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AnnouncePlanning046

2008-03-24T18:05:56Z

Crazybilly: /* The Inkscape Community Releases Inkscape 0.46 */

Planning the PR for the 0.46 release is done here...

=Tasks=
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Task
! Performer
! Projected Date of completion
! Status
|-
| Informal PR text
| Collaborated on this wiki page
| 18th Feb 2008
| 50%
|-
| Formal PR text
| Collaborated on this wiki page
| 18th Feb 2008
| 50%
|-
| Interview
| [[user:Prokoudine|Prokoudine]]
| [[TeamInterview046|posted]]
| 99%
|}

=Announcement Process=
# Create new news posts (using the small overview below) on all the relevant social bookmarking sites: digg, slashdot etc.
# Create a new Page on the Inkscape website that has the Formal Announcement on it (for linking purposes) have links back to the socal bookmarking stories for the release.
# Post the official announcement to the Inkscape News on the website, the and the relevant inkscape lists (announce, user, deleveloper)
# Send out the informal announcement (include a link to the webpage with the formal announcement)
# Send out the formal announcement. (include a link to the webpage with the formal announcement)

=Press Release Translations=
Once the English Press Release text has been finalised, translation can start into other languages.

The current goal for this PR text is to have the english version finished by 18th Feb 2008.

Please Create a new Wiki page for planning / translating the 0.46 PR in your language here:

=Press Release Text=
==Small Overview==
Inkscape, the open source vector graphics editor has released version 0.46. Major updates include native PDF support, a paint bucket tool, color profiles, dockable dialogs, SVG Filters, Live Path Effects, and many more features and updates.

==Informal==
===Inkscape Announces 0.46 Release :: http://www.inkscape.org :: Draw Freely.===
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.

A ton of new features and performance improvements are included in this release. Dialogs boxes now have the ability to be docked to the side. Gradients can be edited completely on-canvas now. The new Paint Bucket Tool fills bounded areas with colors and allows quick recoloring of existing objects. A new 3D Box tool helps create perspective-correct drawings. A new Tweak tool provides a intuitive method for modifying node paths. The new Live Path Effects feature creates "brushes" and attaches organic effects to paths. Improvements to color management includes support for color spaces other than just sRGB. Most SVG Filters are now implemented, and now have a dedicated UI.

===Download Inkscape 0.46 for Linux, Windows or Mac OS X===
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438

===For More Information===
Complete Release Notes for 0.46, http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ReleaseNotes046 <br/>
Community Contributed Screenshots, http://inkscape.org/screenshots/

===About Inkscape===
Inkscape is an open source drawing tool that uses the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) scalable vector graphics format (SVG). Some supported SVG features include basic shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, and grouping. In addition, Inkscape supports Creative Commons' metadata, node-editing, layers, complex path operations, text-on-path, text-in-shape, and SVG XML editing. It can also import EPS, PostScript, and most bitmap formats, and exports PNG, PS, PDF and various vector formats.
Inkscape's main motivation is to provide the Open Source community with a fully W3C compliant XML, SVG, and CSS2 drawing tool. Additional work includes conversion of the codebase from C/Gtk to C++/Gtkmm, emphasizing a lightweight core with powerful features added through an extension mechanism, and maintaining a friendly, open, community-oriented development process.

==Formal==
===The Inkscape Community Releases Inkscape 0.46===

New York, NY, '''INSERT DATE OF RELEASE HERE****yyyy/mm/dd****''' -- The Inkscape community today announced the
release of Inkscape 0.46, the newest stable version of their
multi-platform, open-source vector graphics editor.

This newest Inkscape release includes a plethora of new tools and
improvements, beginning with native PDF support. Developed with the
assistance of the 2007 Google Summer of Code, and utilising the open
source Cairo and Poppler libraries, Inkscape 0.46 provides an easy, open
source tool for editing and creating PDF documents.

