In the first of this 'FOSS v proprietary' series we looked at some of the best software for editing and manipulating bitmap images. With digital photography such programs replace the earlier darkroom ...

SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is an open W3C standard for describing two-dimensional graphics in a different way than traditional computer images, which are all bitmaps of some kind. A bitmap or ...

In the dynamic world of digital design, Inkscape is a leading free and open-source vector graphics software. Whether you’re a seasoned professional graphic designer, a budding illustrator, or a ...

The Encapsulated PostScript file format stores images and page layouts. EPS files can contain both bitmaps and vectors, but only the vector images can be resized and modified without a loss of quality ...

Open source software useful when dealing with so-called SVG format vector format image files. You can convert an opened SVG file to a PNG file of any resolution. It is also possible to create images ...

Everyone knows about GIMP, the open source graphics editor that competes with Photoshop for editing bitmap images, or images with "pixels in a bitmap." But what if you need a free program that can ...

If I need to design a vector graphic from scratch, beyond grabbing a pad of paper and pencil to draw my idea first, I’ll always gravitate directly to Adobe Illustrator. Illustrator is a native vector ...

This article was contributed by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier. With the release of Inkscape 0.40, we decided to take a look at the latest release and get up to speed with the status of the project. Inkscape ...