================ = Inkscape 1.3 = ================
Thanks to all the work from our community, we are proud to announce that Inkscape version 1.3 is now released.
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You can find out about the new features at: https://inkscape.org/news/2023/07/23/inkscape-launches-version-13-focus-orga...
and download it for your platform on: https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.3/
then, if you want to support Inkscape, donate to the project at https://inkscape.org/support-us/
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Inkscape 1.3 is the latest major release of Inkscape, following more than one year of development after the 1.2 major release.
The highlights of this release are: * Improved performance thanks to fully asynchronous, multithreaded rendering * Shape builder (NEW) - a new tool for building complex shapes (Boolean tool) * Improved On-Canvas Pattern Editing * Pattern Editor (NEW) * Page margins & bleed * Document Resources Dialog (NEW) * Return of Search, opacity & blend modes in Layers & Objects dialog and of an optional persistent snap bar * Font Collections (NEW) * Syntax highlighting in XML Editor * LPE dialog - Redesign * Better PDF import * Many crash & bug fixes
We also introduced a long list of new features outlined in detail and illustrated at https://media.inkscape.org/media/doc/release_notes/1.3/Inkscape_1.3.html .
----------------------------- Join an Inkscape project team -----------------------------
Inkscape is always happy to welcome new contributors in various areas: code[1], translation[2], UX[3], testing and bug triaging[4], documentation[5] or even outreach[6]!
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%C2%A0 (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/team_testing [5]https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/documentation [6]https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_vectors
A warm thanks to everyone involved in making this release possible!
-- The Inkscape team