The 2007 Google Summer of Code also produced the new 3D Box tool and Live Path Effects.

As its name suggests, the 3D Box tool makes it possible to create and
edit the perspective of three-dimensional boxes.

Live Path Effects can be used to create "brushes" and organic effects
while keeping the original paths editable. [This needs to be more
concrete as well.]

The new Tweak Tool allows you to modify objects as if molding clay.

As well, gradient editing is now done visually and on-canvas. Gradient
stops are depicted as nodes, and multiple nodes can be selected and
moved simultaneously.

Colour management has also been improved, with initial support for
colour spaces other than sRGB, including Adobe RGB and calibrated CMYK.
This makes it possible to use calibrated colour values, including CMYK
values, that are preserved across applications.

The new Paint Bucket Tool allows bounded areas to be filled with colour
at the click of a mouse button. This new tool creates a closed-path
based on the visible canvas and is useful for quickly colouring line
drawings.

The Gaussian Blur filter, introduced in Inkscape 0.45, was the first SVG
Filter. Inkscape 0.46 expands on this with Offset, Blend, Diffuse
Lighting, Specular Lighting and Turbulence primitives. There is also a
new, dedicated user interface for creating and altering filters based on
these new primitives.

Finally, Inkscape 0.46 introduces workflow and user interface
improvements. Dialogue boxes can now be docked and minimised to a
side-panel, reducing visual clutter and making the relationship between
documents and interaction choices clearer, especially when working on
multiple documents in separate Inkscape instances.

With 0.46 out, the Inkscape community is already working on future
releases, including the upcoming 0.47. Full compatibility with SVG
Mobile/Tiny is slated for version 0.50 and version 1.0 will include
complete W3C SVG 1.1 compliance.

Inkscape users have contributed many features and ideas to the project
and the community invites anyone to contribute to the project, knowing that more help allows everyone to reach goals sooner.

<strike>
The Inkscape community today announced the release of the newest version of their multi platform, open source vector graphics editor, Inkscape 0.46. The latest installment of Inkscape is a feature filled release that introduces a large number of new tools and improvements, including native PDF support. Utilizing the open source libraries of Cairo and Poppler, and developed with the assistance of the Google Summer of Code, Inkscape's PDF support provides an easy, open source solution to editing PDF documents.

Inkscape 0.46 introduces improvements that provides enhanced work flow that complements creativity. Dialogs boxes now have the ability to be docked and minimized to a side panel, enhancing the user experience when editing multiple documents in separate inkscape instances. Gradient editing can now be done visually on-canvas, with gradient stops being depicted as nodes and the abilty to select and move multiple stops simultaneously. Color management has also been improved, with initial support for color definitions that use a colorspace other than sRGB (for example Adobe RGB, or calibrated CMYK colors). This allows for the use of calibrated color spaces, including using CMYK values that are preserved across applications.

The new Paint Bucket Tool allows bounded areas to be quickly filled in with color. It creates a closed path based on the visible canvas and is useful for quickly coloring line drawings. Additional functionality produced by the Google Summer of Code 2007 include the new 3D Box tool, the Tweak tool and Live Path Effects. The Tweak Tool allows smooth and natural change of the shape or style of objects directly on canvas. Live Path Effects can be used to create "brushes" and all kinds of organic effects, while keeping the original paths editable.

Inkscape 0.45 introduced SVG Filters with the Gussian Blur filter primitive; Inkscape 0.46 greatly expands on this by adding the Offset, Blend, Diffuse Lighting, Specular Lighting and Turbulence primitives. As well, there is a new dedicated user interface for creation and alteration of complex filters based on these primitives.

