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Vectr is out of Beta

24 points by marban 10y ago

nailer 10y ago
This is useful: I've been looking for a quality alternative to Sketch that runs on Windows. Inkscape and Illustrator don't meet my threshold of quality. That said: dang or his replacement, maybe change the title to something more useful? 'vectr (new cross platform vector editor) is out of beta'
johnhenry 10y ago
As a free vector editor, I can't help but wonder how this compares to https://inkscape.org/en/ https://inkscape.org/en/?
- johnhenry 10y ago
  It looks like vectr is strictly a subscription web service and that the application is simply a wrapper around this? Is this how this works?
kentt 10y ago
Plays audio when you load the page. Blacklisted this domain.
biocomputation 10y ago
I'd be embarrassed to recommend it just because it has such a terrible, "me too" name.
cyborgx7 10y ago
I'm not usually one to complain about names like tumblr that omit the last vowel before the ending r, but those usually omit an e. For some reason omiting an o this way makes my brain stumble over it, every time it reads the name.
andybak 10y ago
First thing I usually do in a vector graphics editor is check out how sophisticated their implementation of parametric shapes and object instancing is. This is usually a good indicator of their general level of sophistication. (Curiously - Corel Draw had the best polygon tool I've ever come across - it remembered it's # of sides even if you edited the splines - i.e. a 5 pointed star with curves and extra vertexes could still be turned into a 6 pointed star without losing the edits) As much as you might never use this stuff - you can't get it right without getting a lot of other stuff right and there is a definite correlation between completeness of the 'object-ness' of the software and it's general quality. So - Vectr? I can't even work out how to: 1. Change the roundedness of rectangles 2. Create any type of symbol or instance Here's a sign of how crude it is - create a rounded rectangle and scale it in the x direction. The corner curves themselves are scaled to create ugly elliptical corners.

24 points by marban 10y ago

This is useful: I've been looking for a quality alternative to Sketch that runs on Windows. Inkscape and Illustrator don't meet my threshold of quality. That said: dang or his replacement, maybe change the title to something more useful? 'vectr (new cross platform vector editor) is out of beta'

johnhenry 10y ago

As a free vector editor, I can't help but wonder how this compares to https://inkscape.org/en/ https://inkscape.org/en/?

johnhenry 10y ago
It looks like vectr is strictly a subscription web service and that the application is simply a wrapper around this? Is this how this works?

kentt 10y ago

Plays audio when you load the page. Blacklisted this domain.

biocomputation 10y ago

I'd be embarrassed to recommend it just because it has such a terrible, "me too" name.

cyborgx7 10y ago

I'm not usually one to complain about names like tumblr that omit the last vowel before the ending r, but those usually omit an e. For some reason omiting an o this way makes my brain stumble over it, every time it reads the name.

andybak 10y ago

First thing I usually do in a vector graphics editor is check out how sophisticated their implementation of parametric shapes and object instancing is. This is usually a good indicator of their general level of sophistication. (Curiously - Corel Draw had the best polygon tool I've ever come across - it remembered it's # of sides even if you edited the splines - i.e. a 5 pointed star with curves and extra vertexes could still be turned into a 6 pointed star without losing the edits) As much as you might never use this stuff - you can't get it right without getting a lot of other stuff right and there is a definite correlation between completeness of the 'object-ness' of the software and it's general quality. So - Vectr? I can't even work out how to: 1. Change the roundedness of rectangles 2. Create any type of symbol or instance Here's a sign of how crude it is - create a rounded rectangle and scale it in the x direction. The corner curves themselves are scaled to create ugly elliptical corners.