Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape and Uniconvertor
On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 17:02:54 -0600
Ken Springer <snowshed1@...3003...> wrote:
On 8/26/14 3:53 PM, Chris Mohler wrote:
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> I find the opposite. I have InDesign 2014 and it's
impossible for
> me to overstate how much I loathe booting into Win7 to use it.
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These days, though, most people who use computers don't want to have
to do things outside the program they are using. I'd wager most
don't know how, and don't want to have to go through those extra
steps. In fact, my friend is downright pi$$ed it doesn't export jpg,
which arguably is probably the most common file format out there for
graphics. And for her use, and my usual uses, jpg is the better
choice.
Myself, I'll do it, but I don't like doing it anymore. I simply want
to get the job done as fast as I can. By fast, that means
eliminating any other needed steps of other software when I know some
software will do it for me.
I think I've come late to the party, but why would one want to export
to jpg? Is she going to touch it up with Gimp to make it less
vectorish? Is she putting it into some kind of document that can
use .jpg but not .svg or .png? (who does that anymore?)
It's gotten to the point where all my diagrams are .svg now. It's
smaller, it scales better, and every browser made in the past 5 years
can handle it. The .svg format is the preferred ePub image format.
About the only thing I can think of that can't handle .svg is TeX and
friends.
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I really would like to try Linux. On the computer I built, I even
left space on the boot drive to install Linux some day. But time is
a factor, I have none. LOL So, those extra steps you don't mind
doing keeps me just further away from the opportunity to try Linux.
Ahhhh, nowwww I understand the context of what you were saying about
having one program do it and not having to use multiple programs.
Before I used Linux, I felt the exact same way.
You should try Linux. It changed my whole perspective about computing.
Maybe it will do the same for you. You might develop a love for
Inkscape's --export-plain-svg and --export-pdf and the like. I'd
suggest you join a Linux User Group. If you don't know of one you can
start with mine, GoLUG.org. You don't need to live in Central Florida.
Anyway, I've found the combination of Inkscape and Linux to be powerful
indeed.
SteveT
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