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On Mon, 2015-10-19 at 15:30 +0000, Anonymous User wrote:
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There is only one thing that stops me from using Inkscape over Illustrator and I have been waiting on it and checking on it for literally years now and that is gradient meshes.
Coloring an image is he most basic and integral part of graphics and it is just way too easy & convenient to accomplish in AI to pass up,
That said is there any time line for Gradient Meshes in Inkscape?
Years ago the SVG2 specs for it were to be finalized Aug 2015, can't see now where that is at.
I also see there is a way to help certain project, but A. not sure how? and B. If the SVG 2/Grad Mesh specs are not finalized does that mean there can be no movement regardless for that?