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Various Wikipedians have put together graphics tutorials. Some of these are still works in progress. It is preferred to work with open formats (such as PNG or SVG) and free licenses (such as public domain or GFDL) when possible. There are many free software programs available for creating and editing images.
Tutorials
Vector graphics tutorials
- How to draw a diagram with Dia
- How to draw a diagram with Microsoft Word
- How to draw a diagram with OpenOffice.org Writer
- How to draw a diagram with OpenOffice.org_Draw
3D graphics tutorials
http://www.webdesign.org/web/3d-graphics/tutorials/Bitmap graphics tutorials
Filesize optimisation programs
Filesize optimisation tutorials
- How to keep image file sizes as small as possible
- How to reduce colors for saving a JPEG as PNG (using The GIMP)
Photo editing tutorials
Combination tutorials
- Graphics in two modes (formerly ...complex illustrations with FreeHand and Photoshop) (non-free)
Software used for Wikipedia images
Vector graphics software
- DrawPlus 4.0 (Free)
- Dia (Free)
- Inkscape (Free)
- Sodipodi (Free)
- MetaPost (Free)
- xfig (Free)
- ConceptDraw (Non-free)
- Adobe Illustrator (Non-free)
- CorelDraw (Non-free)
- Vector graphics editors
3D software
- Blender (Free)
- OpenFX * (Free)
- POV-Ray (Free for non-commercial distribution)
- 3D_graphics_software
Bitmap software
- GIMP (Free)
- Paint Shop Pro (Non-free)
- Adobe Photoshop (Non-free)
- CodedColor
- Bitmap_graphics_editors
Word processors with vector-graphics facilities
- OpenOffice.org writer (Free)
- KWord (Free)
- AppleWorks (Non-free)
- Microsoft Word (Non-free)
- Word_processors
Panorama software
- Hugin (software) (Open source)
- Autostitch (Non-free; full demo available)
- PTAssembler (Shareware, based on the open source Panorama Tools (software))
- PTGui (Shareware, based on the open source Panorama Tools (software))
Related topics
- Vector graphics, Raster map graphics, 3D graphics, Word processors, Graphics, Computer graphics, Page layout, Image editing
- Images for cleanup: images that need improvements
- Image use policy: general information on using images on Wikipedia
- Picture tutorial: The best way to add your pictures to articles
- Public domain image resources: sources for public domain images, organized topically
- Brion VIBBER/Maps and images for Wikipedia
- Sergei-Prokudin-Gorski-Larg.jpg (scroll down)
- How to create graphs for Wikipedia articles
External links
- 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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