Can you please tell me where I can find the inkscape download links for .46 on Macs?

Thanks

thanks ErikTiePie, that's great info! we need PDFs for online brochures so small size is critical to us as well.

thx for the info. i must not be getting something but this is my first time with gimp so it's no surprise. in inkscape i create an image that has several layers with different objects/paths on each layer. i save it as an xcf and open in gimp using either "open" or "open as layers"...

EarlyBlake - were you able to maintain the vectors in the GIMP and if so how? thx

upon closer examination the GIMP mashes all of the inkscape layers into one rendered image so it loses some of the finer details in my original image and since it mashes all the layers into one it effectively becomes a fork off of the original image i.e. a point frozen in time that you can work with...

ok, i think i'm ready to declare yippee! i posted the previous post without logging in, whoops. i was able to install the GIMP and open the inkscape svg and it maintained my fairly complicated composites and the whole image with a transparent background! it printed immediately versus inkscape taking...

Thanks for the reply. I only need to Save as an .ai not open. The documentation says inkscape should be able to save .ai natively and via an extension. Can you clarify?

Thx!

I'm an inkscape noob but I have searched these forums and googled but can't seem to find how to save an .ai file. There is mention that inkscape can save .ai files: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ#What_formats_can_Inkscape_import.2Fexport.3F Inkscape can natively save as SVG, SVGZ, PDF (...