On Tue, 3 Dec 2013 10:08:36 -0800 (PST)
Inti Alonso <intialonso@...12...> wrote:
Like a designer working for the press industry
I will love to see inkscape supporting:
Real CMYK.
Spot inks.
PDF/X-3 standard.
Bleed settings and press marks.
On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 12:23 PM, William
Adams <will.adams@...3026...> wrote:
On Dec 3, 2013, at 10:43 AM, Anna Morris wrote:
> So, some a question - which features would
> you just LOVE to see in Inkscape? What is
> missing?
A more efficient interface. It is much faster /
efficient working in Macromedia FreeHand.
Features which I miss include:
- an easy way to select objects which are not
on top --- Freehand used <Control>click for this
- the ability to do math in measurement text
fields (want an object to be 10 units wider?
type +10 after its width and tap enter)
- the ability to move selected node(s) and
compleat object(s)
- the ability to align a selected node against
an object (or multiples)
- It would be nice if InkScape would conform to
industry-standard user interface conventions
(usually Shift constrains when dragging, but
it's Alt which does that when musing the pen
tool)
- wrapping tabs and all other text features
which FreeHand had
- the ability to put text inside a box w/
user-controllable insets all around, to set the
fill and stroke for the box separately from the
text and to have the box be auto-sizing to
match the size of the text
- graphics find and replace
- more control over placement of UI elements
- interactive controls for origin of text when
placed on a path, ability to have a second line
on a different part of the path
Basically, just make it work like FreeHand,
'cause it solved the vector graphic interface
problem a long while ago, and nothing has
improved on it since, save for FutureWave
SmartSketch (freeform / distortable paths) and
Creaturehouse Expression (skeletal stroke
technology).
Interesting bit of reading on FreeHand here:
http://www.enrichdesign.com/fhblog/
William
I second the X-3 vote. And if possible PDF
X/1-a:2001 would be super. That would require
real CMYK of course.
--
John Culleton
Wexford Press
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