Links:Graphic Applications

2D Graphic and Animation Applications

GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)

"GIMP is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring."

• Homepage: http://www.gimp.org
• License: GNU-GPL
• Operating systems: "Available for Windows, Linux, Sun Solaris, FreeBSD or Mac OS X."

INKSCAPE . Draw Freely

"INKSCAPE is a Linux & Windows vector graphics editor (SVG format) featuring transparency, gradients, node editing, pattern fills, PNG export, and more. Aiming for capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, Visio, etc."

• Homepage: http://www.inkscape.org
• License: GNU -GPL
• Operating systems: "All 32-bit MS Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP), All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like OSes), Linux, OS X"

2D Graphic Converters

GIMP DDS Plug-In

This is a plugin for GIMP version 2.x. It allows you to load and save images in DirectDraw Surface (DDS) format.

• Homepage: http://nifelheim.dyndns.org/~cocidius/dds/
• License: GNU GPL
• Operating systems: Windows, Linux
• Binaries and source
  • Windows: http://registry.gimp.org/files/gimp-dds-win32-2.0.2.zip
  • Source: http://registry.gimp.org/files/gimp-dds-2.0.2.tar.bz2

nVidia Texture Tools

Tools for manipulating graphic files and optimize them for the graphic card.

• Homepage: http://developer.nvidia.com/object/texture_tools.html
• License: MIT License
• Operating systems: Windows, Linux
• Binaries and source
  • Windows: http://developer.download.nvidia.com/tools/texturetools2/NVIDIA_Texture_Tools_2.01.0303.1700.exe
  • Source: http://nvidia-texture-tools.googlecode.com/