Download Inkscape 0.45

Inkscape is an open source vector graphics editor and is in some ways similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw or Xara X which use the W3C standard for Scalable Vector Graphics. The developers want to make Inkscape a powerful drawing program that adheres to various standards such as xml, svg and css. For an overview of various screenshots, we refer you to this page. Version 0.45 is now available with the following announcement:

Version 0.45:

Inkscape 0.45 is now officially released and available for download. This release brings the exciting new features developed by the Google Summer of Code 2006 participants, as well as tons of other improvements across the board. Most notably is the new Gaussian Blur feature, which allow softly and naturally blurring Inkscape objects like path, shapes, groups, text, and images. Gaussian blur enables a wide range of photorealistic effects: arbitrarily shaped shades and lights, depth of field, drop shadows, glows, etc. Also, blurred objects can be used as masks for other objects to achieve the “feathered mask” effect.

For more information, please see the Inkscape 0.45 Release Notes.