Sodipodi
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Sodipodi is a free software vector graphics editor released under the GNU GPL
It is designed specifically around the SVG standard, using the file format (with some extensions to hold metadata) as its native storage format. It will import and export plain SVG data, and can also export raster graphics in PNG format. The user interface of Sodipodi is a Controlled Single Document Interface (CSDI) similar to The GIMP.
The main author is Lauris Kaplinski, and several other people have contributed to the project.
Recently, a SVG clip art collection has been started, which contains flags and symbols from around the world.
The primary design goal of Sodipodi is to produce a usable editor for vector graphics, and a drawing tool for artists. Although it uses the SVG file format it is not intended to be a full implementation of the SVG standard. Inkscape is a fork of Sodipodi founded by some Sodipodi developers with different goals and an emphasis on implementing the SVG standard as much as possible.
It has downloads available for Linux and Microsoft Windows.
See also
External links
- Sodipodi website (http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net)
- Interview with Lauris Kaplinski (http://dot.kde.org/1071748404/)Template:GNOME-stub