Hi all!
On Mon, 16 May 2022 23:45:01 +0200 Marc Jeanmougin marc@jeanmougin.fr wrote:
================ = Inkscape 1.2 = ================
Thanks to all the work from our community, we are proud to announce that Inkscape version 1.2 is now released.
many thanks! ♥
You can find out about the new features, and watch our showcase at: https://inkscape.org/news/2022/05/16/inkscape-12/
and download it for your platform on: https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.2/
then, if you want to support Inkscape, donate to the project at https://inkscape.org/support-us/
Inkscape 1.2 is the latest major release of Inkscape, following one year of development after the 1.1 major release.
The highlights of this release are:
- Inkscape documents can now hold multiple pages, which are managed by the
new Page tool
- Editable markers and dash patterns
- Layers and objects dialog merged
- On-canvas alignment snapping and Snap settings redesign
- New 'Tiling' Live Path Effect
- Redesigned Export dialog with preview and ability to select
objects/layers/pages and even multiple file formats to export to
- Import SVG images from Open Clipart, Wikimedia Commons and other online
sources
- Selectable object origin for numerical scaling and moving
- All alignment options in a single dialog
- Gradient editing in the Fill and Stroke dialog
- Gradient dithering
- SVG Font Editor updated
- Flowing text around shapes and text padding
- Convenience Boolean operation for splitting paths
- Configurable Tool bar, continuous icon scaling and many more new
customization options
- Performance gains for many parts of the interface and many different
functions
- Lots of improvements to the user interface
- Numerous crash & bug fixes in the main Inkscape program and in in the
stock extensions
We also introduced a long list of new features outlined in detail and illustrated at https://media.inkscape.org/media/doc/release_notes/1.2/Inkscape_1.2.html .
Join an Inkscape project team
Inkscape is always happy to welcome new contributors in various areas: code[1], translation[2], UX[3], bug triaging[4], or even outreach[5]!
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.inkscape.org... +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/bug_migration [5]https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_vectors
A warm thanks to everyone involved in making this release possible! -- The Inkscape team _______________________________________________ Inkscape Devel mailing list -- inkscape-devel@lists.inkscape.org To unsubscribe send an email to inkscape-devel-leave@lists.inkscape.org