Graphics Guide

This is a draft plan of this guide.

Documentation Summary: This guide describes the graphics tools available in Fedora.

Purpose: This guide informs users on the graphics and design tools available in Fedora, briefly how to use them, and where more information can be found.

Audience: Users who wish to create and edit graphics, edit or manage photography, or know more about free and open source design tools.

Assumptions:

Related Documents: Lead Writer: Dayle Parker (dmparker on FAS; dayparke on Freenode; dayleparker@redhat.com)

Preface

Who should read this?

Introduction

• What's available?

• What comes pre-installed?

• Recommended packages (what to start with)

Another option: Fedora Design Suite

• What's the Design Suite? (it's a Fedora 'spin' - explain spins [​http://spins.fedoraproject.org/design/] )

• What's included in the Design Suite?

• • Include package table from [1] or [2] full list? [3]

• • How to install the Design Suite

• • How to use it

Graphics Tools

Creating graphics

• GIMP
  • Overview
  • Installing
  • Features summary - list of key features
  • Plugins (such as gimp-fourier-plugin, gimp-lqr-plugin, gimp-resynthesizer, GREYCstoration-gimp)
  • Howto/tutorials - tutorials for common tasks, links to other web tutorials
  • Further reading - links to other documentation

• Inkscape
  • Overview
  • Installing
  • Features summary - list of key features
  • Howto/tutorials - tutorials for common tasks, links to other web tutorials
  • Further reading - links to other documentation

• mypaint
  • Overview
  • Installing
  • Features summary - list of key features
  • Howto/tutorials - tutorials for common tasks, links to other web tutorials
  • Further reading - links to other documentation

Graphics management

This may be left out (or with minimal content) until next release.

• cmyktool
  • Overview
  • Installing
  • Features summary - list of key features
  • Howto/tutorials - tutorials for common tasks, links to other web tutorials
  • Further reading - links to other documentation

• colord-extra-profiles
  • Overview
  • Installing
  • Features summary - list of key features
  • Howto/tutorials - tutorials for common tasks, links to other web tutorials
  • Further reading - links to other documentation

• fontforge
  • Overview
  • Installing
  • Features summary - list of key features
  • Howto/tutorials - tutorials for common tasks, links to other web tutorials
  • Further reading - links to other documentation

• font-manager
  • Overview
  • Installing
  • Features summary - list of key features
  • Howto/tutorials - tutorials for common tasks, links to other web tutorials
  • Further reading - links to other documentation

Photography

• darktable
  • Overview
  • Installing
  • Features summary - list of key features
  • Howto/tutorials - tutorials for common tasks, links to other web tutorials
  • Further reading - links to other documentation

• entangle
  • Overview
  • Installing
  • Features summary - list of key features
  • Howto/tutorials - tutorials for common tasks, links to other web tutorials
  • Further reading - links to other documentation

• Hugin
  • Overview
  • Installing
  • Features summary - list of key features
  • Howto/tutorials - tutorials for common tasks, links to other web tutorials
  • Further reading - links to other documentation

• ImageMagick
  • Overview
  • Installing
  • Features summary - list of key features
  • Howto/tutorials - tutorials for common tasks, links to other web tutorials
  • Further reading - links to other documentation

• shotwell
  • Overview
  • Installing
  • Features summary - list of key features
  • Howto/tutorials - tutorials for common tasks, links to other web tutorials
  • Further reading - links to other documentation

Animation & video

May be left out until next release.

• blender

• synfigstudio

Desktop publishing

May be left out until next release.

• scribus

Other tools

May be left out until next release.

• cinepaint

• nautilus-image-converter

• optipng

• pdfshuffler

• xournal