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Practical Free Alternatives to Commercial Software
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Practical Free Alternatives to Commercial Software

by Steve Oualline, Grace Oualline
May 2018
Beginner to intermediate
429 pages
7h 10m
English
Apress
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Part IIGraphics and Multimedia

Graphics and Multimedia

In this part of the book, we first cover graphics, starting with digital photography and raster images. The Gnu Image Manipulation Program (Gimp) was designed to allow users to work with such images. It is somewhat comparable to Adobe Photoshop but has gone beyond this program in many places. Next, we review Inkscape, a drawing and illustration program. Finally, we cover Dia, a diagram editor.

Next, we move on to multimedia, starting with audio. The Audacity audio editor is considered one of the best in the world and has won several awards. After audio, we cover video editing. Computers have finally become powerful enough to do real-time video editing, although the technology is still in the ...

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ISBN: 9781484230756