Switching From Illustrator To Inkscape? Here's What You Need To Know

[@eldelacajita]

Hi Nick. Great video as always! Just a comment: you say Inkscape can't select objects by just touching them with the selection box, but it actually can. When using the selection tool, there's a (relatively new) button in the options toolbar that acts as a toggle for that bevahior.

[@Rexanity_0]

Most of the time it is useful

[@hipflipped]

Yeah, it can easily work 100% the same aas adobe with that option selected.

[@carthewbay-cottage6319]

Learn something new every dau

[@deod087]

thanks!

[@xdanic3]

So things that are missing are: - CMYK (can have workarounds) - Appearance settings (like multiple strokes) - 3D (might be useful for complex isometric drawings) Things that are there already: - Charts tools (someone mentioned it) - Shape builder (You didn't mention this and it was the top reason that made inkscape a real alternative for me) - Image to vector (another very convenient tool, don't know when they added it, but very nice)

[@burnedmozzarella]

starting designing with inkscape because of your videos. it's been a breeze to design with inkscape, quite intuitive

[@NarendraU23]

Been using Inkscape for years now but I just learn about the duplicate using spacebar lol. Thanks for the great video!

[@esphilee]

I use GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, KDEnLive, DarkTable, and more. they have improved a lot in recent years, that they become viable substitute to the mainstream software.

[@khaled.aldajani]

Blender can definitely compete or even surpass the big players in the 3D industry, but the others not so much especially Gimp they really need to work on UX/UI that program is unintuitive af

[@radu81x]

except Scribus...

[@rajendrameena150]

Blender is actually all in one 3d software.

[@esphilee]

@@rajendrameena150 yes, blender is very good in 3D modeling, Rendering, animation, sculpting. But the Video editing and Image painting has basic functionalities only. KDEnLive is not super good like Davincci, but good enough for my application. Sometimes I use Blender Video Editing when it only involve clips output from Blender. For video captured, I use KDEnLive. For Audio I use Audacity. GIMP feels clumsy if you first jump in from Photoshop. It require some learning, and do not expect to use the exact method, apart from the AI, there is always work around.

[@hackarma2072]

​@@khaled.aldajani I don't find Photoshop intuitive either. There was just more people around to help me understand it when I learned it.

[@odkdsjf]

Inkscape is amazing! It is so easy to design in it.

[@Ilikewatchingstuff]

Inkscape is slowly getting better and better especially with this update!!

[@vinayakrastogi9660]

*Slowly*

[@geoffphil]

Another excellent video - thanks Nick. Inkscape does have chart capabilities under Extensions/Render/Nicecharts/Chart type, though I prefer to draw charts using rectangle and circle tools etc for greater control. I like Illustrator's ability to apply multiple strokes - hopefully Inkscape will add this soon.

[@doctormo]

What is a multiple stroke?

[@geoffphil]

@@doctormo I assume more than one stroke can be applied to an object in Illustrator. E.g. a rectangle could have a 1 mm red stroke on top of a 2 mm blue stroke on its perimeter.

[@franciscocadenas8768]

I'm not a designer, but for the few things I do with designing software, I use inkscape. I've been using it for almost 10 years. The only thing that is missing and I hope they include is the cmyk support. Inkscape is a powerful tool.

[@JahidulIslam]

CMYK is probably coming in next big update.

[@Phosphoenol_pyruvate_CK]

I downloaded a version some days ago, it is now supported

[@wr31rf]

next year

[@funlabsdesignstudio]

I love Inkscapes color pallete at the bottom for sures made my first Inkscape graphic awhile ago and would ♥️ to fully converting over from Illustrator as soon as my most recent client work is finished, but them Stroke Features I need for sure & the 3D & CMYK formating doh'! I love how it isn't botchy or laggy like Illustrator is and now that you showed your video about the 5 things not including 6th code sharing 😂 that Illustrator can't do, I know exactly what I will be Cloning! Thanks again Nick for Fantastic Tutorials! Bless!

[@hipflipped]

Just bought your complete course bundle and it looks pretty great so far.

[@CyberCommercialBroadcasting]

This is tremendous tutorial for Ai to Inkscape, thanks Nick.

[@_Error_404_Goodbye]

Your videos on Inkscape are great. Always learn something when I watch them 🍻

[@FlyingTortoiseStudios]

I keep coming back and coming back to this video, thank you so much it incredibly helpful!

[@ayazyousaf1929]

Very informative video, I like it. keep up the good work Nick

[@shaksa71]

Actually there is a toggle button in the controls bar when using the Selector tool, using that you can switch to selecting everything that is touched by the box, like in Illustrator

[@hipflipped]

Yeah, it works 100% the same as Adobe with that box ticked.

