Graphics tutorials |
Various have put together graphics tutorials. Some of these are still works in progress.
It is preferred to work with open formats and free software at Wikipedia and Wikimedia. For example, if you can, use OpenOffice.org instead of Word, and PNG instead of GIF. Look for the programs marked free software .
=Tutorials=
==Vector graphics tutorials==
==3D graphics tutorials==
http://www.webdesign.org/web/3d-graphics/tutorials/
== Bitmap graphics tutorials ==
== Filesize optimisation tutorials ==
==Photo editing tutorials==
==Combination tutorials==
= Software used for Wikipedia images=
== Vector graphics software==
*Adobe Illustrator (Non-free) *CorelDraw (Non-free) *Dia (Free) *Inkscape (Free) *Sodipodi (Free) *MetaPost (Free) *xfig (Free)
==3D software==
*POV-Ray (Free for non-commercial distribution) *Blender (program) (Free) *OpenFX [http://openfx.org] (Free)
==Bitmap software==
*The GIMP (Free) *Paint Shop Pro (Non-free) *Adobe Photoshop (Non-free) *CodedColor
==Word processors with vector-graphics facilities==
*AppleWorks (Non-free) *KWord (Free) *Microsoft Word (Non-free) *OpenOffice.org writer (Free)
==Panorama software==
*Hugin (software) (Open source) *[http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html Autostitch] (Non-free; full demo available) *[http://www.tawbaware.com/ptasmblr.htm PTAssembler] (Shareware, based on the open source Panorama Tools (software)) *[http://www.ptgui.com/ PTGui] (Shareware, based on the open source Panorama Tools (software))
= Related topics =
= External links =
*[http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html Grokking the GIMP]: a comprehensive on-line book covering the GIMP, as well as graphic and digital photo editing in general|
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