I also do not notice much difference between 2.75 and 10 with Inkscape but I do notice a difference with SodiPodi. SP is smoother but not particularly slow -I am using a mouse, Win2k, and a 933 PC. However, I am not really interested in SP.
Of more interest to me is that with Inkscape I do notice a great difference between Freehand at 2.75 or 10 and the Calligraphic tool. I find that the calligraphic tool with Width 0.01, Thinning 0.00, and Fixation at 0.00 is a very smooth drawing tool. I realise that it is laying down double nodes but the look and feel is much smoother to me. Any comments on this from others?
Can the code for the calligraphic tool be adapted for the freehand tool or am I the only person imagining the difference between the two tools?
On a related topic, Bulia, you were looking at smoothing via laying down smooth or symmetric nodes rather than the present corner nodes. What are your thoughts on this one now? In my own work I find that corner nodes are the exception in a "smooth" drawing, and I end up doing a Ctrl A and making them all symmetric. What do most other users feel on this one?
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