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On 31 May 2025 13:39:58 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

> ... I've tried and dismissed Inkscape and GIMP a long time ago.

I really don’t understand that. Inkscape is a wonderful design tool for 
resolution-independent graphics, and its native format is SVG, which is 
the standard format for vector graphics online. And GIMP has better 
support for deep pixels than even Adobe can manage. Both have good Python 
APIs for automation/extension purposes -- and so does Blender, of course.

Blender also now has “Grease Pencil” functionality which is encroaching 
into Synfig territory, and possibly Inkscape as well. And it’s not limited 
to 2D in either case.