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# 🎨 Illuscape
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**Inkscape that feels like Adobe Illustrator — keyboard shortcuts, scroll behavior, palettes, and templates, without touching Inkscape itself.**
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[](LICENSE)
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[](https://inkscape.org/)
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[](#requirements)
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</div>
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---
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Illuscape is a config patch for Inkscape, modeled after [PhotoGIMP](https://github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP). It installs replacement and overlay config files — keyboard maps, scroll/zoom prefs, palettes, templates, and a symbol library — so Inkscape behaves the way Illustrator users expect.
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Nothing in Inkscape itself is modified. Uninstalling fully restores your original config.
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---
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## What changes
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| Feature | What Illuscape sets |
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| **Keyboard shortcuts** | Adobe Illustrator CC or CS6 presets — choose at install |
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| **Scroll and zoom** | Mouse wheel pans (not zooms); Ctrl+wheel zooms |
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| **Canvas** | White background, cyan guides, rubber-band selection (touching, not enclosed) |
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| **Node handles** | Square handles; rotation handles hidden until needed |
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| **Palettes** | Illustrator Defaults, Grays, and Earth Tones swatches |
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| **Templates** | Letter, A4, Web 1920×1080, Web 1280×720, Print CMYK Letter, Print CMYK A4 |
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| **Symbol library** | Arrows, checkmark, star, cross |
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| **Recent files** | 20 entries (Illustrator default; Inkscape default is 4) |
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| **Single-window mode** | On by default |
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---
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## Quick start
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```bash
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git clone https://git.opensourcesolarpunk.com/Circuit-Forge/illuscape
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cd illuscape
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./install.sh
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```
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Follow the prompt to choose your Illustrator era (CC or CS6), then open Inkscape.
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---
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## Install
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### Requirements
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- Inkscape 1.2 or later
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- Python 3.8+
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- Bash 4+
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### Supported Inkscape installs
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- Native (apt, pacman, dnf, etc.)
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- Flatpak (`org.inkscape.Inkscape`)
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- Snap
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### Non-interactive install (scripts / automated setup)
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```bash
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# Illustrator CC shortcuts
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./install.sh --preset=cc --yes
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# Illustrator CS6 shortcuts
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./install.sh --preset=cs6 --yes
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```
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---
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## Uninstall
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```bash
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./uninstall.sh
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```
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Your original Inkscape config is restored from the timestamped backup created at install time.
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---
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## Tool reference — Illustrator to Inkscape
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| Illustrator tool | Key | Inkscape equivalent |
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| Selection | V | Selection tool |
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| Direct Selection | A | Node tool |
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| Pen | P | Pen tool |
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| Pencil | N | Pencil tool |
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| Paintbrush | B | Calligraphy tool |
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| Type | T | Text tool |
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| Rectangle | M | Rectangle tool |
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| Ellipse | L | Ellipse tool |
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| Rotate | R | Transform — Rotate |
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| Scale | S | Transform — Scale |
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| Reflect | O | Transform — Flip |
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| Gradient | G | Gradient tool |
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| **Mesh** | **U** | **Mesh Gradient tool (direct equivalent)** |
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| Eyedropper | I | Dropper tool |
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| Zoom | Z | Zoom tool |
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| Hand | H / Space | Pan (Space held) |
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| Scissors | C | Scissors tool |
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| Eraser | Shift+E | Eraser tool |
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| Blob Brush | Shift+B | Spray tool (paint mode) |
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| Symbol Sprayer | Shift+S | Spray tool (clone mode) |
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| Live Paint | K | Paint Bucket tool |
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---
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## Planned (post-v1)
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- Artboards panel
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- Character Styles
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- Recolor Artwork
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- Object Styles
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- Export for Screens (1x/2x/3x batch)
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---
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## Contributing
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See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md). Issues and PRs welcome.
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## License
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MIT — see [LICENSE](LICENSE).
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