Inkscape Vs. Xara

**handrawn** · 02 April 2008, 08:15 PM

'bin using the windows version of inkscape 046 stable for a few days - no installation problems with that that I am aware of Paul

**geminiguy** · 02 April 2008, 09:17 PM

Bruce, yes... I am back to 0.45 as well. Could be something I did wrong involving the lxml wrapper.
I reported the bug, but was asked by the developer in charge of that specific area to gather my info to support the report... which makes me shiver because I am actually quite confident it wasa mistake on my end... but then again.... for the sake of dummy users like myself.... that lxml issue should be resolved within the program itself and not even be an issue at all
But, these things are common ground in the real world of new releases and updates.

But that still does not make me feel confident that this guy is not going to give me a well deserved thrashing

**geminiguy** · 02 April 2008, 09:19 PM

darn it.. sorry I hit the button before addressing Steve

I am glad for you because usually the most bugs are within the Windows builds

**handrawn** · 02 April 2008, 09:37 PM

oh it has a few glitches sure - most of the last minute ones were in the windows version because they are short of windows developers I understand - but they are not causing me problems - when did inkscape never have glitches?

**handrawn** · 02 April 2008, 09:39 PM

ps and I have been using 046 in nightly builds for several months now through all three pre stages too

**a4hire** · 03 April 2008, 04:25 AM

Did .46 for windows just come out ? I will have to check that. I dont have any Linux boxes but we use Linux at work.

**handrawn** · 03 April 2008, 09:44 AM

since March 24th Bruce

http://www.inkscape.org/

**a4hire** · 03 April 2008, 02:42 PM

Thank you Steve. I will have to go and get that.

**The Alien** · 03 April 2008, 04:24 PM

K, I didn't read the whole thread so don't kick me if I've said things that have been said before. I'll respond to Availor's original questions:

Originally Posted by Availor

Maybe it is possible to export some of the brushes/graphics from inkscape to Xara?

Do you know inkscape? Which is better, Xara or inkscape?

What do you think of that?

Inkscape has some great graphics, but I haven't been able to export from inkscape to xara. Xara doesn't have svg import filters.

IMO Xara is at least 10 times better: it's more intuitive where inkscape is a pain in the butt if you wanna find certain features. And its tools and interface are very complicated to use. Above all, Inkscape's rendering is so slow that I wouldn't even want to bother using it unless absolutely necessary. I've tried to use Inkscape for some wikipedia images I was making but found it too time-consuming to use and it didn't have all the features I needed.
IMO Inkscape is nowhere near as good as Xara, unless you want to concentrate on SVG work

**handrawn** · 03 April 2008, 04:45 PM

you can export pdf from inkscape to xtreme pro

inkscape 046 has one tool xara does not have fill bounded shapes
aka vector bucket fill - shapes do not have to be closed and it works on bitmaps

its bitmap tracer is much better for line artwork

it has a live path effects tool that looks very promising

but for actual drawing drawing so to speak xara is way ahead still