On 3/22/07, William Case <billlinux@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am asking for experienced peoples opinion on whether going from using the Gimp to learning InkScape is likely to be worth the amount of work I would have to put in. I.e., having learnt some of Gimp will it be equally as difficult learning to the same level, how to use InkScape? All opinions will be welcomed.
Inkscape and Gimp have different applications. Gimp is used for creating and editing raster graphics. Inkscape is used for creating and editing vector graphics. With Inkscape, you can render your vector graphics into raster graphics of a certain resolution though. You can do the reverse too and take a raster image and fit vector elements to it. For simple images, it works quite well. So if you need to make vector graphics (which a logo would be a good example of), then Inkscape is what you need to learn. I found it pretty easy to use. Some of the property names were not intuitive but once you get the new terminology down, it is used consistently. There are some concepts that you learned in Gimp that will transfer over to Inkscape but they have somewhat different layouts and means of working with the canvas. They both have very good help files and the Inkscape help files and tutorials are actually made in Inkscape and are SVG files so you can see what the elements are made of and play with them right in the tutorial. I thought that was very illuminating. /Mike
