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The following section presents some of the Linux software solutions for graphics work. These include simple drawing applications as well as fully-fledged image editing tools and powerful rendering and animation programs.
Table A.4. Graphics Software for Windows and Linux
|
Task |
Windows Application |
Linux Application |
|---|---|---|
|
Simple Graphic Editing |
Microsoft Paint |
KolourPaint |
|
Professional Graphic Editing |
Adobe Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Corel PhotoPaint, The GIMP |
The GIMP, Krita |
|
Creating Vector Graphics |
Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw, OpenOffice.org Draw, Freehand |
OpenOffice.org Draw, Inkscape, Dia |
|
SVG Editing |
WebDraw, Freehand, Adobe Illustrator |
Inkscape, Dia, Kivio |
|
Creating 3D Graphics |
3D Studio MAX, Maya, POV-Ray, Blender |
POV-Ray, Blender, KPovmodeler |
|
Managing Digital Photographs |
Software provided by the camera manufacturer |
DigiKam, f-spot |
|
Scanning |
Vuescan |
Vuescan, The GIMP |
|
Image Viewing |
ACDSee |
gwenview, gThumb, Eye of Gnome, f-spot |
Blender is a powerful rendering and animation tool available on many platforms, including Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Find more information about Blender at http://www.blender3d.com/.
Dia is a Linux application aiming to be the Linux equivalent of Visio. It supports many types of special diagrams, such as network or UML charts. Export formats include SVG, PNG, and EPS. To support your own custom diagram types, provide the new shapes in a special XML format. Find more information about Dia at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/.
DigiKam is a smart digital photo management tool for the KDE desktop. Importing and organizing your digital images is a matter of a few clicks. Create albums, add tags to spare you from copying images around different subdirectories, and eventually export your images to your own Web site. Find more information about DigiKam at http://www.digikam.org/. You can also refer to Chapter 23, Managing Your Digital Image Collection.
Eye of Gnome is an image viewer application for the GNOME desktop. Find more information at http://www.gnome.org/projects/eog/.
f-spot is a flexible digital photograph management tool for the GNOME desktop. It lets you create and manage albums and supports various export options like HTML pages or burning of image archives to CD. You can also use it as an image viewer on the command line. Find more information about f-spot at http://www.gnome.org/projects/f-spot/. You can also refer to our chapter in Chapter 24, Managing Your Digital Image Collection with F-Spot.
gThumb is an image viewer, browser, and organizer for the GNOME desktop. It supports the import of your digital images via gphoto2, allows you to carry out basic transformation and modifications, and lets you tag your images to create albums matching certain categories. Find more information about gThumb at http://gthumb.sourceforge.net/.
Gwenview is a simple image viewer for KDE. It features a folder tree window and a file list window that provides easy navigation of your file hierarchy. Find more information at http://gwenview.sourceforge.net/home/.
Inkscape is a free SVG editor. Users of Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, and Visio can find a similar range of features and a familiar user interface in Inkscape. Among its features, find SVG-to-PNG export, layering, transforms, gradients, and grouping of objects. Find more information about Inkscape at http://www.inkscape.org/.
Kivio is a flow-charting application that integrates into the KOffice suite. Former users of Visio find a familiar look and feel in Kivio. Find more information about Kivio at http://www.koffice.org/kivio/.
KolourPaint is an easy-to-use paint program for the KDE desktop. You can use it for tasks such as painting or drawing diagrams and editing screen shots, photos, and icons. For more information, refer to http://kolourpaint.sourceforge.net/.
KPovmodeler is a POV-Ray front-end that integrates with the KDE desktop. KPovmodeler saves users from needing a detailed knowledge of POV-Ray scripting by translating the POV-Ray language in an easy-to-understand tree view. Native POV-Ray scripts can be imported to KPovmodeler as well. Find more information at http://www.kpovmodeler.org.
Krita is KOffice's answer to Adobe Photoshop and The GIMP. It can be used for pixel-based image creation and editing. Its features include many of the advanced image editing capabilities you would normally expect with Adobe Photoshop or The GIMP. Find more information at http://www.koffice.org/krita.
See OpenOffice.org .
The Persistence of Vision Raytracer creates three-dimensional, photo-realistic images using a rendering technique called ray tracing. Because there is a Windows version of POV-Ray, it does not take much for Windows users to switch to the Linux version of this application. Find more information about POV-Ray at http://www.povray.org/.
The GIMP is the open source alternative to Adobe Photoshop. Its feature list rivals that of Photoshop, so it is well suited for professional image manipulation. There is even a Windows version of GIMP available. Find more information at http://www.gimp.org/. You can also refer to our GIMP chapter.
VueScan is a scanning software available for several platforms. You can install it parallel to your vendor's scanner software. It supports the scanner's special hardware, like batch scanning, autofocus, infrared channels for dust and scratch suppression, and multiscan to reduce scanner noise in the dark areas of slides. It features simple and accurate color correction from color negatives. Find out more at http://www.hamrick.com/index.html.
