Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Resources/Software

Graphics Lab/Resources/Software

The Graphics Lab is a project to improve the graphical content of the Wikimedia projects. Requests for image improvements can be added to the workshop pages: Illustrations, Photographs and Maps. For questions or suggestions one can use the talk pages: Talk:Graphics Lab, Talk:Illustrations, Talk:Photographs and Talk:Maps.
This specific page is a list of free graphic programs that are useful in manipulating images for the graphics lab. If you have a question about a particular point in one of the programs, asking on WT:GL may help. For general help, try Googling for "[program] tutorial" or "[] help" or similar.

		Name and Function	Operating system(s)	Download
1		Inkscape the general standard for creating and editing SVGs	Windows; Mac OS X; Linux	All
2		GIMP, similar to Photoshop. Used for the retouching of images, and creating raster graphics (PNG, JPEG). Can also be used to create animations (GIF) when the GIMP Animation Package (GAP) is installed.	Windows; Mac OS X; Linux; Solaris; BSD	Windows, Linux/BSD/Solaris Mac OS X
OR		Gimpshop, GIMP with a different UI, more similar to Photoshop, and said to be somewhat easier to learn. Same capabilities as above.	Windows; Mac OS X; Linux; Solaris	All
3		hugin, For the stitching of panoramic images together into one big image, correction of perspective and various other things.	Windows; Mac OS X; Linux; BSD; Other Unix Systems	All
4		QGis, to create GIS maps' layers: topographic background, shaded relief, states/provinces polygons, rivers/lakes/coasts, urban areas, etc. PNG or SVG.	Windows; Mac OS X; Linux; etc.	All
5	File:Blender bw.png	Blender, For the creation and editing of 3D images.	Windows; Mac OS X; Linux; Solaris; BSD; Irix	All
6		Scribus, a free desktop publishing application (DTP).	Windows; Mac OS X; Linux; Unix; OS/2; eComStation	All

Examples of images created with the above programs.

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  Inkscape (see more)
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  GIMP/GIMPShop
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  hugin
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  Blender