[@FlyingTortoiseStudios]

wow inkscape has some really cool functions! Thank you for sharing them.

[@dataloting]

Pretty interesting way in which Illustrator makes use of a tool for each action. Specifically for the Width Tool, which I think makes all sense to have. May be discussable.🤔

[@kenobi2802]

I was literally thinking about this and your video came into recommendation

[@danialjaved]

Thanks for making these videos ! ❤ Awesome as always.

[@EricWalton]

Great video as always. Thanks Nick.

[@SonuSingh-q4z3v]

thankyou sir this is very helpful

[@fightclube-sports2773]

excellent video! it was like a crash course 👍

[@mistacoolie8481]

Great info. Any chance of you making animation series?

[@kingzamn45]

To any newbies into graphic designing : it's good to learn all the basics of vector graphics in Inkscape.. but once you have all that down, switch to illustrator asap cos it becomes a 1000 times more powerful and intuitive to use than Inkscape. Telling this as a self taught illustrator user after learning to use Inkscape from vids of this channel.

[@AlexCJava]

Fantastic comparison!

[@TheChazk]

Great info Nick-👍👍

[@kubagornowicz]

Those are all the main differences I've seen when switching few years ago from Corel to Illustrator minus the new tools like rounding corners - but as far as I remember Inkscape was based on Corel workflow, so no surprises here. I would give it a chance if it was not for the CMYK. ps. I still found path editing (bezier curves) very non intuitive in Illustrator - it was way way easier in Corel.

[@laura.nighan]

Thank you for all the tips! One thing that I haven't been able to find using Inkscape is whatever the equivalent is to using the Shift key to drag something in place or if I wanted to resize something with the same proportions. It seems like using Shift while dragging with a mouse is very "freestyle" and I am losing a lot of the placement and shape that I want. What is the "Shift key" equivalent?

[@Ilikewatchingstuff]

Inkscape on top!!

[@rajendrameena150]

At 2:00, the menu you mentioned gets cluttered after we add 4-5 tabs and start covering the working screen. At 4:30, you are wrong, we can select object just by touching them, you can simply toggle this behaviour from the button at top left. It is like window/crossing selection toggle found in cad softwares.

[@brain_respect_and_freedom]

Thank you for your work🙏

[@yummy8074]

Clicking twice on object for roation is a bad advice for Inkscape, because it's sometimes buggy with multiple layers and groups and doesn't function properly, or sometimes node selction gets openned instead. A good practice is getting used to using Shift + S, which is the keybind for Rotating, or make your own keybind. Keybind always works properly, clicking doesn't.

[@TheKevphil]

Any chance you might add *VectorStyler* to your list of curated tutorials?

[@mikoajneronowicz582]

3:50 you are talking about selection. in version 1.2 or earlier you have a similar selection mode as in Illustrator. "Toggie selection box to selesct all touched objects". In the upper left corner.

[@АртемГірман]

Experienced user of Illustrator here... there is one point that is crucial for me, as I work more on a graphic tablet - does Inkscape support drawing tablets and more than one monitor? I have never used the soft before, but I guess it does have support of tablets, bc different people need different workflows. Thank you!

[@leosuniverse]

I have a touch screen I can use my finger it works. From what I see on youtube it does. Not sure about that monitor question.

[@qunas101]

It does support tablets. Don't know what you mean by supporting multiple monitors. You can detach some of the menus, like fill and stroke menu and move it

[@АртемГірман]

@@qunas101 I meant panning different panels and tabs between two or more physical monitors.

[@JH-pe3ro]

It supports tablets with pressure. The Calligraphy tool works well for creating inked lines and works by making a filled shape. The other drawing tools, which stroke linear paths, do work, but they weren't really designed around tablet input, so they have some surprising behaviors when using pressure, and it can be easier to manage them by going in afterwards with the Power Stroke effect and adjusting by hand.

[@АртемГірман]

@JH-pe3ro I have never heard of this technique (Power Stroke), or maybe just overlooked it, thank you

[@DieTabbi]

Is there a possibility to copy eg a square and resize it around center point and to an edge? I hate that I can´t do it in one flow and have to move the object around for sqaures or circle they have same distance

[@muhaiminilias9402]

hold ctrl + shift while resize

[@DieTabbi]

@@muhaiminilias9402 its not working. crtl-shift resize not around center point. it is the same it resize to on edge as normal? You are right if you mean that it resize around centre point when I draw it first time not an existing drawing. It resize allways around the opposite square. If I take the upper left sqaure and resize, it resize arount the right bottom square.

