THIS SOLUTION IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS “AS IS” AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. Always backup your data and test the solution to determine the correct procedure for you. However, we cannot anticipate every situation, and therefore cannot guarantee this procedure will work for your needs. If you need a software that will handle image manipulations beautifully, go with GIMP.We try hard to provide a useful solution validated by professionals. However, Inkscape will be more usable if your focus is precise networking-style graphics designing with formulated and layered mechanisms. In a graphic editor's system, both are a must (that's why Corel gives its Graphics Suite with both kind of editors). These software have the power of making lots of edits to images or enhance pictures in many ways. Raster/bitmap ones produce (called export) 'images' only, in the formats like. However, these lack specialised photograph manipulations and can rarely make a scratch on, say, photographs, hand drawings, etc. You can stretch them but there'll be less loss of quality, as these software are heavy and perform mathematical operations to calculate and re-calculate image attributes.

when representing an image (thus such images too are called vector graphics). Vector editors are based on the concept of curves and dots, etc. These are used for more artistic, precise, and mathematical graphics designing.

Inkscape (and others like Xara, SK1, Skencil, etc.) is a vector graphics editor software.

Its equivalents are Corel PhotoPaint and Adobe Photoshop. These software are used to edit photographs and graphics, add effects, make them stylish, etc. GIMP is a raster/bitmap graphics editor software.

Gimp vs inkscape vector