Release of the vector graphics editor Inkscape 1.0

After several years of development took place release of free vector graphic editor Inkscape 1.0. The editor provides flexible drawing tools and provides support for reading and saving images in SVG, OpenDocument Drawing, DXF, WMF, EMF, sk1, PDF, EPS, PostScript, and PNG formats. Ready builds of Inkscape prepared by for Linux (AppImage, Snap, Flatpak), macOS and Windows.

Among those added in the 1.0 branch innovations:

• Added support for themes and alternative icon sets. Icon delivery format has been changed: instead of placing all icons in one large file, each icon is now delivered in a separate file. The user interface has been updated to incorporate new features from fresh GTK+ branches. The code for processing and restoring the size and location of windows has been reworked. Tools are grouped by area of ​​use;
  

• The interface is adapted for screens with high pixel density (HiDPI);
• An option has been added that allows you to calculate the zero point of the report relative to the upper left corner, which corresponds to the location of the coordinate axes in SVG format (by default, in Inkscape, the report for the Y axis starts from the lower left corner);
  

• Provided the ability to rotate and mirror the canvas. Rotation is carried out with the mouse wheel while holding Ctrl+Shift or by manually defining the rotation angle. Mirroring is done via the menu "View > Canvas orientation > Flip horizontally / Flip vertically";
  

• Added a new display mode ("View->Display mode->Visible Hairlines"), in which, regardless of the selected zoom level, all lines remain visible;
• The Split View mode has been added, which allows you to preview changes in the form, when you can simultaneously observe the past and new states, arbitrarily shifting the border of visible changes.
  

• Added new Trace Bitmap dialog for vectorization of bitmap graphics and lines;
  

• For touch screens, trackpads and touchpads, a control gesture for zooming with a pinch has been implemented;
• In the PowerStroke tool, brush pressure now matches the pressure applied to the graphics tablet;
• Implemented the ability to write the current file as a template. Added templates for postcards and trifold A4 booklets. Added options to select 4k, 5k and 8k resolutions;
  

• Added new palettes Munsell, Bootstrap 5 and GNOME HIG;
  

• Added advanced export settings in PNG format;
  

• Added option to export test in SVG 1.1 format and support for text wrapping in SVG 2;
  

• Significantly accelerated operations with contours and functions for deselecting large sets of contours;
• Changed the behavior of the 'Stroke to Path' command, which now separates the grouped path into separate components;
  

• The ability to close gaps with one click has been added to the circle creation tool;
  

• Added non-destructive boolean operators to manipulate the application of effects to paths (LPE, Live Path Effects);
  

• A new dialog for selecting LPE effects has been proposed;
  

• Implemented a dialog for setting the default parameters of LPE effects;
  

• Added new LPE effect Dash Stroke to use dashed lines in paths;
  

• Added new LPE effect "Ellipse from Points" to create ellipses based on multiple anchor points on a path;
  

• Added a new LPE effect "Embroidery Stitch" for the formation of embroideries;
  

• Added new LPE effects "Fillet" and "Chamfer" for rounding corners and chamfering;
  

• Added new "erase as clip" option for non-destructive cleaning of any clip elements, including bitmaps and clones;
  

• Implemented the ability to use changeable fonts (when compiled with the pango 1.41.1+ library);
  

• Provided tools for customizing the interface. For example, dialogs are now designed as glade files, menus can be changed through the menus.xml file, colors and styles can be changed through style.css,
  and the composition of the panels is defined in the files commands-toolbar.ui, snap-toolbar.ui, select-toolbar.ui and tool-toolbar.ui.

• The PowerPencil tool has been added with the implementation of a variant of the pencil drawing tool that changes the line thickness depending on the pressure of the pen;
  

• In the dialog for selecting images of symbols, the possibility of searching has appeared. Glyph selection dialog renamed to 'Unicode Characters';
  

• Support for export to PDF has been expanded with the ability to identify clickable links in a document and attach metadata;
• Significantly redesigned add-on system, which is translated to use Python 3;
• Added build for macOS platform.
  

Source: opennet.ru