![]() ![]() This article is based on version (3.2.6), which was the current version at the time I wrote this article. Meantime, well removed from the mainstream, another program with quite interesting features – Gravit Designer – is being developed, and it promises to be fully fledged vector graphic design software. Version 0.7 of the proprietary program is still available as a 32-bit binary in various repositories. The Xara Group made a less successful attempt with Xara Xtreme, which found very few friends in the Linux camp. Nevertheless, the powerful, well-documented, and widely used Inkscape has long left little room for other free vector graphics tools. The application still provides the most comprehensive features for this format, although it does not support all aspects of SVG. ![]() However, Inkscape – a fairly comprehensive graphics program that is a mixture of two-thirds drawing program and one-third editor – could generate and load SVG data. Even when web browsers started supporting SVG images, it was not enough to encourage more programs to work with this format. When the committee first published the XML-based format in 2001, the commercial programs prevalent at the time ignored it and continued to rely on their own, mostly proprietary formats. Looking at what Gravit used to be and what it has become now only whets my appetite and I am keenly looking forward to seeing Gravit designer rival top softwares like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, you might think this is an exaggeration but considering the progress they have made over the years, I am convinced that the sky is not the limit BUT the starting point for Gravit designer.The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) made a huge breakthrough with the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format, which supports far more than just employing and positioning standard objects. In my opinion, the future is VERY BRIGHT for Gravit designer as it has taken incredible strides in its first four years. What does the future hold for Gravit Designer? The third perspective being that of the Gravit Designer team and investors who, in all fairness to them have done an unbelievable job over the years, but they have to keep up with their running costs and it makes a lot of sense to put up a paywall to generate enough money to keep the software up and maintain steady growth.Īsides those two issues, Gravit designer pro is your go-to app for Graphics design, UI design and all sorts of designs. The second being that of a professional Graphics Designer like myself who makes money from using Gravit designer, in this case, I think it is fair to be charged some money but I still think that the $99 price tag is a bit far-fetched. The first being that of a hobbyist who has been using the FREE software for a good number of years and witnessed the development of the tool from basic to pro and is now shut out and cannot pay the $99 fee because he won’t be getting any value in terms of profit from it. This analysis wouldn’t be complete without me giving you my take on whether I think the Gravit Designer Pro’s $99 price tag is actually worth it. In fairness to all parties involved, I would like to look at this from three perspectives. Although we expect that improvements will be made in future updates as has always been the case since Gravit designer was launched in 2014. The other issue is that Gravit designer pro lacks a powerful enough engine to manipulate to-taste images of the highest quality, the Gravit designer pro engine seems to struggle when such images are imported and attempts are made to manipulate them. This downgrade cuts you off from even the most basic of tools (like Fonts changer, bezigon tool, high-quality export .etc) and makes the software pretty much a shadow of itself. Although Gravit designer gives you a 15-day free trial of Gravit designer pro ( it was amazing while it lasted), after which you get heavily downgraded to a basic version of Gravit designer - if you do not pay to continue using the pro version which costs around 99 dollars. Gravit designer joined the Corel family in June 2018 after the Corel family were impressed by the progress made by the software and as a result, Gravit designer became a paid software at around September 2018. ![]() Despite all the pros, there are two cons ![]()
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