It’s a pretty damn impressive application when you consider that it was created by a team of volunteers and is given away for free.Īnother advantage Illustrator has is a variety of additional tools and features that will make your workflow a little more efficient. But for now, I have to give Illustrator a slight edge, and that is in no way an indictment of Inkscape. And as print media continues to die off while digital becomes more and more the standard, the gap between the two applications will shorten. Inkscape is a fully-featured, complete and professional vector graphics application. Anything that was designed in Illustrator can, theoretically, be designed in Inkscape as well. When it comes to things like website icons, channel art, Facebook cover photos, mobile application GUI, and so on, Inkscape truly is a viable alternative to Illustrator. So as long as you’re not designing leaflets or postcards or anything else that will be sent off to the printers, Inkscape is fully-equipped and completely capable of handling any kind of vector design work you may need it for, and you can even use it for print work too if you’re willing to use the workarounds. There’s also a few other solutions that are a little more elaborate, here and here. However, there is a workaround that I went over in one of my Youtube videos. Unfortunately, Inkscape doesn’t have the ability to output files in CMYK color profiles, which will make designing anything for print a real challenge. Much like how an experienced chef can make a much better meal with cheap ingredients and shoddy kitchen utensils than I could with state-of-the-art cookware and the finest ingredients. A talented and experienced designer can create a better logo with crayons and a napkin than an inexperienced, first-time user can with the latest, greatest, up-to-date software and operating system running on the world’s most powerful system. Never confuse a designer with their tools. The best operating system or the best software is the one that you feel most comfortable using and will help you get the job done to the best of your ability. One mistake a lot of newcomers to design often make (and I was guilty of this myself) is placing too much importance on the things that don’t really matter in the grand scheme of things, like which operating system is best or which software is best. But can Inkscape really replace Illustrator? As someone who has used both programs, I’d like to weigh in with my opinion. You could always use GIMP instead of Photoshop for raster image manipulation, but when it comes to vector graphics, Inkscape is a more cost-friendly alternative to Illustrator, and considering that Inkscape doesn’t cost anything, it clearly wins the price debate.
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