On Sun, 2005-05-29 at 23:17, Asif Lodhi wrote:
I have used InkScape a bit before (albeit on Windows) and found that InkScape's freehand pencil tool, and even the calligraphic pen (pencil?) tool, is not as good as that of the SodiPodi Can similary flow momentum be incorporated into InkScape as well?
I read somewhere that InkScape originated from SodiPodi. Why didn't the smooth flow get incorporated as well? I am not saying that InkScape's pencil/Calligraphic tool doesn't work at all - just not as smoothly as SodiPodi's pencil does. Those who are freehand pencil artist can readily understand my problem.
Inkscape is a fork of Sodipodi, yes. The drawing tools were rewritten sometime after the fork, though. The thing is, a number of people report that they prefer the rewritten freehand tools for pencil work... I'd say it's probably split evenly.
I think the problem is partly different tastes (a little bit), but mostly that the feel of the drawing tools seems to be somewhat timing-sensitive. Depending on the speed of the machine and other factors, either the Sodipodi or the Inkscape tools may feel smoother.
Probably we will require another rewrite (or at least adjustment) to fix that.
-mental