Inkscape 1.3 released!
by Marc Jeanmougin
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= Inkscape 1.3 =
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Thanks to all the work from our community, we are proud to announce that
Inkscape version 1.3 is now released.
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You can find out about the new features at:
https://inkscape.org/news/2023/07/23/inkscape-launches-version-13-focus-o...
and download it for your platform on:
https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.3/
then, if you want to support Inkscape, donate to the project at
https://inkscape.org/support-us/
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Inkscape 1.3 is the latest major release of Inkscape, following more
than one year of development after the 1.2 major release.
The highlights of this release are:
* Improved performance thanks to fully asynchronous, multithreaded
rendering
* Shape builder (NEW) - a new tool for building complex shapes
(Boolean tool)
* Improved On-Canvas Pattern Editing
* Pattern Editor (NEW)
* Page margins & bleed
* Document Resources Dialog (NEW)
* Return of Search, opacity & blend modes in Layers & Objects dialog
and of an optional persistent snap bar
* Font Collections (NEW)
* Syntax highlighting in XML Editor
* LPE dialog - Redesign
* Better PDF import
* Many crash & bug fixes
We also introduced a long list of new features outlined in detail and
illustrated at
https://media.inkscape.org/media/doc/release_notes/1.3/Inkscape_1.3.html .
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Join an Inkscape project team
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Inkscape is always happy to welcome new contributors in various areas:
code[1], translation[2], UX[3], testing and bug triaging[4],
documentation[5] or even outreach[6]!
The main ways to get involved are listed onhttps://inkscape.org/contribute/
The preferred points of contact are:
[1]https://lists.inkscape.org/postorius/lists/inkscape-devel.lists.inkscap...
+ https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_devel (or
libera.chat/#inkscape-devel)
[2]https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_translation
[3]https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_ux
[4]https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_testing
[5]https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/documentation
[6]https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_vectors
A warm thanks to everyone involved in making this release possible!
-- The Inkscape team
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