I would like to add some graphics to a Latex presentation using a wacom graphics tablet. I would like to use vector graphics, so the pdf output will stay small and look good in every resolution (if I print it or if the screen size varies). Of course, there should be the option for pngs/jpgs. I probably don't need it now, but maybe I want to include another graphic or a photo. I tested several programs but was not satisfied yet.
In short, Inkscape is buggy, and a little bit complicated. Krita only supports some operations and the pdf of old Kira versions is not a vector output, newer versions don't support pdf. Open Toonz might be close, but I don't know how to export pdf, old Adobe Flash does not export.
- Inkscape 1.1.1 does not support recognizing the pen. I can draw with the eraser and was not able to fix that, and the angle of the pen seems to have no effect. Sometimes the stroke width resets on every stroke. The version number seems important because there is a different bug in every version, I tried (OK, I tried only two today, but I always had some problems). However, exporting vector pdf works, and I think it should handle jpgs and pngs decently. It just lacks the brush options gimp would have.
- Krita seems to work like gimp + vector options. However, it can only export the vector layers. Technically, I could export the vector layers as svg and the rest as svg and align them in latex, but that is not a workflow I would want to do more than once.
- Open Toonz Export seems to be a little tricky. SVG seems to work, but converting it to pdf by Inkscape seems to break everything. At least the strokes seem to be missing according to this youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk3u9RN3ouI
- A random ancient Flash CS version It is easy to handle. I do not know how to check if it recognizes the angle of the brush, but everything else works fine and is intuitive. However, I can only export adobe flash formats or bitmaps. fla, xfl or fxg are not helfpul, I think.
Is there no good solution but maybe Adobe Illustrator, which would be a too high price as long I only draw a hobby picture every few month or even years? Do I underestimate Inkskape?
P.S.: I apprechiate, if someone has a better idea to tag this question. On stack overflow I was told to delete my question and move to computergraphics, and found out about this community later. However, technically pdf, vectorgraphics and bitmap-grapics are the three main topics I would like to see combined in a single program. Like inkscape but with less weird situations, which result in watching many youtube videos just to change the stroke width. Or is there just Inkscape and Illustrator, if I want to export vectorgraphics, which have embedded bitmaps, as pdf or svg (although svg is not necessary)? Is Illustrator the only program, which supports the pressure of the pen in a vector graphic?