The Inkscape community is now working on the upcoming 0.47 release and invites you to contribute to the project. Beyond that, Inkscape is pushing for full compatibility with SVG Mobile/Tiny by version 0.50, and full W3C SVG 1.1 compliance by Inkscape 1.0. Users have also contributed many great feature ideas in addition to this; the more help the project receives, the faster these goals and ideas can be achieved.
</strike>

===Download Inkscape 0.46 for Linux, Windows or Mac OS X===
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438

===For More Information===

Complete Release Notes for 0.46, http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ReleaseNotes046<br/>
Community Contributed Screenshots, http://inkscape.org/screenshots/

===About Inkscape===
Inkscape is a multi platform, open source drawing tool that uses the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) scalable vector graphics format (SVG). Some supported SVG features include basic shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, and grouping. In addition, Inkscape supports Creative Commons' metadata, node-editing, layers, complex path operations, text-on-path, text-in-shape, and SVG XML editing. It can also import EPS, PostScript, and most bitmap formats, and exports PNG, PS, PDF and various vector formats.
Inkscape's main motivation is to provide the Open Source community with a fully W3C compliant XML, SVG, and CSS2 drawing tool. Additional work includes conversion of the codebase from C/Gtk to C++/Gtkmm, emphasizing a lightweight core with powerful features added through an extension mechanism, and maintaining a friendly, open, community-oriented development process.

=Places to Announce=

In general, for linux community receives a general informal announcement. However, for formal press channels we use the more formal 3rd-person press release.

== Receive small overview ==
{|style="background:#f2f2f2;"
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:20%;"|Contact Name
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:30%;"|Who will contact / post
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:50%;"|Notes...
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|Digg
|ryanlerch
|digg.com someone needs to post a short excerpt anouncing the release, and link it to inkscape.org.
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|slashdot.org
|ryanlerch
|submit a new news item.
|-
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|newsvine.com/
|ryanlerch
|submit a new news item.
|-
|}

== Receive Informal PR ==
=== Open Source Community ===
{| style="background:#f2f2f2;"
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:20%;"|Contact Name
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:30%;"|Who will contact / post
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:50%;"|Notes...
|- style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|gnome office list
|
|gnome-office-list at gnome dot org
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|svg developers yahoo group
|
|svg-developers at yahoo dot com must join the list to send (rejon is on)
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|SVG.org
|ryanlerch
|antoine at graougraou dot com, svg at steltenpower dot com
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|svgfaq.org
|ryanlerch
|maxdunn at siliconpublishing dot com
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|svgfoundation.org
|ryanlerch
|michael (at) svgfoundation.org
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|cairo list
|ryanlerch
|cairo at cairographics dot org
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|gnome-list
|ryanlerch
|gnome-announce-list at gnome dot org
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|Scribus List (mrdocs)
|ryanlerch
|scribus at nashi dot altmuehlnet dot de
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|osnews.com
|ryanlerch
|http://osnews.com/submit.php
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|desktoplinux.com
|ryanlerch
|http://desktoplinux.com/contactus.html
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|SVG Cafe.com
|ryanlerch
|http://www.svg-cafe.com/ join and post to news section
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|Freshmeat.net
|
|a new release has to be added to inkscape's freshmeat profile
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|gnome footnotes
|
|http://gnomedesktop.org/node/add/story
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|scale-a-vector
|ryanlerch
|kukofka at scale-a-vector dot de http://www.scale-a-vector.de/cont.htm
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://dot.kde.org
|ryanlerch
|http://dot.kde.org/addPostingForm
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|revelinux.com
|ryanlerch
|theobroma at revelinux dot com
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|}

=== Broader Inkscape & Art Community ===
{|style="background:#f2f2f2;"
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:20%;"|Contact Name
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:30%;"|Who will contact / post?
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:50%;"|Notes...
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|Inkscape deviantart group
|ScislaC
|http://inkscape.deviantart.com/
|
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|the inkscape forum
| ryanlerch
|http://www.inkscapeforum.com/ run by microUgly
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|inkscape tutorials blog
|ryanlerch
|http://inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com/
|-
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|open clip art library list
|ryanlerch
|clipart@freedesktop.org
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|open clip art library news
|ryanlerch
|
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|artdc.org forum
|johncoswell
|http://www.artdc.org/
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|bittbox.com - vector art blog
|ryanlerch
|contact(at)bittbox.com
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|The Daily Ubuntu - Daily Ubuntu Applications
|ryanlerch
|http://www.contactify.com/35b54
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|
|
|
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|
|
|
|-
|}

