Create and Edit Images

In Linux, you can do almost every graphics task, from logo creation, complex image editing, and Web site graphics, to simple things such as just playing around with a paint program, taking the red eye out of a photo, and resizing an image. Most of your image work in Linux can be done in a program called the GIMP. However, the playing around and simple things can also be done in more basic programs, such as KPaint, for anyone who prefers to keep things simple.

GIMP

Program Info
Fedora/GNOME menuGraphics > GIMP Image Editor
Mandrake/KDE menuMultimedia > Graphics > The GIMP
Terminal commandgimp
Program URLhttp://www.gimp.org

The GIMP is the signature graphics program for Linux. It is a powerful program that can take care of most ...

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