Graphics

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Vector Graphics

Vector Graphics Editors

Adobe Illustrator
Macromedia Freehand - now owned by Adobe
Inkwell - open source vector editor - can save to SVG
AutoCAD
Synfig

Vector Graphic Formats

Flash
Postscript, often used for printing and fonts
SVG
Canvas

Vector Graphics Toolkits

Cairo

Graphical User Interface

Remote Desktop Software

Graphs

RRDTool

3D Computer Graphics

3D computer graphics is becoming big business in the movie and video game industries. The technology is divided into modeling, animating, and rendering, among other categories.

3D Modeling

3D Studio Max
Maya
Blender
OGRE3D

Bitmap Graphics

Bitmap Graphics Editors

Bitmap Graphic Formats

GIF - Graphics Image Format - licensed under patent for many years, now off patent and available for open source project, good for images with low numbers of color, like logos.
PNG - Portable Network Graphics - open format, similar to GIF, also good for images with low numbers of color, like logos. Can also save files as 24 bit with alpha transparency - good for textual overlays.
JPEG - open format, yet a company claimed patent rights and was paid millions of dollars by Sony for its use in digital cameras. A lossy compression format good for photography.
PNG plus - an extension of PNG that can store text in layers.

User Interaction

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