== Receive Formal PR ==
{|style="background:#f2f2f2;"
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:20%;"|Contact Name
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:30%;"|Who will contact / post?
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:50%;"|Notes...
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://linuxformat.co.uk/
|
|login and submit news via top of page link
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://linux-magazine.com/
|
|pr(at)linux - magazine (dot) com
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://linuxjournal.com/
|
|newproducts (at) ssc (dot) com
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://linuxmagazine.com/
|
|jbrockmeier at linux hyphen mag DOT com.
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://linuxuser.co.uk
|
|terry at linuxuser dot co dot uk http://linuxuser.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=40
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://www.tuxmagazine.com/
|
|editor at tuxmagazine dot com
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://www.linuxworld.com/
|
|mrhinkle at linuxworld dot com tim at linuxworld dot com
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://cmykmag.com/
|
|
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://www.computerarts.co.uk/
|
|dom dot hall at futurenet dot co dot uk http://www.computerarts.co.uk/contacts
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://www.theopensourcereport.com/
|ryanlerch
|contact at theopensourcereport dot com
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://www.builderau.com.au/
|ryanlerch
|Chris Duckett, editor at builderau dot com dot au
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://www.zdnet.com.au
|ryanlerch
|edit at zdnet dot com dot au
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|
|
|
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|
|
|
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|
|
|
|-
|}

=== Other ===

* [http://openpr.com openpr] - http://openpr.com/news/submit.html
* nettime-ann - http://www.nettime.org/
* See Kansas City infoZine: http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/5080/
* http://graphicdesign.about.com
* http://graphicssoft.about.com
* http://desktoppublishing.about.com

AnnouncePlanning046

2008-03-24T18:00:42Z

Crazybilly: /* Inkscape Announces 0.46 Release :: http://www.inkscape.org :: Draw Freely. */

Planning the PR for the 0.46 release is done here...

=Tasks=
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Task
! Performer
! Projected Date of completion
! Status
|-
| Informal PR text
| Collaborated on this wiki page
| 18th Feb 2008
| 50%
|-
| Formal PR text
| Collaborated on this wiki page
| 18th Feb 2008
| 50%
|-
| Interview
| [[user:Prokoudine|Prokoudine]]
| [[TeamInterview046|posted]]
| 99%
|}

=Announcement Process=
# Create new news posts (using the small overview below) on all the relevant social bookmarking sites: digg, slashdot etc.
# Create a new Page on the Inkscape website that has the Formal Announcement on it (for linking purposes) have links back to the socal bookmarking stories for the release.
# Post the official announcement to the Inkscape News on the website, the and the relevant inkscape lists (announce, user, deleveloper)
# Send out the informal announcement (include a link to the webpage with the formal announcement)
# Send out the formal announcement. (include a link to the webpage with the formal announcement)

=Press Release Translations=
Once the English Press Release text has been finalised, translation can start into other languages.

The current goal for this PR text is to have the english version finished by 18th Feb 2008.

Please Create a new Wiki page for planning / translating the 0.46 PR in your language here:

=Press Release Text=
==Small Overview==
Inkscape, the open source vector graphics editor has released version 0.46. Major updates include native PDF support, a paint bucket tool, color profiles, dockable dialogs, SVG Filters, Live Path Effects, and many more features and updates.

==Informal==
===Inkscape Announces 0.46 Release :: http://www.inkscape.org :: Draw Freely.===
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.

