Inkscape 1.4 Open-Source SVG Editor Released with Filter Gallery, Modular Grids
Coming more than 1 year and four months after Inkscape 1.3, the Inkscape 1.4 release introduces a new Filter Gallery dialog to make it easier to find the best filter for your needs, new grid selector buttons to make it easier to identify the grid of your choice, and new modular grids to plan layouts and create icons.
This release also introduces a unified font browser preview to let you quickly browse through your font collection, adds support for internal links in exported PDF files, adds support for customizing the styling and basic shape of all the handles, adds support for open Affinity Designer files, and implements more than 500 new icons in the Dash theme.
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Inkscape 1.4 Released with Epic New Features - OMG! Ubuntu
Inkscape 1.4 adds a crop of new features and improves accessibility buffs, with bug fixes, code cleanups, stability tweaks, and performance tune-ups (including faster extensions) also included.
A new Filter Gallery dialog is, Inkscape say, “your new entry point into the world of filters. Head to the Filters menu to find it and your favorites more easily, with previews by category or by typing key words in the search bar”.
Design work involving symmetry or evenly spaced/arranged/ordered elements is easier when working with an on-screen grids.
Inkscape has long-supported grids but the process of finding the right grid for a task is much improved in v1.4, while the new modular grids let you to dial-in exact parameters you need, such as a set heights/widths, vertical gap size, etc.
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Inkscape launches version 1.4, with powerful new accessible and customizable features
After months of waiting, we are finally ready to unbox the latest version of Inkscape... meet 1.4, the Geek edition, where accessibility and customization reign.
Inkscape project developers, most of them volunteer contributors from countries around the world, have been plugging away behind the scenes on new features, improving current ones, bug fixes and setting the stage for the arrival of GTK 4.
Let’s dig into some of the new and improved features that enable more customization and better accessibility in Inkscape in a cool, geeky sort of way. Inkscape Power Users, this one’s for you!
Filter Gallery Dialog
The Inkscape 1.4 Filter Gallery dialog is your new entry point into the world of filters. Head to the Filters menu to find it and your favorites more easily, with previews by category or by typing key words in the search bar. This includes those custom filters you’ve added – look for them in the Personal category. Accessibility features here include the ability to change the size of the preview of thumbnails.
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Inkscape 1.4: New Filter Gallery, Modular Grids, and Enhanced Font Tools
After eleven months of development since its previous 1.3 version, Inkscape has finally launched the brand new 1.4 release, dubbed the “Geek edition.” It comes packed with powerful new features focused on accessibility and customization, making it a dream come true for digital artists.
Inkscape: A Free and Open-Source Vector Graphics Editor
Inkscape is a popular free and open-source vector graphics editor, used by artists, designers, and anyone who wants to create high-quality illustrations, icons, logos, and other types of graphics. Unlike raster images that use pixels (like in Photoshop), vector graphics are based on mathematical equations, allowing you to scale your artwork up or down without losing any quality.
Inkscape is often compared to other graphic design software such as Adobe Illustrator, but it’s completely free and available for Linux, macOS, and Windows, which makes it a go-to tool for both beginners and professionals who want to create stunning designs without breaking the bank.
The latest stable version of Inkscape 1.4, which was released in October 2024, offering several improvements and new features. With every new release, the developers behind Inkscape work hard to introduce performance enhancements, user-friendly tools, and more stability, making the software better and more efficient.
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Inkscape 1.4 released
Version 1.4 of the Inkscape open-source vector-graphics editor has been released. Highlights of this release include a filter gallery, import for Affinity Designer files, internal links in exported PDFs, and more. See the release notes for all of the new features. LWN previewed the 1.4 release in early October.