[@MrBraveGame]

Are there smart guide for GIMP? I found that is really useful when im designing using canva, and i wish there is one with gimp since i spend a lot designing in it.

[@NCHEstudio]

Cool! thanks!

[@trevorford8332]

Very informative. it's a shame I am a beginner as far as Inkscape is concerned. watching a video as such this certainly helps but still expect a long learning curve tho.

[@Dexter101x]

It is a very long learning curve

[@geoffphil]

It took me several attempts to become fluent with Inkscape, but it was definately worth it. KZbin was a great help - in particular Logos by Nick and Photoadvanced2 had great tutorials.

[@M31glow]

Great side-by-side comparison!

[@olive007]

When you are playing with anchor point you can press your space bar to move it on Illustrator. Is it possible to do that on Inkscape ?

[@vinayakrastogi9660]

Does anyone get distorted curves after using shape builder tool?

[@healthfitness1383]

I love inkscape

[@diceyDM]

Could you weigh in on how to convert files between the two programs? I want to be able to switch between the two without issue, but when I open pdf files I made in Inkscape in Illustrator I notice the sizing is different. A stroke that was set to 0.1 pt for instance will suddenly be 0.123 pt in Illustrator.

[@LogosByNick]

This may be an unavoidable issue but I would make sure you're saving the PDF document in Illustrator's native DPI, which is 72 DPI. If that doesn't do the trick then I'm not sure what else can be done. These issues are just an unfortunate consequence of working cross-platform.

[@dataloting]

4 years collaborating in the Inkscape project and I just realize you can make copies with the space bar.

[@vishnuprasadkorada1187]

Please could you make a tutorial on basic photo editing in inkscape.. love your videos👍

[@allanm6246]

Inkscape is not a good choice for photo editing. It's a vector design app.

[@leosuniverse]

Gimp vs photoshop

[@thingsiplay]

It's an odd choice to edit photos in Inkscape. You are better off using GIMP or even Krita for that task.

[@khaled.aldajani]

Inkscape or Illustrator are not meant for photo editing

[@doctormo]

I have had reports of users using Inkscape for photo editing... it does happen. Though mostly for VERY basic things like cropping, blending and a few other things.

[@satyamevajayate7263]

Interpolate and scatter is in the menu, it’s better if Inkscape add a dedicated Blend tool and a 3D tool. Many occasions these two tools are helpful. I like Inkscape more since it’s lot lighter than illustrator and I am a hobbyist.

[@muhaiminilias9402]

I think you can also just click the 3 dot to toggle open/close dialog window, Dont need to drag all the way to the side.

[@ricnyc2759]

Seamless vector pattern creator like in Illustrator?

[@vintprox]

Duh! I couldn't figure out the Power Stroke effect until I saw your video. Turns out, Edit Tool to the rescue once more.

[@pauljs75]

Did the new Inkscape version add any ability to do multiple layered path styles? (One thing I missed having from Illustrator.) There's supposedly some script thing in Inkscape that may work, but it's not WYSWYG intuitive the last time I used it.

[@kamusumbe]

Nice video. What's your screen resolution?

[@MarthinusBosman]

wow, this video just showed me that Inkscape is better for my workflow than AI

[@SHORIFAKHATUNdm]

How to save gradian color in Inkscape which can be used later

[@EurocatGames]

One of the huge issues that confront Illustrator users, and Photoshop users as well, is that the creative cloud library can't be migrated to Inkscape, that I know of anyway. Is there a way to over come this so that we don't have to lose all our saved assets and color swatches?

[@desnou]

One important "you will miss" feature of Illustrator is Freeform Gradient. And no, Gradient Mesh is not a comparable equivalent.

[@mikeprice820]

How about spot color and making .ps files? to output the spot color on separate files

Hi Nick, this "private community" one gains access to when buying your courses, is it on a third-party website (like Facebook or Discord) or is it a forum you host?

[@LogosByNick]

It’s directly within the course

[@iam_abdullah2]

I can't export Layers from inkspace in such a way so i can work further in After Effects to animate the art.

[@kozmobotgames]

I am buying an iPad, but it looks like there won't be Inkscape for iPad, I would need to try different apps like Procreate and Vectornator.

[@LogosByNick]

Affinity Designer for iPad is really good. Highly recommended.

[@thingsiplay]

How does the shape builder compare?

[@LogosByNick]

It's basically the same as Illustrator's with only some minor differences. The resulting shapes do have a lot of extra nodes though.