A ton of new features and performance improvements are included in this release. Dialogs boxes now have the ability to be docked to the side. Gradients can be edited completely on-canvas now. The new Paint Bucket Tool fills bounded areas with colors and allows quick recoloring of existing objects. A new 3D Box tool helps create perspective-correct drawings. A new Tweak tool provides a intuitive method for modifying node paths. The new Live Path Effects feature creates "brushes" and attaches organic effects to paths. Improvements to color management includes support for color spaces other than just sRGB. Most SVG Filters are now implemented, and now have a dedicated UI.

===Download Inkscape 0.46 for Linux, Windows or Mac OS X===
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438

===For More Information===
Complete Release Notes for 0.46, http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ReleaseNotes046 <br/>
Community Contributed Screenshots, http://inkscape.org/screenshots/

===About Inkscape===
Inkscape is an open source drawing tool that uses the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) scalable vector graphics format (SVG). Some supported SVG features include basic shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, and grouping. In addition, Inkscape supports Creative Commons' metadata, node-editing, layers, complex path operations, text-on-path, text-in-shape, and SVG XML editing. It can also import EPS, PostScript, and most bitmap formats, and exports PNG, PS, PDF and various vector formats.
Inkscape's main motivation is to provide the Open Source community with a fully W3C compliant XML, SVG, and CSS2 drawing tool. Additional work includes conversion of the codebase from C/Gtk to C++/Gtkmm, emphasizing a lightweight core with powerful features added through an extension mechanism, and maintaining a friendly, open, community-oriented development process.

==Formal==
===The Inkscape Community Releases Inkscape 0.46===

New York, NY, '''INSERT DATE OF RELEASE HERE****yyyy/mm/dd****''' -- The Inkscape community today announced the
release of Inkscape 0.46, the newest stable version of their
multi-platform, open-source vector graphics editor.

This newest Inkscape release includes a plethora of new tools and
improvements, beginning with native PDF support. Developed with the
assistance of the 2007 Google Summer of Code, and utilising the open
source Cairo and Poppler libraries, Inkscape 0.46 provides an easy, open
source tool for editing and creating PDF documents.

The 2007 Google Summer of Code also produced the new 3D Box tool and Live Path Effects.

As its name suggests, the 3D Box tool makes it possible to create and
edit the perspective of three-dimensional boxes.

Live Path Effects can be used to create "brushes" and organic effects
while keeping the original paths editable. [This needs to be more
concrete as well.]

The new Tweak Tool allows you to modify objects similar to molding clay.

As well, gradient editing is now done visually and on-canvas. Gradient
stops are depicted as nodes, and multiple nodes can be selected and
moved simultaneously.

Colour management has also been improved, with initial support for
colour spaces other than sRGB, including Adobe RGB and calibrated CMYK.
This makes it possible to use calibrated colour values, including CMYK
values, that are preserved across applications.

The new Paint Bucket Tool allows bounded areas to be filled with colour
at the click of a mouse button. This new tool creates a closed-path
based on the visible canvas and is useful for quickly colouring line
drawings.

The Gaussian Blur filter, introduced in Inkscape 0.45, was the first SVG
Filter. Inkscape 0.46 expands on this with Offset, Blend, Diffuse
Lighting, Specular Lighting and Turbulence primitives. There is also a
new, dedicated user interface for creating and altering filters based on
these new primitives.

Finally, Inkscape 0.46 introduces workflow and user interface
improvements. Dialogue boxes can now be docked and minimised to a
side-panel, reducing visual clutter and making the relationship between
documents and interaction choices clearer, especially when working on
multiple documents in separate Inkscape instances.

With 0.46 out, the Inkscape community is already working on future
releases, including the upcoming 0.47. Full compatibility with SVG
Mobile/Tiny is slated for version 0.50 and version 1.0 will include
complete W3C SVG 1.1 compliance.

Inkscape users have contributed many features and ideas to the project
and the community invites anyone to contribute to the project. The more
help Inkscape gets, the sooner we reach these goals.

