Inkscape is an open source SVG editor with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, Visio, etc. Supported SVG features include basic shapes, paths, text, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, node editing, svg-to-png export, grouping, and more.

Inkscape's main motivation is to provide the Open Source community with a fully XML, SVG, and CSS2 compliant SVG drawing tool.

Additional planned work includes conversion of the codebase from C/Gtk to C++/Gtkmm, emphasizing a lightweight core with powerful features added through an extension mechanism, and establishment of a friendly, open, community-oriented development processes.

What's New in This Release:

· Paintbucket tool
· Tweak tool
· 3D Box tool
· Live path effects
· Color management
· New SVG filters and UI
· Native PDF and AI import
· XAML import/export
· Open Clip Art Library integration (import/export)
· Stock patterns
· Bitmap editing extension effects
· Full on-canvas gradient editing
· Engraver's Toolbox in the Calligraphic tool
· Touch selection
· Dockable dialogs
· Command-line access to verbs
· Snapping made usable
· "3D" / axonometric grid
· Angled guidelines
· Conversion of objects to guidelines
· Significant speed and interactivity improvements
· Hundreds of smaller features and bugfixes