KIYUT just released Sketsa SVG Editor 6.0, 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.

 This release is based on NetBeans Platform 6.5 (platform9)

What's new:

• Add Public API document created event for SVGEditorSupportListener
• Small Improvement for Text Tool
• Fix Geom Properties relative elliptical arc
• Fix Toolbox Tool (Ellipse and Rectangle) for svg with viewBox
• Fix some thread dead lock
• Improved Branding
• Improved Installer
• Updated to use NetBeans Platform 6.5 (platform9)
• Updated to use Apache Batik (rev 708421)
• Other small enhancements

• SVG native file format
• Produces clean SVG without proprietary namespace
• Support SVG Profile Full
• Property palette
• DOM Editor
• Source Editor
• Defs 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, PNG, and PDF (with Plugins)
• Plugins Support
• Build on top of the NetBeans Platform
• Written entirely in Java, cross platform

• Product Page: http://www.kiyut.com/products/sketsa/index.html
• Features Page: http://www.kiyut.com/products/sketsa/features.html
• Screenshots Page: http://www.kiyut.com/products/sketsa/screenshots.html