<strike>
The Inkscape community today announced the release of the newest version of their multi platform, open source vector graphics editor, Inkscape 0.46. The latest installment of Inkscape is a feature filled release that introduces a large number of new tools and improvements, including native PDF support. Utilizing the open source libraries of Cairo and Poppler, and developed with the assistance of the Google Summer of Code, Inkscape's PDF support provides an easy, open source solution to editing PDF documents.

Inkscape 0.46 introduces improvements that provides enhanced work flow that complements creativity. Dialogs boxes now have the ability to be docked and minimized to a side panel, enhancing the user experience when editing multiple documents in separate inkscape instances. Gradient editing can now be done visually on-canvas, with gradient stops being depicted as nodes and the abilty to select and move multiple stops simultaneously. Color management has also been improved, with initial support for color definitions that use a colorspace other than sRGB (for example Adobe RGB, or calibrated CMYK colors). This allows for the use of calibrated color spaces, including using CMYK values that are preserved across applications.

The new Paint Bucket Tool allows bounded areas to be quickly filled in with color. It creates a closed path based on the visible canvas and is useful for quickly coloring line drawings. Additional functionality produced by the Google Summer of Code 2007 include the new 3D Box tool, the Tweak tool and Live Path Effects. The Tweak Tool allows smooth and natural change of the shape or style of objects directly on canvas. Live Path Effects can be used to create "brushes" and all kinds of organic effects, while keeping the original paths editable.

Inkscape 0.45 introduced SVG Filters with the Gussian Blur filter primitive; Inkscape 0.46 greatly expands on this by adding the Offset, Blend, Diffuse Lighting, Specular Lighting and Turbulence primitives. As well, there is a new dedicated user interface for creation and alteration of complex filters based on these primitives.

The Inkscape community is now working on the upcoming 0.47 release and invites you to contribute to the project. Beyond that, Inkscape is pushing for full compatibility with SVG Mobile/Tiny by version 0.50, and full W3C SVG 1.1 compliance by Inkscape 1.0. Users have also contributed many great feature ideas in addition to this; the more help the project receives, the faster these goals and ideas can be achieved.
</strike>

===Download Inkscape 0.46 for Linux, Windows or Mac OS X===
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438

===For More Information===

Complete Release Notes for 0.46, http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ReleaseNotes046<br/>
Community Contributed Screenshots, http://inkscape.org/screenshots/

===About Inkscape===
Inkscape is a multi platform, open source drawing tool that uses the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) scalable vector graphics format (SVG). Some supported SVG features include basic shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, and grouping. In addition, Inkscape supports Creative Commons' metadata, node-editing, layers, complex path operations, text-on-path, text-in-shape, and SVG XML editing. It can also import EPS, PostScript, and most bitmap formats, and exports PNG, PS, PDF and various vector formats.
Inkscape's main motivation is to provide the Open Source community with a fully W3C compliant XML, SVG, and CSS2 drawing tool. Additional work includes conversion of the codebase from C/Gtk to C++/Gtkmm, emphasizing a lightweight core with powerful features added through an extension mechanism, and maintaining a friendly, open, community-oriented development process.

=Places to Announce=

In general, for linux community receives a general informal announcement. However, for formal press channels we use the more formal 3rd-person press release.

== Receive small overview ==
{|style="background:#f2f2f2;"
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:20%;"|Contact Name
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:30%;"|Who will contact / post
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:50%;"|Notes...
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|Digg
|ryanlerch
|digg.com someone needs to post a short excerpt anouncing the release, and link it to inkscape.org.
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|slashdot.org
|ryanlerch
|submit a new news item.
|-
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|newsvine.com/
|ryanlerch
|submit a new news item.
|-
|}