[@Mithferion]

​@@LogosByNick Fortunately, there is a fix planned for 1.3.1. Let's see how it works

[@doctormo]

@@Mithferion There is also the potato bug, which doesn't have a fix yet. But I have a lot of hopes it will be.

[@Mithferion]

@@doctormo Thanks for your work, once again! 🙌🙌

[@LetraRio]

muito bom quero migrar para o IS

[@MichelBarbaro]

Great!

[@storystitcher]

glass effect in inkscape please

[@n.m4497]

This is fucking amazing

[@keepitshort4208]

Is it at the level of illustrator ?

[@christhorney]

inkscape can do cmyk svg, just you cant export them to pdf

[@amrtrea6325]

Nice

[@TeraJeeja]

create video on 3d box tool and its applications in inkscape

[@WillN2Go1]

Tried downloading it to my Mac. Got some odd extension window (I hate that you can't copy and paste the nonsense in these windows.). No idea what to do with it. All the information online is arcane. I've kept an old MacBook at 2016 so I can use Illustrator CS5.5. I don't use it a lot (certainly not worth $40/month.) Guess that's what I'll keep doing. "Quit and open Safari Extensions Preferences..." I don't even use Safari. Guess I don't use Inkscape.

[@francootaola9172]

You might have missed what you get of new and different when going to Inkscape? The opposite from what you loss from illustrator to Inkscape but not sure that there is things you gain)

[@softwarelivre2389]

The gradients tool in Inkscape is vastly superior tho

[@mohadeem2919]

Do video how to make website by inkscape please ❤️

[@atishpanja6048]

1st comment...hehe 😁

[@KRIGBERT]

So strange that it still lacks cmyk support. I don't know if the same is true for Gimp, but it was for the longest time - arguably it should be more important for inkskape, though, since it's more likely to be used for logos and graphical profiles.

[@derpderp9281]

It's gonna be so over for Illustrator when Inkscape updates with a cmyk support. It'a a shame designers are so dependent on big corporations who only want to suck money out of them :(

[@karinchristensen220]

I think Affinity is already almost there. I switched to Affinity Designer (and Publisher, Photo). One low price and I own it. It does most of what I used to do in Illustrator with a few exceptions that I miss but not that much. I'm creating a whole manual in Publisher and liking it but I never tried the Adobe version.

[@derpderp9281]

@@karinchristensen220 Affinity is definitely the best in this case, I hope it keeps the same business model forever, but we never know...

[@graphosxp]

👍

[@icuwan280]

Thank you so much for this, just starting to think maybe it's time to escape from Adobe after seeing the 1.4 release of inkscape recently.

[@Ali1224th]

Niceeeee

[@sitaroartworks]

Why in the hell, Inkscape doesn't follow CMYK standard?

[@hisbullahkhan]

Inkscape is more close to CorelDraw than illustrator

[@miqelnet]

CMYK is only one poroblem in Inkscape :)

[@ashwinrawat9622]

I'm liking inkscape more and more every update, I'm considering not to buy affinity designer 2 ( I already have 1 ).

[@GraphicDesignStudio]

please everyone switch to Inkscape.

[@GregLynn]

INK SCAPE doesn't have a LAYER MENU?!?!?!?!

[@LogosByNick]

It does, top of screen in the menus

[@ernesthader1109]

I wonder if it's still the same coz Nick here doesn't layers that much. 😁

[@cooleregg5577]

I think they should simply clone illustrator. Look how photopea is doing.

[@michaelgoldsmith9359]

This really does seem like an add for illustrator. Dont worry guys to replicate this simple illustrater effect we can open 50 menus and find the same thing.

[@tiffanyw3794]

I went from inkscape to illustrator. There is no way I would go back lol . Unless Inkscape added actions, styles, appearance panel, warp tool, 3 d

[@hugoantunesartwithblender]

Altought is usefull to know how to use both. In my company i use both since there are things that inskape does faster than ilustrator. Plus some usefull things like barcodes and measurements, that for some strange rwason ilustrator don't have

[@mujibulhaquetanim]

@@hugoantunesartwithblender is there any alternative to actions, styles, appearance panel, warp tool, 3D features?

[@doctormo]

@@mujibulhaquetanim Yes. Though it depends what you want to do.

[@giorgikiskeize]

Inkscape more like colordraw.

[@Missile_Crab]

Honestly, the biggest hangup for myself here would be the lack of CMYK output

[@terapeutstesti]

The biggest disadvantages of Inkscape are - it is slower and not suitable for printing. Otherwise I think it is more similar to Corel draw.