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Sketch 0.6.4 - A vector drawing program
Sketch is a vector drawing program for Linux and other unices. It's
intended to be a flexible and powerful tool for illustrations, diagrams
and other purposes.
Despite the low version number, it already has advanced features like
gradients, text along a path and clip masks and is fully scriptable due
to its implementation in a combination of Python and C.
News:
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This is mainly a bug-fix release.
Summary of the Changes since 0.6.3:
* Bug fixes, most notably for the EPS-related bug in Sketch's
PostScript prolog.
* Updated Spanish translations
* More color icons
* The mkfontdb.py script can also generate Fontmap files now
Please also note that Sketch has moved to a new location:
http://sketch.sourceforge.net/
Homepage:
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http://sketch.sourceforge.net/
Features:
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o Drawing primitives:
o Rectangles
o Ellipses
o Bezier curves
o Bitmap images: JPEG, GIF,...
(all types the Python Imaging Library can read)
o Encapsulated PostScript
o Text
o All objects, including images and text, can be rotated,
scaled, sheared, etc. (all affine transformations are
possible)
o Gradient fills
o Special Effects and Features:
o Use rectangles, ellipses and bezier objects as guides
o Blend Groups: Automatically updated interpolations of
arbitrary objects
o Text can be converted to bezier objects.
o Text along Path
o Exports Encapsulated PostScript, SVG and Adobe Illustrator files
o Imports Adobe Illustrator, Corel CMX, SVG, XFig and WMF files
o Fully scriptable in Python
For more information, have a look at the Sketch webpage.
License:
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Sketch is released under GNU Library General Public License.
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