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What are the best open-source alternatives to Adobe Illustrator?
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Krita
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Windows, Linux, Mac, Android
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Krita
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Free and open source
Krita is completely free and open source. They have raised a couple of successful Kickstarters in the past to get the initial financing and now they are accepting donations.
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Not for every device
This may not work on all devices.
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Tanakitty 's Experience
I have used it and loved it
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac, Android
License:
Open source
Technology:
C++, Qt
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Very customizable
Although the UI is rather busy, Krita is very customizable. The editing window can be themed and the sidebar can be customized extensively throw many dockers or panes.
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Documentation is lacking
Krita's official documentation is incomplete in some areas, especially for new features that are constantly added. But this is compensated with it's great design and usability which makes it easier to understand how things work.
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RickZeeland's Experience
Krita is a free and open-source creative sketching and painting application. Available across all major desktop platforms. Supports vector, filter, group, and file layers.
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Developed in part by KDE, which has a great community and therefore great support
KDE has a long history of making solid applications.
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Poor touch controls
They are still pretty much a WIP. But they are getting there.
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Multiple options
There is more than one thing you can do.
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Constantly updated
Krita is getting constant releases with updates and bug fixes. New features are added at a pace that far surpasses the other alternatives.
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Opens lots of file types
Inkscape supports many common formats for import (including SVG, Photoshop and Illustrator) and its plugin architecture allows more to be added.
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Incompatible with previous versions
Sometimes backward compatibility breaks. For example, pre 0.92 SVGs are incompatible with later releases (due different default resolutions).
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Windows, macOS, Linux, Unix
License:
GPL-2.0-or-later
Technology:
C++
Initial Release:
2003
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It's really easy and fun
You can edit and create vector graphics with Inkscape.
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Mac version is in worse shape than Windows/Linux version
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Export to different file types
You can export and save your files for example as a "normal" svg, png, jpg, bmp etc. file.
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Uses its own SVG-format by default
Inkscape might use SVG as its default format, however this SVG's contains some additional SodiPodi/Inkscape additions that can be troublesome if you want to import the SVG into some other application.
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Cross-platform
Pre-built binaries are available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Inkscape can be built from source on additional platforms.
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Based on the GTK widget toolkit
Software is based on GTK, so it might not integrate well in non-GTK environments. It also requires many dependencies on those non-GTK desktops. It also adds dependencies to GTK-environments since it is written in C++ which requires the gtkmm wrapper/interface
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Free and open source
Inkscape is GPL-licensed and maintains public repositories.
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Unstable
Sometimes it just crashes without any reason, so it's not really usable as professional application.
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Very slow startup on some systems
Depending on factors like how many fonts you have installed, Inkscape can take upwards of 30 seconds to launch.
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Y-axis inverted
0,0 coordinates begin in lower left corner, not upper left corner as SVG standards define.
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