"Also covered is the idea of using Inkscape as a tool for mock-up designs. I see Scribus as kind of the the big brother to Inkscape (review) in that Inkscape works with a single page document, whereas Scribus can manage content across a multiple page document. You can assemble some very intricate documents using Scribus that would take a lot of time and effort to do using Inkscape and word processors such as Libre office and Microsoft office."
Inkscape is a vector graphics tool, similar to Adobe Illustrator if we're comparing open source to commercial apps. That said, to label Inkscape as a little brother of Scribus is silly and creating multiple page documents isn't what Inkscape is designed for. I don't know if the latest Inkscape supports multiple artboards within a document, which is something in Illustrator that can act like a multiple page document, but that's not the purpose of multiple artboards.
For some reason this comment in the review just irked me./shrug
You are right (almost): Adobe InDesign is a mixture of Adobe PageMaker and Adobe Illustrator. But Inkscape is not designed for *text* layout. I mean, continuous text across columns or frames. This is well done in Adobe FrameMaker and Adobe InDesign now. Illustrator is more about graphics.
But taking into the account Gnome/GKT and KDE/QT jihad holywar, then they are rather deadly enemies.:-D
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Inkscape comment (Score:2)
"Also covered is the idea of using Inkscape as a tool for mock-up designs. I see Scribus as kind of the the big brother to Inkscape (review) in that Inkscape works with a single page document, whereas Scribus can manage content across a multiple page document. You can assemble some very intricate documents using Scribus that would take a lot of time and effort to do using Inkscape and word processors such as Libre office and Microsoft office."
Inkscape is a vector graphics tool, similar to Adobe Illustrator if we're comparing open source to commercial apps. That said, to label Inkscape as a little brother of Scribus is silly and creating multiple page documents isn't what Inkscape is designed for. I don't know if the latest Inkscape supports multiple artboards within a document, which is something in Illustrator that can act like a multiple page document, but that's not the purpose of multiple artboards.
For some reason this comment in the review just irked me. /shrug
Re: (Score:1)
You are right (almost): Adobe InDesign is a mixture of Adobe PageMaker and Adobe Illustrator. But Inkscape is not designed for *text* layout. I mean, continuous text across columns or frames. This is well done in Adobe FrameMaker and Adobe InDesign now. Illustrator is more about graphics.
But taking into the account Gnome/GKT and KDE/QT jihad holywar, then they are rather deadly enemies. :-D