I have worked as a proffessional Graphic Artist for
30 years and specialize in illustration.
I also run my own Sublimation printing and
embroidery business as well as teaching and writing.
I have used both Illustrator and Corel Draw since
their introduction and have taught them both and written published training
manuals on all the major desktop publishing packages. I have been a big
supporter of The Gimp and have written a book that has been published on that
too.I am very impressed with Inkscape and the approach that has been taken to
user ergonomics.
I am now using Inkscape professionally and actually
prefer to use it over all other packages for many illustration
tasks.
The programmers should be very proud of what they
have done because I regard Inkscape as a superior Illustration package to
Illustrator and equal if not better than Corel Draw for many Illustration tasks.
In particular the ease of use and control over the drawing tools is fantastic. I
have timed myself over specific illustration tasks (Like illustrating a racing
car for instance). I can work considerably faster in Inkscape. This relates
directly to productivity. I think the design team at Adobe should take a good
look at Inkscape AND ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE TRAGIC ERGONOMICS of their
so called industry standard program. Far more professionals use Corel Draw for
serious illustration work than people think, they just don't tell anyone because
of that Mac - Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark express standard in the
industry rubbish. This has far more to do with the conservative nature of
Graphic designers and the inability of training organizations and tertiary
institutions to provide alternative training. IGNORANCE IS NOT AN
EXCUSE FOR SHEER LAZINESS. I constantly monitor and test new programs and
will provide training and support for any one of them that proves to be
useful.
SCRIBUS, THE GIMP and INKSCAPE have at last
provided a serious working solution for desktop publishers. Linux is at
last a viable alternative to the Mac or Windows. (Not that these programs don't
work well on the Mac or Windows).
And all this for free !!!!!!!!!
I do a lot of consultancy work for printing
organisations and will be pushing Inkscape and it relative merits
extensively.
I will also provide support and training to any of
the organizations I train for or deal with.
WELL DONE INKSCAPE!!!!!!