I’m starting this thread as a place for Inkscape users to come together, talk about releases, notes, techniques, Live Paths Effects, and other Inkscape related things.
If you have trouble with versions of the software, redraws, rendering settings, i will post preferences here to help. Some OpenGL features are new, and many users skim or skip them.
Possibly post art?! Not sure. We’ll talk later.
Welcome Everyone !
I’m going to post some optimizations for Users experiencing slow rendering within Inkscape :
Important to note, Threads, Rendering Cache, X-ray Radius, Enable OpenGL, Pixel Streaming have been modified. This has improved my performance overall with projects that are MB and higher.
If anyone has any other optimizations, please share them !
Just here to post that the Flatpak version of Inkscape does need the compatability with your GPU for the OpenGL to properly work. I am currently testing Redraw , Filter Effects , Gaussian Blur
On Nvidia it’s the org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia ,
On AMD : ROCm is supposed to work here, but it would need to be the .rpm. I need to retest, the
OpenCL & OpenGL work.
On Intel, OneAPI should provide the support needed.
these flatpaks should have correct rights by default why you need photo editing software where GPU is blocked by default… yes i understand flatpak idea, but sometimes you need to spend more time to get everything enabled on simple tasks
Hey @anon91881872 My personal laptop has a discrete Nvidia GPU, that I turned off in the BIOS because I did not need it. While working on a project I came around the new Settings feature in inkscape so i began to tweak them. They work great for Onboard Graphics , but I now need to test to get optimal experience with Discrete cards.
I have been working on custom brushes and filters recently so having these settings tweaked will make things a lot better. Here are some basic images of the "work " I am doing
I find them to be very useful, and since Inkscape is not a Pixel imaging, Brushes and how to use them take on a different approach. Instead of using the Brushes traditionally, Manipulating the Path is how you would use brushes.
Here I have an example if a Brush stroke with the attempt at making look like an Oil paint brush stroke.
All of these basically wrecked havoc on the Default settings for Inkscape. Filters would sometimes crash the application and the frames would buffer and lag badly.
The brush stroke one is interesting, because It can produce a Charcoal effect nicely is applied with the right colors, opacity and possibly filter. The use there is limitless IMO.
The Hatches is my favorite, it’s use to quickly represent curvature and the 90’s comic book style is what makes it pop. The Hatches feature in the Live Path Effects is amazing maybe I’ll post screenshot :
Basic rectangle with Black fill, The LivePathEffect > Hatches is the real deal here.
The left is immediately after application. The Nodes appear allowing for manipulation of the hatches. The right is the effect after dragging the node slightly to the bottom left.
Now imagine you draw your shape, and fill it with your color + gradient + filter etc, and hatch for shading. . .
It’s simple. I do not use it. The last time I tried it, moving away from the center of the screen cause the pointer to be further and further away from where my Pen was. There are no calibration features and the Model I have stopped receiving updates in 2022.
I have it in my storage unit, but have been considering opening it back up. All testing was done on Gnome Wayland, with the driver from here : Download Drivers And User Manual - Huion
Going through GitHub might help and looking for support might help. I will keep updating this thread as things change. In the coming weeks I will try out some more configurations as well in hopes for better results.
I think those have better drivers. I would look around to see how people are experiencing it as well. Before you buy.
The Open Source apps like Inkscape should work wonderfully with it. It’s just a Wayland issues at the moment and driver support. Out of hope I have not removed the application for my KAMVAS yet.
I am happy to announce that my HUION KAMVAS 16 Pro works amazingly right now ! It’s not perfect, but in the small sample size of testing it did better than when I last used it.
I will be doing more testing hopefully within the next week or so. There’s a lot i need to get used to with using a pen.
Krita, was near flawless with pen pressure “just working” and the movement between the pen and the cursor. Inkscape was also good, but I need to do more testing, as I had limited time.
I did not test GIMP, Pinta. So a round up with those would be good. Also, this is a Inkscape thread so I’ll probably move that particulat set of test to another thread.
Wanted to add some cool things to this Inkscape thread useful for those who are current Gnome Users and users of the cool Flameshot screenshot tool.
Currently Gnome and Flameshot have a difficult relationship. . . Flameshot breaks after every release. We still need to edit our Screenshots to make them informative and colorful !
So here goes a look into how I make do without Flameshot to make edits to my Screenshots.
Clicking on the Import button on the Far Right Bar :
Or pasting your screenshot onto Inkscape from the clipboard.
Which leads up to the Rectangle Tool :
Along the bottom of the application is the Color Bar, Right Click to choose a Stroke color and Left Click for the Fill. We’ll do a Stroke only since we’re focused on making notes to the Screenshot :
Now we’re ready to make some Rectangles ! Clicking and dragging to the desired effect will yield this lovely stroke. The Anchor Points ( square ) allow you to manipulate the Rectangle. the sphere’s allow for other functionality :
Inkscape Crashes when used prior to connecting a Tablet on Wayland or X11
A huge Bug in Inkscape when used with a Tablet :
The only workaround is to save often, and start Inkscape BEFORE you start/connect your tablet.
This can be in either Joine/Mirror mode on Gnome Desktop. It’s a pretty big deal and has gotten me a couple times already. I currently run a HUION KAMVAS 16 PRO.
" I am doing
