With a staggering 1463 points (runners up Typo3 and OpenLieroX ended on respectively 1269 and 572 points), the Open Source prepress project SK1 has well deserved it’s ticket to the upcoming Hackontest event in Zurich, 25-26 September.

We’re very happy to hear that the sK1 team will have a chance to demonstrate their enthusiasm for Libre [...]

After the presentation of Igor Novikov about the new version of sk1, the OSP team can’t wait. It is promised to be published for June, in the meantime we installed the current version and are testing our svgs with it.
To install the current version on ubuntu:
grab the three .deb files from the products page, [...]

A late announcement for an ultra useful tool: Igor Novikov and Valek Philippov have released UniConvertor, a universal vector graphics translator. It uses the sK1 engine to convert one format into another.
With UniConvertor you can now convert files from: CorelDRAW ver.7-X3 (CDR/CDT/CCX/CDRX/CMX), Adobe Illustrator up to v. 9 (AI postscript based), Postscript (PS), Encapsulated Postscript [...]

Conversation with Igor Novikov and Valek Philippov (SK1)

Excerpts from a conversation with Igor Novikov (Ukraine) and Valek Philippov (Russia) about how and why they are involved in SK1 pre-press software; the joy of reverse engineering and a handy tip for receiving Russian TV in Ukraine too.
igor_valek.mp3 [25mb]