you just described inkscape

takes a bit of digging to get to the really advanced stuff, but if you just
want freehand vector drawing this is the thing
and it's open source
http://www.inkscape.org/


On 10/26/06, Genome <jtroxas@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi..
> Does anyone know of a vector graphics software that has Microsoft paint
> like
> drawing controls.. I've been using something called SmartSketch from
> futurewave to create logos and stuff for screen printing since 1995.. but
> this software was sold long ago in the 90's to Macromedia which is now
> acquired by adobe and ofcourse been dropped.. Actually that program
> smartsketch is what the famous Flash Animation ascended from... i.e. I'm
> looking for a program that has Flash like drawing tools.. Now some would
> say
> to use Flash but flash isnt really designed for Illustration and printing
> to
> paper but for web animation.. There are others like Xara, Illustrator and
> freehand and coreldraw which basically are similar but they are so hard to
> use, i.e. you have to learn lots of triks just to do a simple thing like
> compounding an object.. in Flash and smartsketch you just breakapart 2
> objects and overlay them to compound them.. so I always find my self going
> back to the old software which ofcourse wont work in the near future as
> its
> very old....
>
> thanks..
>
>
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