In Affinity Serif was ignorant enough to leave out the hairline width so their otherwise excellent pen tool is not great when you need cutters of some sort. I did not post this comparison to make an A vs B comparison (that fanboys on the Affinity forum would 'discuss' like kids in a school yard forever) but because I like to see other peoples opinions about how they actually work. With a bit of usability experts and performance focus they could head Inkscape directly towards glory. But some implementations of tools and options are fine in Inkscape. I am impressed by the featureset and used it for hobby work for years but is unbearable to use usability wise and performance wise. What I found interesting about the video was the insights and compariosons of the tools, how they were implemented. I have Illustrator CC 2021 and CorelDRAW as well but do not like working in any of them.I need both - but AD would benefint hugely from just a few vector features (but their devs are not great at it).The more I use AD the more I know what purpose that program was made for (although Serif shamefully tries to market and sell it to everyone) and why VS is no match for AD in several usecases.The more I use VS the more I know what I missed in Affinity - the more I know why I need it.Features that are not present can optionally be added using extensions: small add-ins provided by the community are made.Your respons is also exactly what I hoped for. In terms of functions, the software compares well with established names such as Adobe Illustrator.

Fortunately, the makers have created an extensive section on the website with all kinds of information and step-by-step plans.

This also immediately shows the two faces of the program: it is not only suitable for simple editing, but also lends itself to more advanced editing functions. The number of options is large and not all functions speak for themselves. When you get started with Inkscape, reserve some time to learn the program. The program also supports exporting images to alternative formats, such as png, pdf, and eps. Incidentally, with Inkscape you are not bound to the SVG format.

This also distinguishes the program from a program such as Paint (or Photoshop or the also free GIMP): they primarily use the bitmap format. This is an open source program that you can use for free and that works with the SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) format.

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