Parent: Applications

Introduction

There are a number of graphics applications available to Ubuntu users, from simple to complex. We are sure that you will find one to suit your needs.

Some applications come with the default installation of Ubuntu and even more are available in the repositories or elsewhere in the form of deb packages or tar balls.

Applications installed by default

• Evince - Document Viewer for PDF and PostScript files

• Eye of GNOME - Image Viewer

• gThumb - Image Viewer

• OpenOffice.org Draw - Images and diagrams creation and manipulation

• XSane - Scanner application

• Shotwell Photo Manager - Photo manager

Applications in the repositories

• Agave - Color schemer

• Blender - 3-D Modelling

• Dia - Diagrams

• digiKam - A KDE friendly Photo Management Application

• feh - An image viewer at heart, though it does other cool stuff

• F-Spot - Photo Library

• Gcolor2 - Simple color picker

• The GIMP - Advanced image creation and manipulation

• GNUpaint - Simple painting program

• ImageMagick - Graphics editing

• Inkscape - Vector graphics

• Istanbul - Desktop Session Video Recorder

• MeMaker - Creating Avatars

• Mirage - A fast and simple image viewer

• Tux Paint - Award-winning painting program for children

• Xara Xtreme - Vector-based illustration program

Applications available elsewhere

• Ares Commander Edition - A commercial CAD/CAM package

• Bricscad - A commercial CAD/CAM package

• jBrout - JPEG photo management software

• Picasa - Photo management with intermediate-level editing features

• Tonido Photos - A peer-to-peer photo sharing and organizing application

• VariCAD - A CAD/CAM package commercially available as a .deb file

See also

• UbuntuStudio, especially UbuntuStudio/Graphics

External links

Artwork

• GNOME Art - Community of artists based around the GNOME desktop.

• The Open Clipart Library - a collection of Free clipart.

• Flickr Creative Commons - Creative Commons-licensed works on Flickr.

• Tango Desktop Project - Project offering guidelines on styling icons and graphics for open-source software.

Licensing your Work

• Free Software Foundation License List - note: 'There is literally no specific freedom that all Creative Commons licenses grant'

• Free Art License

• Creative Commons - Non-profit organisation offering flexible copyright licenses for creative works

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