Illusion v0.3 beta Open studio

Public web beta · Firefox & Chromium on Linux

A free SVG editor for Linux.

Illusion’s vector studio runs in a current Firefox or Chromium browser on Linux, free, with no install and no account. Draw precise paths, open SVG, and export SVG, PNG, or multi-page RGB PDF with bleeds.

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  • No account
  • Local-first artwork
  • SVG · PNG · RGB PDF

Native Linux status: development builds exist, but there is no public Linux package or install command yet. The browser studio is the supported beta you can use now. Install and setup guide.

The Illusion editor running in a Linux browser.
Capabilities

More than a basic SVG editor.

Direct drawing, structured editing, image conversion, and print-aware export in one Linux browser workspace.

Draw and reshape paths

Build with the Pen, edit anchors and handles, redraw a selected edge with Pencil, then simplify excess points.

  • Pen
  • Node edit
  • Pencil reshape
  • Simplify

Ink with control

Use a pressure-aware vector brush with smoothing, streamline, size and taper controls. Compatible pen input produces editable strokes.

  • Pressure
  • Smoothing
  • Taper

Construct clean geometry

Unite, subtract, intersect and exclude. Group, clip, reorder, align and snap objects without losing structure.

  • Boolean
  • Clipping masks
  • Align

Place and crop images

Place and crop PNG, JPEG or WebP references on your artboards and draw over them. Smart Vectorize is in testing.

  • PNG/JPEG/WebP
  • Crop
  • References

Type, colour and appearance

Work with live text, fills, strokes, swatches, opacity, blend modes, and editable linear or radial gradients.

  • Text
  • Gradients
  • Swatches

Design across artboards

Keep related pages or campaign sizes in one document. Name, move, duplicate and export artboards as pages.

  • Up to 20 boards
  • Layers
  • Multi-page PDF

Local-first by architecture

Your artwork is processed in the app and project media stays with local project or browser storage. The hosted site may record anonymous aggregate usage, not your artwork.

  • No account
  • Local autosave
  • Portable .illu
Workflow

Your artwork does not end at the browser tab.

SVG works in both directions. Illusion’s project format keeps editable structure and image media together in a portable ZIP container, the same .illu the Galaxy Tab beta saves.

Sketching on a tablet? Start the same .illu on a Galaxy Tab with S Pen and finish it here.

  1. 01

    Open or place real files

    Open an Illusion project or SVG as a document. Place SVG and common raster images into an existing composition.

  2. 02

    Edit without giving up structure

    Work with named layers, groups, paths, text, images and artboards. Save the editable project as a validated .illu archive.

  3. 03

    Export for screen or print

    Write SVG, selection SVG, PNG, print SVG, or RGB PDF. Multiple artboards become ordered PDF pages.

poster.illuValidated ZIP
document.jsonShapes · layers
swatches.jsonPalette
media/…Image bytes
thumbnail.pngPreview

One portable file. Open it again in the browser, or export SVG whenever you need to leave.

Where it fits a Linux day

Jobs the browser studio handles well.

Not every creative task needs a heavy desktop install. These are the workflows Illusion is efficient at today.

Posters & print sheets

Multi-artboard layouts with bleed, optional marks, and preflight before you send an RGB PDF.

Marks, icons & logos

Precise Bézier paths, boolean clean-up, and SVG export for the web or further tooling.

SVG hand-off

Open existing SVG, tidy structure, export clean SVG or selection SVG without a cloud account.

Drawing over references

Place a PNG or JPEG, crop it, and draw your own paths over it on artboards.

Print-aware from the artboard onward

Set page units, safe margins and per-edge bleed. Add optional printer marks, then run preflight while every object is still editable.

  • Effective image resolution
  • Hairline strokes
  • Short or missing bleed
  • Tiny and unoutlined text
  • Off-page artwork
  • Overlapping artboards

Honest colour status: PDF export is DeviceRGB. CMYK separations, spot inks, overprint and PDF/X are not in the current beta, so preflight reports the RGB limitation instead of pretending to validate what it cannot see.

Preflight reportAnalysis complete
One image may print soft

Effective resolution is below 300 dpi at placed size.

WARNING
Artwork stops short of bleed

The background crosses trim but does not reach the bleed edge.

WARNING
Colours are RGB

Ask your print provider whether conversion is required.

INFO
Text outline check

Print export outlines supported fonts and reports fallback.

INFO

Illustrative example of the preflight report format.

Linux availability

Use the studio now. Install it when it is ready.

The full editor is public in the browser. Native release work exists, but it is not presented as finished before clean-distribution validation is complete.

Linux web studio

Available now · beta

Open Illusion in a current Firefox or Chromium browser. The editor runs client-side and supports the complete web workflow shown here.

  • No installation or account
  • Local files, autosave and recovery
  • SVG, PNG and RGB PDF output
Launch the web studio

Native Linux desktop

Pre-release

Native development builds compile locally, but public hosting, clean-distro validation and final packaging are not complete.

  • No public AppImage, deb, rpm or Flatpak yet
  • No public download or release date yet
  • Illusion is currently closed source

Native Linux is not publicly downloadable yet, and there is no release date. Join the list to be notified when a public build or news exists. No confirmation email is sent.

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Roadmap · honest direction

1Now

Web polish

Keep the public beta honest and useful: drawing, SVG, .illu, and RGB print PDF with preflight. This is the Linux path that is open today.

2Gate

Public Linux package

AppImage, deb and rpm packages (and later Flatpak) ship only after release checks clear: a public download, a stated license posture, measured claims and clean-distribution validation.

3Next surface

Play when ready

Android is in a Galaxy Tab closed beta. A public Play listing ships when that product surface is ready, not as a promise on this Linux page.

Aspirational order, not a calendar of ship dates.

Straight answers

Linux vector editor FAQ.

What works today, what is still beta, and where Illusion fits in a Linux workflow.

Can I use Illusion as a vector editor on Linux?

Yes. The public beta runs in a current Firefox or Chromium browser on Linux with no installation and no account. Native Linux packages are not publicly available yet.

Can Illusion open and edit SVG files?

Yes. Illusion can open an SVG as a new editable document or import SVG artwork into the current document. Unsupported or active SVG content is skipped with a warning.

What file formats can Illusion export on Linux?

The current beta exports SVG, selection SVG, PNG, print SVG, and single-page or multi-page RGB PDF. It does not yet export CMYK separations or PDF/X.

Does my artwork get uploaded?

Artwork processing and project storage stay on your device. Browser autosave uses IndexedDB. The hosted version may send anonymous aggregate usage events, but it does not send artwork.

Is there a native Illusion download for Linux?

Not publicly. Native development builds exist, but clean-distribution validation and public release packaging are still in progress. The browser studio is available now.

Is Illusion a finished production release?

No. The browser editor is a public beta. Save important work as an .illu file and keep exported backups.

Your vector studio is one click away.

Start with an empty artboard, open an SVG, or place an image. No account, no installer, no subscription prompt.

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