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Karbon

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Karbon is a vector drawing application with a user interface that is easy to use, highly customizable and extensible. That makes Karbon a great application for users starting to explore the world of vector graphics as well as for artists wanting to create breathtaking vector art.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Platforms

  • Linux
  • KDE Plasma
  • Flathub
  • Flatpak
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  No registration required
  2.  Ad-free
  3.  WYSIWYG Support
  4.  Support for Layers
  5.  Non Destructive Editing
  6.  Works Offline
  7.  Portable
  8.  Color Picker
  9.  KDE
  10.  High Availability

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Karbon information

  • Developed by

    Calligra Suite
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.
  • Alternatives

    41 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Karbon was added to AlternativeTo by gyorgyjano on Apr 20, 2009 and this page was last updated Sep 2, 2024. Karbon is sometimes referred to as Karbon14, KIllustrator.
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What is Karbon?

Karbon is a vector drawing application with a user interface that is easy to use, highly customizable and extensible. That makes Karbon a great application for users starting to explore the world of vector graphics as well as for artists wanting to create breathtaking vector art.

Features:

  • Loading support for ODG, SVG, WPG, WMF, EPS/PS
  • Writing support for ODG, SVG, PNG, PDF, WMF
  • Customizable user interface with freely placeable toolbars and dockers
  • Layer docker for easy handling of complex documents including preview thumbnails, support for grouping shapes via drag and drop, controlling visibility of shapes or locking
  • Advanced path editing tool with great on-canvas editing capabilities
  • Various drawing tools for creating path shapes including a draw path tool, a pencil tool as well as a calligraphy drawing tool
  • Gradient and pattern tools for easy on-canvas editing of gradient and pattern styles
  • Top notch snapping facilities for guided drawing and editing (e.g. snapping to grid, guide lines, path nodes, bounding boxes, orthogonal positions, intersections of path shapes or extensions of lines and paths)
  • Includes many predefined shapes including basic shapes like stars, circle/ellipse, rectangle, image
  • Artistic text shape with support for following path outlines (i.e. text on path)
  • Complex path operations and effects like boolean set operations, path flattening, rounding and refining as well as whirl/pinch effects
  • Extensible by writing plugins for new tools, shapes and dockers