What is Inkscape?

What is Inkscape?

Inkscape is a Free and open source vector graphics editor for GNU/Linux, Windows and MacOS X. It offers a rich set of features and is widely used for both artistic and technical illustrations such as cartoons, clip art, logos, typography, diagramming and flowcharting. It uses vector graphics to allow for sharp printouts and renderings at unlimited resolution and is not bound to a fixed number of pixels like raster graphics. Inkscape uses the standardized SVG file format as its main format, which is supported by many other applications including web browsers.

It can import and export various file formats, including SVG, AI, EPS, PDF, PS and PNG. It has a comprehensive feature set, a simple interface, multi-lingual support and is designed to be extensible; users can customize Inkscape's functionality with add-ons.

The Inkscape project has a growing international user community, and many learning materials exist to help get you started with your creations. Help and support is provided by the community, and there are lots of ways for you to get involved if you want to help improve the Inkscape project.

Inkscape is a member of the Software Freedom Conservancy, a US 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Contributions to Inkscape are tax deductible in the United States.

Who makes Inkscape?

Inkscape has many authors, every author retains their own copyright and authors are likewise involved in setting Inkscape's technical and project goals. There are also many other non-coding contributors who are considered important parts of the Inkscape project.

If you wish to refer to Inkscape's creators or organisation you can use the terms "Inkscape's Contributors" and "The Inkscape Project" respectively to differentiate from Inkscape the software package.

For Designers of all Kinds

The design process may begin by doodles on a napkin, a sketched mindmap, a photo of a memorable object, or a mockup in software which really wouldn't work to complete the project. Inkscape can take you from this stage to a final, professional-grade design format which is ready for publication on the web or in physical form.

If you are new to the process of creating vector graphics it may feel different, but you will quickly be pleased by the flexibility, and power Inkscape offers. Vector design is often the preferred method of image creation for logos, illustrations and art which require high scalability. The Inkscape application is used across a wide variety of industries (marketing/branding, engineering/CAD, web graphics, cartooning) and individual uses.

There are many learning resources available, take advantage of them!

Professional Publishing

All Inkscape projects may be exported in formats friendly to web browsers or commercial printer rooms. It is cross-platform, which means it is easy to run on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux distributions. Visit the Download page to install or share this application now.

Free Community

Inkscape is free! By this, we mean it is free of cost, free to use and distribute, and open to peek into the source code. The Download page lists released builds as well as some developmental and source code links.

The software development of Inkscape adheres to opensource standards, and is intended to provide the user community with a solid, usable product. The process is an open, community-oriented development which focuses on a small core and extensibility. The historic baseline is the Sodipodi Hydra codebase. Please consider joining us if you have an interest, skill or positive voice you would like to offer. Visit our Contribute page to learn more.

Features of Inkscape

Object creation

  • Drawing: pencil tool (freehand drawing with simple paths), pen tool (creating Bézier curves and straight lines), calligraphy tool (freehand drawing using filled paths representing calligraphic strokes)
  • Shape tools: rectangles (may have rounded corners), ellipses (includes circles, arcs, segments), stars/polygons (can be rounded and/or randomized), spirals
  • Text tool (multi-line text, full on-canvas editing)
  • Embedded bitmaps (with a command to create and embed bitmaps of selected objects)
  • Clones ("live" linked copies of objects), including a tool to create patterns and arrangements of clones

Object manipulation

  • Transformations (moving, scaling, rotating, skewing), both interactively and by specifying exact numeric values
  • Z-order operations (raising and lowering)
  • Grouping objects ("select in group" without ungrouping, or "enter the group" making it a temporary layer)
  • Layers (lock and/or hide individual layers, rearrange them, etc; layers can form a hierarchical tree)
  • Alignment and distribution commands

Fill and stroke

  • Color selector (RGB, HSL, CMYK, color wheel, CMS)
  • Color picker tool
  • Copy/paste style
  • A gradient editor capable of multi-stop gradients
  • Pattern fills (bitmap/vectors)
  • Dashed strokes, with many predefined dash patterns
  •  Path markers (ending, middle and/or beginning marks, e.g. arrowheads)

Operations on paths

  • Node editing: moving nodes and Bezier handles, node alignment and distribution, etc.
  • Converting to path (for text objects or shapes), including converting stroke to path
  • Boolean operations
  • Path simplification, with variable threshold
  • Path insetting and outsetting, including dynamic and linked offset objects
  • Bitmap tracing (both color and monochrome paths)

Text support

  • Multi-line text
  • Uses any installed outline fonts, including right-to-left scripts
  • Kerning, letterspacing, linespacing adjustments
  • Text on path (both text and path remain editable)
  • Text in shape (fill shape following stroke)

Rendering

  • Fully anti-aliased display
  • Alpha transparency support for display and PNG export
  • Complete "as you drag" rendering of objects during interactive transformations

