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In my last article about producing line art to use in your photo projects, I introduced you to the suite of programs that I use in my photographic endeavors, namely, the GNU Image Manipulation Program, or GIMP as it is more commonly known, Inkscape, a vector graphics program, and ImageMagick, an all around grapic toolkit with many uses. Both GIMP and ImageMagick can be used ran in batch from the command line.

One of my readers suggested that I provide a resource list to help my subscribers obtain and learn how to use those programs, so here it is.

GIMP
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GIMP.ORG - The Official site for GIMP, the GNU Image Manipulation Program. GIMP is a fully functional free graphic editing software with functionality similar to Adobe’s Photoshop(C), but without the price.
GIMP - Tutorials

GIMP - Books about GIMP

The Book: Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional … by Akkana Peck
The Book: Grokking the GIMP
This is an excellent resource, and the best thing is, you can download the entire book for free.
Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional

Mono Conversion workflow and editing

Inkscape
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Inkscape - a free graphic editing and drawing program which lets you create vector graphics and diagrams. You can also import existing photos or graphics and convert them into vector diagrams. Inkscape is similar to Adobe’s Illustrator(C)

Screenshots of Inkscape

Inkscape Documentation

Download Inkscape

FAQ - Inkscape Wiki

Inkscape - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

How to draw a diagram with Inkscape

ImageMagick
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ImageMagick - ImageMagick® is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. It can read, convert and write images in a variety of formats (about 100) …
ImageMagick: Downloads

ImageMagick: Command-line Tools

ImageMagick: Command-line Options

ImageMagick: Command-line Processing

ImageMagick v6 Examples

ImageMagick: Examples of ImageMagick Usage

ImageMagick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wikipedia Articles
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Photo manipulation

Image Editing

Vector Graphics

Scalable Vector Graphics or SVGs

Until next time,
-Texaiano

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