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Logo design - Inkscape or Gimp? - Darth-Apple - June 17th, 2013

Both are popular graphics design utilities with a different purpose. The GIMP is an all in one suite designed to suit many purposes, where Inkscape is particularly suited for logo design, but may not have some of the features of the GIMP.

So for logo design purposes, which do you prefer?


Re: Logo design - Inkscape or Gimp? - Acko - June 17th, 2013

Ah, accidentally voted wrong. Inkscape.


Re: Logo design - Inkscape or Gimp? - Darth-Apple - June 17th, 2013

I agree, Inkscape seems to do the job well when it comes to logo design.

(June 17th, 2013 at 6:15 PM)t3haco link Wrote: Ah, accidentally voted wrong. Inkscape.

I've now set it to allow users to change their votes.


Re: Logo design - Inkscape or Gimp? - Durfsurn - June 17th, 2013

Inkscape for me too.


RE: Logo design - Inkscape or Gimp? - SpookyZalost - May 24th, 2017

I actually use both in combination.
Inkscape for graphics scaling and whatnot, gimp for effects and layering and stuff.

when working on a project using both it's really very powerful and the outcome is a beautiful logo that fits all screen sizes.

plus inkscape is great for upscaling and resizing images without image distortion or pixelation issues.


RE: Logo design - Inkscape or Gimp? - SpookyZalost - May 14th, 2018

I think it's fair I add a couple more things, I use inkscape and gimp because I do my logo design and graphics work in linux, it's compatible with my wacom bamboo without issues unlike windows 8.1...

it is nice to be able to draw on the screen, in gimp, import the layers into inkscape and scale as needed to fit what I want then import/export back into gimp for the final touches and effects.


RE: Logo design - Inkscape or Gimp? - Darth-Apple - May 15th, 2018

(May 14th, 2018 at 12:08 PM)SpookyZalost Wrote: I think it's fair I add a couple more things, I use inkscape and gimp because I do my logo design and graphics work in linux, it's compatible with my wacom bamboo without issues unlike windows 8.1...

it is nice to be able to draw on the screen, in gimp, import the layers into inkscape and scale as needed to fit what I want then import/export back into gimp for the final touches and effects.

That's an interesting combination, I like it. The best of both worlds. Big Grin


RE: Logo design - Inkscape or Gimp? - SpookyZalost - May 16th, 2018

Indeed, Especially given it's cross platform, and well... Free lol.

Glory to he who creates without having to serve the corporations who so hungrily scale prices to be unreachable for the everyman.