<s>
sK1	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open-source	O
,	O
cross-platform	O
illustration	B-Application
program	I-Application
that	O
seeks	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
substitute	O
for	O
professional	O
proprietary	O
software	O
like	O
CorelDRAW	B-Application
or	O
Adobe	B-Language
Illustrator	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unique	O
project	O
features	O
are	O
CorelDRAW	B-Application
formats	O
importers	O
,	O
tabbed	O
multiple	O
document	O
interface	O
,	O
Cairo-based	O
engine	O
,	O
and	O
color	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
small	O
team	O
led	O
by	O
Igor	O
Novikov	O
started	O
the	O
project	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
existing	O
open	O
source	O
vector	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
editor	I-Application
Skencil	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
sK1	B-Language
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
the	O
Skencil	B-Language
0.6.x	O
series	O
which	O
used	O
Tk	B-Application
widgets	I-Application
for	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
(	O
this	O
version	O
had	O
been	O
dropped	O
by	O
the	O
main	O
Skencil	B-Language
developers	O
who	O
were	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
branch	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
based	O
on	O
GTK+	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
the	O
sK1	B-Language
team	O
reverse-engineered	O
the	O
CorelDRAW	B-Application
(	O
CDR	O
)	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
started	O
by	O
a	O
small	O
team	O
of	O
Ukrainian	O
professionals	O
in	O
prepress	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
unambiguously	O
focused	O
on	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
PostScript	B-Language
,	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
CMYK	O
color	O
model	O
and	O
color	O
management	O
at	O
the	O
expense	O
of	O
developing	O
some	O
advanced	O
functions	O
for	O
illustrators	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Informally	O
the	O
project	O
is	O
positioned	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
open	O
source	O
alternative	O
to	O
the	O
commercial	O
CorelDRAW	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
Inkscape	B-Application
,	O
sK1	B-Language
has	O
a	O
limited	O
feature	O
set	O
,	O
adequate	O
for	O
simple	O
sketching	O
,	O
while	O
its	O
user	O
interface	O
remains	O
clean	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
fact	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
sK1	B-Language
,	O
rewritten	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
code	O
and	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UniConvertor	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
by	O
Inkscape	B-Application
for	O
opening	O
CorelDRAW	B-Application
,	O
WMF	O
and	O
Sketch/Skencil	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
a	O
set	O
of	O
free	O
palettes	O
provided	O
in	O
different	O
native	O
file	O
formats	O
for	O
sK1	B-Language
,	O
Inkscape	B-Application
,	O
GIMP	O
,	O
Scribus	O
,	O
LibreOffice	O
,	O
CorelDRAW	B-Application
,	O
Adobe	B-Language
Illustrator	I-Language
,	O
Xara	O
Designer	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
sK1	B-Language
2.0	O
the	O
palette	O
collection	O
is	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
web	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
a	O
program	O
that	O
simplifies	O
the	O
reverse-engineering	O
of	O
CorelDRAW	B-Application
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
awarded	O
the	O
third	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
contest	O
Hackontest	O
,	O
organized	O
by	O
the	O
Swiss	O
Open	O
Systems	O
User	O
Groupd	O
/ch/open	O
and	O
sponsored	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
awarded	O
the	O
second	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
contest	O
"	O
The	O
best	O
free	O
project	O
of	O
Russia	O
"	O
,	O
conducted	O
by	O
Linux	B-Application
Format	O
magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
Date	O
OS	O
Description	O
9	O
May	O
2009	O
Linux	B-Application
First	O
public	O
release	O
10	O
November	O
2010	O
Linux	B-Application
Release	O
"	O
Made	O
in	O
Brazil	O
"	O
5	O
December	O
2014	O
Linux	B-Application
Backport	O
release	O
with	O
branch	O
2.0	O
changes	O
19	O
February	O
2015	O
Linux	B-Application
Bugfix	O
release	O
6	O
May	O
2016	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	O
First	O
public	O
release	O
for	O
branch	O
2.0	O
based	O
on	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
20	O
October	O
2016	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	O
Completed	O
vector	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
editor	I-Application
,	O
but	O
there	O
is	O
not	O
import/export	O
functionality	O
13	O
April	O
2018	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	O
Bitmap	O
graphics	O
import	O
(	O
more	O
than	O
100	O
file	O
formats	O
)	O
,	O
import	O
filters	O
for	O
GPL	B-License
,	O
SOC	O
,	O
JCW	O
,	O
CPL	O
,	O
ASE	O
,	O
XML	O
palettes	O
,	O
SVG	O
,	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
WMF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
27	O
May	O
2019	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	O
Import	O
filters	O
for	O
CGM	O
,	O
FIG	O
,	O
CDR(CDRX )	O
,	O
CMX	O
,	O
CCX	O
,	O
SVGZ	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
---	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	O
Under	O
active	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
Date	O
OS	O
Description	O
15	O
November	O
2007	O
Linux	B-Application
First	O
public	O
release	O
21	O
December	O
2007	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
MacOS	B-Application
X	O
Win32	O
and	O
MacOS	B-Application
X	O
support	O
1	O
February	O
2008	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	O
CorelDRAW	B-Application
X4	O
file	O
format	O
support	O
24	O
March	O
2008	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	O
Bugfix	O
release	O
25	O
July	O
2008	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	O
PDF	B-Application
and	O
PostScript	B-Language
support	O
5	O
June	O
2009	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	O
PLT	O
import/export	O
26	O
June	O
2010	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	O
DXF	O
,	O
DST	O
,	O
PES	O
,	O
EXP	O
,	O
PCS	O
import	O
.	O
</s>
