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KolourPaint
KolourPaint is an easy-to-use paint program for the KDE desktop. You can use it for tasks such
as painting or drawing diagrams and editing screen shots, photos, and icons. For more
information, refer to
KPovmodeler
KPovmodeler is a POV-Ray front-end that integrates with the KDE desktop. KPovmodeler
saves users from needing a detailed knowledge of POV-Ray scripting by translating the POV-
Ray language in an easy-to-understand tree view. Native POV-Ray scripts can be imported to
KPovmodeler as well. Find more information at
www.kpovmodeler.org).
Krita
Krita is KOffice's answer to Adobe Photoshop and The GIMP. It can be used for pixel-based
image creation and editing. Its features include many of the advanced image editing capabilities
you would normally expect with Adobe Photoshop or The GIMP. Find more information at
www.koffice.org/krita
OpenOffice.org Draw
See
"OpenOffice.org" on page
POV-Ray
The Persistence of Vision Raytracer creates three-dimensional, photo-realistic images using a
rendering technique called ray tracing. Because there is a Windows version of POV-Ray, it does
not take much for Windows users to switch to the Linux version of this application. Find more
information about POV-Ray at
The GIMP
The GIMP is the open source alternative to Adobe Photoshop. Its feature list rivals that of
Photoshop, so it is well suited for professional image manipulation. There is even a Windows
version of GIMP available. Find more information at
You can also refer to our GIMP chapter.
VueScan
VueScan is a scanning software available for several platforms. You can install it parallel to
your vendor's scanner software. It supports the scanner's special hardware, like batch scanning,
autofocus, infrared channels for dust and scratch suppression, and multiscan to reduce scanner
noise in the dark areas of slides. It features simple and accurate color correction from color
negatives. Find out more at
A.5 System and File Management
The following section provides an overview of Linux tools for system and file management. Get to
know text and source code editors, backup solutions, and archiving tools.
kolourpaint.sourceforge.net
(http://www.koffice.org/krita).
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