Inkscape Vs Illustrator
Fri
11
May
2007
I was just looking around at Adobe site and came across the Adobe Illustrator CS3 product page. I have been using Inkscape for quite a while now; I know many people offhand who used Illustrator. I was wondering how good it was for the price ($600) when compared to Inkscape. I did not find much, but I did find this entry by Caroline Wizeman: Inkscape versus Illustrator: The SVG file size throwdown Caroline comes to the conclusion:
... as long as you use the "Save for Web" option, both Illustrator and Inkscape do an excellent job of creating lean, developer-friendly SVG files, with a slight edge going to Illustrator. That being said, if creating SVGs is the main thing you’re looking for in a vector art program, the difference isn't worth Illustrator’s $599 price tag. Save your money and download Inkscape.
I still wish I could know about the difference between the two in terms of usability.
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Difference
Well, I've only used Inkscape, and the funny thing is I can find all sorts of info about what Inkscape can do and not much about Illustrator. The main difference I think are: Inkscape is easier to use, but Illustrator has a few more advanced tools like animation, maybe automatic 3-D effects.
I know someone who got Illustrator for $3, and they told me to use it instead of Inkscape. They said, after you figure out how to use it, it is better. Well, if I can get it for $3, maybe I'll test it out, too, but I don't want to download a gigabyte just to use a trial. (Why is it a gigabyte? More features? That is too big for any program, and what would it do to my computer?)
He! I have no idea what is
He! I have no idea what is there hiding behind that gigabyte.
And for $3. Are you sure it is not pirated?
The main difference is that
The main difference is that Inkscape is buggy as hell and crashes all the time as soon as you do anything more than moving handles.
May depend on environment.
I have used it on Windows Vista and on Ubuntu. And the number of crashes I have had were only a handful, even though I have been using it for over an year now.
It could be that I am not such a heavy user as I think I am.
Inkscape vs Illustrator
I recently created a page that talks about why I think Inkscape is better than Illustrator, and it has links and information comparing the two. The site can be found here: http://www.squidoo.com/inkscapekicksillustratorsbutt
I strongly disagree with you
I strongly disagree with you about Inkscape being buggy. I use it for a lot of my projects you can check out my web design site. I use it for creating logos, web layouts, and icons. I've experienced a few bugs when using some of its more advanced features, but for the most part it's very stable, and feature for feature matches up to Illustrator fairly well, and even surpasses it in some respect. The only major drawback is the lack of CMYK support, but that will change in the future. People also complain about there not being a gradient mesh feature, but there are ways to work around this, and I hardly ever use a mesh tool in Illustrator (but some people really rely on it).
I have used inkscape for a
I have used inkscape for a while now...
for both layout type stuff and vector illustrations......
the only thing I find a diff is.......Inkscape doesnt have the "mesh gradient"tool(which by the way rules)..... but other than that i think Inkscape is way more easier and better on the sytem...
The only other gripe (not a big one) is I wish the layer management in Inkscape was more intuitive and easier(its gotten a lot better though)..
Illustrator is huge...eats up more memory......is terribly expensive for what its worth......
conclusion though is....
I havent seen one thing from illustrator that cant be done in Inkscape....
so as far as im concerened Inkscape pawns Illustrator...on most counts..
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