Hi, 2015-05-19 15:08 GMT+02:00 Satyajit Sahoo <[email protected]>:
> On 19 May 2015 at 18:30, Máirín Duffy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I've tried using tools specifically made for UI design but all have >> fallen short and been way too restrictive for my tastes. I don't like doing >> wireframes in one app and then having to redo them completely to do a full >> visual design; with inkscape i can do both in the same file. > > > Believe me, Sketch is one of a kind. You can edit vector inside Sketch as > it's vector editor too. But the tools and organization is more focused > towards UI design rather than complex icon designs. I've never needed to > redo my designs or adjust them in another tool, except raster images. > > >> Not true, there's a new symbols feature now (works similar to how symbols >> in Macromedia Flash work / worked.) >> > > There is? In which version? And how do you use it? > Symbols are part of the SVG standard 1.1 since a long time, Inkscape integrated it with version 0.91, so Fedora user can already use it. Inkscape brings a set of symbol library as default stored under .../symbols you can open the dialog with choosing object->symbols or Ctrl-Shift-Y and just drag & drop in the needed one. Visio stencil files .vss can also be used as symbol librarys. The feature to convert a drawing into an symbol isnt integrated yet but will come, but it can be done by hand > > > On 19 May 2015 at 18:31, Máirín Duffy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> There's quite a few of us who use the FLOSS tools without issue. The main >> challenge is if you have to use spot colors; it's possible but a little >> hacky. I find Inkscape and Gimp to be more feature-rich than their >> proprietary cousins. > > > That is true, but it's always good when things are easier to do. I find > Inkscape much better when doing icons and stuff. > br gnokii > Satyajit Sahoo > UX Designer > Behance Profile <https://www.behance.net/satyajitha28c7> > > We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh? — The Doctor, > Season 5, Episode 13. > > On 19 May 2015 at 18:31, Máirín Duffy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On 05/18/2015 09:47 PM, Samuel Marques wrote: >> >>> You can be a professional graphic designer using the open source tools? >>> without using Adobe products? >>> because in college only teach it, just gave an idea of what is the free >>> design, but the focus is more on Adobe software such as Photoshop, >>> Illustrator and InDesign. >>> >>> I particularly tried to learn to use the gimp, scribus and inkscape and >>> the only one that pleased me doi the sribus to replace InDesign. >>> >>> So I wonder if you can get success, being free, since in my opinion the >>> tools lose some of the other software. >>> >> >> There's quite a few of us who use the FLOSS tools without issue. The main >> challenge is if you have to use spot colors; it's possible but a little >> hacky. I find Inkscape and Gimp to be more feature-rich than their >> proprietary cousins. >> >> >> ~m >> _______________________________________________ >> design-team mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team >> > > > _______________________________________________ > design-team mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team > -- make me rich, buy my Inkscape book http://is.gd/yq5OD0 ;)
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