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From: Tonny Kohar <tonny@...498...> To: www-svg@...157... Subject: [ANN] Sketsa (SVG Graphics Editor) 2.0 released Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 21:41:22 +0700

We proudly released Sketsa SVG Graphics Editor 2.0. Sketsa is a cross platform vector drawing application based on SVG. It features various tools for optimizing content creation, giving designers unsurpassed support for creativity. These tools include property palette, source editor, resources editor, SVG specific shape tools, transformation tools, and additional illustration tools. Sketsa uses SVG as a native file format.

Features:

• SVG native file format
• Property palette
• DOM Editor
• Source Editor
• Resource Editor: gradient and filter
• SVG specific shape tools: rect, ellipse, line, polyline, polygon
• Additional illustration tools: Pencil tool for freeform shape and Pen

tool for curve shape

• Transformation tool: rotate, skew, scale, and translate
• Basic Text Tool
• Export or rasterize to JPEG and PNG
• Written entirely in Java

What's new

• UI changed (docked panel, menu rearrange)
• Speed Improvement
• Canvas Ruler
• Text Style property
• Toolbox transform improvement (support parent transform)
• Pencil / Freehand tool improvement
• Various bug fixes

The latest news about Sketsa can be found on http://www.kiyut.com/products/sketsa/index.html