[ubuntu-art] Re: A Request

[Andreas Nilsson]

Michiel Sikma wrote:

> Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
>
>> Michiel, thank you for your contributions so far, and I want to  urge 
>> you
>> to continue to contribute, using whatever tools work best for you  right
>> now. As others have written, the use of an open format like SVG or PNG
>> makes collaboration easier and results in content that does not force
>> other artists to make the same choices that you did. But I see that  you
>> understand that.
>
>
> Thanks. I'm aware of the nature of this project and agree that it's  
> useless to contribute art that can't be used without free software. I  
> try to keep everything I make in an open format. Thankfully, PNG is  
> fully supported, but it's too bad that SVG isn't (in Adobe's  
> products). I've looked at the source of SVG files made with  
> Illustrator, and it turns out that they look like a complete mess  
> sometimes. I don't know how usable such files are.
>
> Here's an example of an SVG saved with Illustrator: http:// 
> thingmajig.org/tmp/blocks.svg
>
> I won't use software that cripples the ability for other people to  
> continue or make derivatives of my work. It's just too bad that  
> proprietary software comes with such limitations. To me, that means I  
> won't be contributing in the field of icons, for example, with  
> Illustrator. I'll have to try and learn Inkscape for its ability to  
> export SVGs.

Hi Michiel!
Feel free to send me a mail or pop by #tango if you need some help with 
creating a good workflow for doing icons in Inkscape.
btw, I feel sorry that you have been so badly treated for using 
closed-source stuff just because some of the free tools are not up for 
the task yet.
- Andreas