Kiyut just released Sketsa SVG Graphics Editor 4.2, 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.

What's new:
- Add Dropper Tool
- Add Canvas PopupMenu
- Add Menu - File - Revert
- Small Text Tool improvement
- Some Optimisation
- Fix startup active TopComponent
- Fix DocumentLoader
- Fix some memory leak
- Other bug fixes and enhancements

Features:
- SVG native file format
- Produces clean SVG without proprietary namespace
- 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 and PNG
- Plugins Support
- Build on top Netbeans Platform
- Written entirely in Java(tm)

It is available at http://www.kiyut.com/products/sketsa/index.html

Check out the screenshot at http://www.kiyut.com/products/sketsa/screenshot.html