File formats

  • Perfectly compliant SVG format file generation and editing
  • Live watching and editing the document tree in the XML editor
  • PNG, OpenDocument Drawing, DXF, sk1, PDF, EPS and PostScript export formats and more
  • Command line options for export and conversions

 

Screenshots

 

Livarot Documentation

Docks

Commands Palette

Commands Bar

Welcome Dialog 4

Welcome Dialog 2

Welcome Dialog 1

A Search Bar In The Preferences Dialogue

Copy Paste Nodes

Outline Overlay Preview

Lock Rotation

Steps Zoom With Middle Mouse

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Clone Lpe

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Inkscape 1.0 Screenshot

Screem Deinkscape

Reg Of Combo

Reg Of Combo

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Moonlight Views

Ferrari

Blur

Multipath

Projeto Lustre

Carruagem Inkscape + Blender

Commands Palette

My Calligraphy Tool Settings

Live Path Effects Selection dialog

Blur Artifacts

Non-destructive Boolean operations LPE

Inkscape 0.92 6

Boolean Operations LPE

Symbols Search

Inkscape 0.92 1

Text Flowed Into Frame

Ratchet

Inkscape 0.92 5

Inkscape Screenshot Go To School

 

Delete a translation

early steps

Inkscape Screenshot Features Mind Map

Centerline Tracing

Screen recording (mp4): canvas GTK3

Img 1321

Overlay

About

Inkscapezoom

Hermione desktop capture

Inkscape Screenshot Go To School

PowerPencil

Suicide Girl WIP (work in progress)

Project Shot

Inkscape 0.92 8

Themes Switching

New Experimental Lpes

Split View

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Inkscape Windows Store

 

Livarot Documentation

Downtime Report 2015-01-30

New Experimental Lpes

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Windows Installers for Inkscape 0.92

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Docks

Samsumgpocket

Origami-Ext: Huzita 5 solver

Origami-Ext: Huzita 6 axiom solver

Origami-Ext: Angle N-Section helper

Inkscape 1.0 Ian Gradient Mesh 2

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Inkscape Ss 04

Filter Region Adjustment

Inkscape Ss 03

Inkscape Ss 01

Screenshot From 2014 10 26 18:17:44

Inkscape Windows Store

 

Themes Switching

Inkscape 1.0 Ian Wolpertinger

New Experimental Lpes

Screenshot From 2014 10 26 18:17:44

Moderators Area, Alpha Website

inkscape_0.92.x_dpiAware+non-dpiAware...

Inkscape Windows Store

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Doctor Strange

Firsttry

Webdesign Text

Heartp

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Pattern

Inkscape 1.0 Screenshot

Inkscape 1.0 Ian Film Noir

Duplicate Guide

Broken Icons

download suspended

 

Clone Lpe

Xray Mode

Visible Hairlines

Screen recording (mp4): canvas GTK2

Stroke To Path

Paraxial Arbitrary Starting Angle

Circle Chord

Erase With Clip

Fish

Measure Tool Info1

Measure Tool Info Group Shift

Measure Selected

Powerpencil Smaller

Align On Canvas

Text Tool Controls1.0

Inkscape Screenshot Furry Fox

Sphere Scrn Shot1

Variable Fonts Decovar

Variable Font W Dialog

Svg In Opentype

 

Mac Menu 1.0 Screenshot

Panels Re Arrangement

Inkscape Tools

Origin In Upper Left

Mamasaurus

Origin In Upper Left Page

Gear

Flip Canvas 300px

Metro

Canvas Rotation Ink

Align On Canvas

Reg Of Combo

Reg Of Combo

Reg Of Combo

Vamox icons on Fedora

Reg Of Combo

Brushed metal effect

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Clone Original Lpe

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Multicolor Icon Set

Inkscape Ss 02

Mesh Grad

Screenshot Freedom Machine Inkscape (...

Measure Segments Lpe

Scribble

Canvas Rotation

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Golden-Ribbon Mockup

Split Screen Smaller

Language support in Admin for django-cms

Screenshot 2021 01 11 203943

Symbols Dialog

Inkscape Screeny2

Inkscape 0.92 9

Adjusting Line Height

Steps Zoom With Middle Mouse

Capture D’Écran De 2020 04 26 12 44 28

Lock Rotation

Copy Paste Nodes

 

Outline Overlay Preview

A Search Bar In The Preferences Dialogue

Welcome Dialog 1

Screem Deinkscape

Welcome Dialog 2

Welcome Dialog 4

Commands Bar

inkscape_master_dpiAware+non-dpiAware...

Origami-Ext: Rabbit-Ear solver

Inkscape 0.92 3

Fastly Cache Use 2014 to 2016

PowerStroke

Reg Of Combo

Sliders

Sophie

Text Improvements

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Inkscape 0.92 5

Inkscape 0.92 4

 

PowerPencil

Ratchet

Symbols Search

imagen

New Experimental Lpes

Inkscape Screenshot Go To School

Text Flowed Into Frame

Inkscape 0.92 1

 

Download Inkscape for GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS Visit https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.0.2/

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