it’s truly fantastic software.

[@danielmaxwell6676]

I have been using inscape for years. I love these new features

[@deniskuzmin3995]

Thanks to your channel. I learned to work with Inkscape from your lessons. The illustration at the beginning of the video) was drawn by me for Inkscape.

[@katlehosabelo6013]

So excited for these new features.

[@deyyoung42]

This is a much better overview than most other videos (that just read off the release notes). Thanks!

[@MachinedInWood]

Thanks for the heads up! I don’t use it that often, but it’s nice to hear that it’s being updated and with excellent reporting!

[@Qexilber]

Woooooooooooooh Thanks for the update! The new rounding-nodes-functionality has blown me away. I have missed that soooo many times especially BECAUSE I missed the ease of use compared to the way that is done in CAD software

[@stevebarnesmedia]

Thanks for the update Nick!

[@joshuaheathcote2116]

Thank you Inkscape!

[@behramcooper3691]

I hope Inkscape has improved bevels. That was the one drawback with this software. I like using bevels with dropshadows to give my objects a little 3D effect.

[@m-vip-6997]

You're the best man u helped me a lot with this amazing software

[@AquaticFeather]

Oh wow that's incredible! I've been practising over some Adobe Illustrator tutorials lately and wished the shape builder tool existed on Inkscape as well. Now it does!! Amazing update!!

[@matiasgoinheix366]

Man rounded corners alone is a game changer, but patterns is a huge upgrade. By now you should be the official spokesman for Inkscape.

[@LuizWEB67]

inkscape is one of the programs that I like to work with the most, I already worked with it both on windows and linux, I really love this program.

[@kevinlucasilva]

My English is bad but you teach so well that I still learn from your lessons.

[@KauleisteClever]

I was using Inkscape very heavily, but recently starting to use excalidraw more and more, especially inside obsidian with the awesome addons/scripts

[@mememe84]

Remember FOSS projects needs constant funding, so make sure to donate and tell others to do so too. Do not let Big Tech win!!

[@mlbullbooks]

I love using Inkscape. Cool new features! 😊🗻👍

[@gsupreeth]

This is a great video Nick. Thank you. Very excited to try the new version.

[@seireiart]

I was waiting for the 1.3 update since forever. Great job Inkscape dev team

[@righttoexplain]

Utterly brilliant! Thanks Nick, these updates are amazing.

[@flyingsquirrel3271]

SO GOOD! I just love having inkscape in my toolbox. I'm not even a designer but it came in handy many many times. And thanks to your tutorials it feels super quick and efficient to use. Thanks a lot! :D

[@morpheon_xyz]

This is what I appreciate about these communities. Blender has stepped up their game by quite a bit from when I first started, and now Inkscape is also making new improvements to their software. I've used blender as a "shape builder" as I found it easier to just make and break shapes as I'm more conformable there, then just export as an orthographic projection and do a path trace in Inkscape, which is a dirty method of doing it, I know 😂😅 but damn, defs gonna be using shape builder on Inkscape and play around d with it

[@k-c]

This update has caught my interest and feel like learning it again.

[@Tinker_Box]

I just have downloaded it for my Mac and it seems to work great. I’m happy that broken GTK for Ventura has been removed. Thanks a lot for the video!

[@muhammadabdullahhanif8860]

Path effect menu change is great. Previous UI hard for me as newcomer.

[@gregoryamer]

Just started using Inkscape again and that Shape Builder tool looks like it’ll be super helpful.

[@HassanOmariprofile]

I started using Inkscae after watching your videos, it's an amaizing software

[@tookitogo]

Inkscape is a gem. I still miss Aldus (later Macromedia) FreeHand, though. To me it was way more intuitive to learn than any other pro-level vector graphics program, and the way it handled color palettes was genius. (I don’t think any program before or since has done it as well.)

[@AdamBelis]

how did it handeld color palets ?

[@tookitogo]

@@AdamBelis While it did let you just assign a color to an object (or part of an object, like a color within a gradient), the intended way was to actually predefine named color swatches in a palette, and then assign those swatches to objects. Then, if you decided to change your color scheme, you could just redefine the color of a swatch, and every object that used it would automatically change color. (IIRC, you could also assign pale versions of swatches to an object. So for example, if you defined a swatch as dark blue, you could assign an object 30% of the swatch to give it pale blue, and perhaps 70% to a different object to make it medium blue. Then, if you redefine the dark blue to dark green, the light blue and medium blue objects would change to light green and medium green.) You’d name the swatches by their use (for example, if you’re drawing a bird, you might define “feather main 1”, “feather main 2”, “feather accent”, “beak”, and “feet”). Then, when you draw it, you might make a gradient from 100% “beak” to 50% “beak” to give it dimension. If you decide the bird should have red accents instead of green, you just modify “feather accent”. And so on. I think you could save palettes to files, so that you could, for example, share the corporate identity palette to other designers.

[@Serifinity]

This update looks fantastic, thank you for creating and sharing.

[@WhoFingCares]

Nice! I'll definitely be donating to the Inkscape project.

[@nonridiculousadjective6597]

These look amazing, can't wait to update!

[@Bob-of-Zoid]

Strange that I would find your channel just now, but thanks man! The Shape builder tool is da bomb !💣 I'm going to get a lot of use out of it.🥳 I haven't even toyed with all of the stuff they added in the last major update!🤯

[@stevebralovich]

Thanks for that Nick... I really like your tutorials... very clear and well spoken...

[@DahRahzor]

It's almost cute when somebody asks whether or not you use Illustrator and at your "I use Inkscape" answer they reply with "B-but you can't do what I e-expect with it"... been using it since 2011 as my main vector graphic tool and never regretted it (that is, most of my job can be done with it alongside a photo editor, so...)

[@treflu6113]

With the recent developments to tools such as inkscape, blender and davinci resolve it truly is the best time to try one's own best in creative pursuits