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| == Icon Library == This is a python script which nicely displays an entire icon theme, including fall backs on different backgrounds with search function, etc. It is currently only available on the ubuntu forum as a thread. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=912934&highlight=icon+library&page=2 |
We recommended the following tools for creating artwork. They are all free software (free as in speech) and can be obtained by everyone at virtually no cost without any licensing-hassle. This simplifies sharing files and working together.
Promoting free software is one of the goals of Ubuntu and to do so, you should use free software yourself wherever you can.
GIMP
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) should be installed by default and accessible via Applications > Graphics > GIMP Image Editor. It is a full-featured raster graphics editor, comparable to Adobe Photoshop. http://www.gimp.org
Imagemagick
This is an amazingly powerful toolset. It is command line driven, but you will soon learn that you can do things with the toolset that you cannot do with anything else. For those of you out there who know about pixel bit depth limitations, Imagemagick let's you work at a plethora of depths including colourspaces and such. It can also render SVG and a very large file assortment. It is wonderful for creating, altering, and adjusting files.
Complete documentation is available at http://www.imagemagick.org
Inkscape
Inkscape is a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) editor. You can also use it to export raster type images. http://www.inkscape.org
Scribus
Scribus is a QT-based desktop publishing program (DTP). Its awesome, and features the best PDF support this side of the free world. http://www.scribus.net
Blender
Blender is a cross platform suite of tools for 3D modeling, animation and rendering. http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/
Icon Library
This is a python script which nicely displays an entire icon theme, including fall backs on different backgrounds with search function, etc. It is currently only available on the ubuntu forum as a thread. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=912934&highlight=icon+library&page=2
pngcrush
pngcrush is a command-line utility that optimizes Portable Network Graphics (PNG). http://pmt.sourceforge.net/pngcrush/
Wiki Scripts
Two useful scripts to deal with images for this wiki.
X11 Mouse Cursor Theme Creation
Feedback on how well these work or what the limitations are will be appreciated.
Gursor Maker – a cursor editor for X11 using GTK+.
XCursorGen – commandline tool to create an X cursor file from a collection of PNG images
Artwork/Documentation/Software (last edited 2010-06-27 14:01:00 by mar92-14-88-173-198-214)