Inkscape 0.46 Released!

The Inkscape community today is announcing the release of the newest version of its open source vector graphics editor. Inkscape 0.46 is a major update that introduces native PDF support. The implementation of PDF support in Inkscape provides an easy, open source solution to editing PDF documents.

Tons of new features and performance improvements are included in this release. Dialogs now have the ability to be docked to the editing window. Gradients can be edited completely on-canvas. The new Paint Bucket Tool fills bounded areas with color. A new 3D Box tool helps create perspective-correct drawings. A new Tweak tool provides an intuitive method for editing paths and painting objects. The new Live Path Effects feature can create "brushes" and various organic effects on paths. Improvements to color management include support for color spaces other than sRGB. Most SVG filters are now implemented, and a new powerful UI is provided for editing filter stacks.

Downloading Inkscape 0.46

Inkscape 0.46 is already included by default in Ubuntu Hardy so just install it normally. Ubuntu Gutsy users can install by adding the following to System : Admin : Software Sources : Third-Party Software:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/inkscape.testers/ubuntu gutsy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/inkscape.testers/ubuntu gutsy main

Mac OS X users can download a universal package for either Leopard or Tiger from our SourceForge site.

Windows users can download an Installer or 7z compressed file from SourceForge.

The Inkscape team do not currently provide official packages for other platforms. There are, however, several unofficial packages available. Fedora 8 or 9 packages are available here. Suse has rpm packages for 11.0, or 10.3. Debian users may find useful information here. Please let us know about packages for other platforms or distributions, and we will add them as we receive information.

For more information, see the Complete Release Notes for 0.46, or our Community Contributed Screenshots.

Translation Statistics

Here are the final translation stats for Inkscape 0.46. We managed to achieve 26 languages at 80% or better - just one short of what we achieved in 0.45.

Inkscape 0.46-pre3

Our third (and probably final) pre-release of Inkscape is available for download.

Unfortunately, we've found that the remainder of our release blocking bugs are Windows-specific issues, but there aren't enough Windows-based developers to solve them all. If you are comfortable programming C/C++ on Windows with Ming32 and are interested in helping ensure the Inkscape Windows port is as stable as on other platforms, we can sure use your help! Review our bug tracker for windows bug priorities and to submit patches. For more information on Inkscape development on Windows, see our Win32Port wiki page.

Translation Statistics

24 languages have achieved 80% or higher translation ratios. We've nearly met the 27 languages translated for 0.45. Special note goes to br and eo, which are new in 0.46 and have surpassed the 80% translated mark.