== Receive Informal PR ==
=== Open Source Community ===
{| style="background:#f2f2f2;"
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:20%;"|Contact Name
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:30%;"|Who will contact / post
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:50%;"|Notes...
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|gnome office list
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|gnome-office-list at gnome dot org
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|svg developers yahoo group
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|svg-developers at yahoo dot com must join the list to send (rejon is on)
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|SVG.org
|ryanlerch
|antoine at graougraou dot com, svg at steltenpower dot com
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|svgfaq.org
|ryanlerch
|maxdunn at siliconpublishing dot com
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|svgfoundation.org
|ryanlerch
|michael (at) svgfoundation.org
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|cairo list
|ryanlerch
|cairo at cairographics dot org
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|gnome-list
|ryanlerch
|gnome-announce-list at gnome dot org
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|Scribus List (mrdocs)
|ryanlerch
|scribus at nashi dot altmuehlnet dot de
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|osnews.com
|ryanlerch
|http://osnews.com/submit.php
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|desktoplinux.com
|ryanlerch
|http://desktoplinux.com/contactus.html
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|SVG Cafe.com
|ryanlerch
|http://www.svg-cafe.com/ join and post to news section
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|Freshmeat.net
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|a new release has to be added to inkscape's freshmeat profile
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|gnome footnotes
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|http://gnomedesktop.org/node/add/story
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|scale-a-vector
|ryanlerch
|kukofka at scale-a-vector dot de http://www.scale-a-vector.de/cont.htm
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://dot.kde.org
|ryanlerch
|http://dot.kde.org/addPostingForm
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|revelinux.com
|ryanlerch
|theobroma at revelinux dot com
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|}

=== Broader Inkscape & Art Community ===
{|style="background:#f2f2f2;"
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:20%;"|Contact Name
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:30%;"|Who will contact / post?
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:50%;"|Notes...
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|Inkscape deviantart group
|ScislaC
|http://inkscape.deviantart.com/
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|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|the inkscape forum
| ryanlerch
|http://www.inkscapeforum.com/ run by microUgly
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|inkscape tutorials blog
|ryanlerch
|http://inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com/
|-
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|open clip art library list
|ryanlerch
|clipart@freedesktop.org
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|open clip art library news
|ryanlerch
|
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|artdc.org forum
|johncoswell
|http://www.artdc.org/
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|bittbox.com - vector art blog
|ryanlerch
|contact(at)bittbox.com
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|The Daily Ubuntu - Daily Ubuntu Applications
|ryanlerch
|http://www.contactify.com/35b54
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== Receive Formal PR ==
{|style="background:#f2f2f2;"
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:20%;"|Contact Name
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:30%;"|Who will contact / post?
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#d3d7cf;width:50%;"|Notes...
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://linuxformat.co.uk/
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|login and submit news via top of page link
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://linux-magazine.com/
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|pr(at)linux - magazine (dot) com
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://linuxjournal.com/
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|newproducts (at) ssc (dot) com
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://linuxmagazine.com/
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|jbrockmeier at linux hyphen mag DOT com.
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://linuxuser.co.uk
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|terry at linuxuser dot co dot uk http://linuxuser.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=40
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://www.tuxmagazine.com/
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|editor at tuxmagazine dot com
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://www.linuxworld.com/
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|mrhinkle at linuxworld dot com tim at linuxworld dot com
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://cmykmag.com/
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|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://www.computerarts.co.uk/
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|dom dot hall at futurenet dot co dot uk http://www.computerarts.co.uk/contacts
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://www.theopensourcereport.com/
|ryanlerch
|contact at theopensourcereport dot com
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://www.builderau.com.au/
|ryanlerch
|Chris Duckett, editor at builderau dot com dot au
|-style="border-bottom:white 2px solid;"
|http://www.zdnet.com.au
|ryanlerch
|edit at zdnet dot com dot au
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=== Other ===

* [http://openpr.com openpr] - http://openpr.com/news/submit.html
* nettime-ann - http://www.nettime.org/
* See Kansas City infoZine: http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/5080/
* http://graphicdesign.about.com
* http://graphicssoft.about.com
* http://desktoppublishing.about.com