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tutuca
Asked: 2011-11-01 19:54:52 +0800 CST

Quick drawing tool

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I'm in need of some vector drawings... Was rushed to install inkscape, as is the tool I use more often, but it is too bloated and heavy for the task at hand...

I was thinking in something like Fireworks, that let's you create bitmaps in a very vector-like workflow, or something like the old Flash editor that would blend shapes if they had the same color.

Do you know of any app simpler than inkscape or along the lines of those products description?

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  1. Here's a list of Linux graphic vector editors in wikipedia. From looking at the articles linked from there, it looks like Inkscape, Karbon14, OpenOffice.org Draw and possibly Dia are currently actively developed.

    Other previously popular programs, like Sodipodi, SK1, Pencil and Xara Xtreme are no longer actively maintained.

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  2. Try Xara Xtreme. It's listed in Synaptic as xaralx package

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  3. Also shutter - which is a screenshot taking program - has a very simple and nice vector drawing tool.

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  4. if you want a quick tool use

    1) Pinta: just a clone of MS paint.

    2) LibreOffice Draw: very convenient.

    3) gnome-paint drawing editor: Very very lightweight and useful.

    4) kolor paint: another clone of MS paint.

    5) gnu paint: fast and easy.

    You can install them just from software center.

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  5. I think the best drawing tool on linux today is Krita. It combines vector and raster layers (and more) on the same canvas.

    LWN did a brief review recently.

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  6. Skencil its very simple, try it.

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