Libre Graphics is another term for free and open source software in creating graphics for designers to use. Users who aren’t familiar with Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign can use free software from Gimp (equivalent to Photoshop) Inkscape (equivalent to illustrator) and scribus (equivalent to Indesign). More and more people are noticing opening software, ever year the ‘Libre Graphics Meeting’(LGM) an annual international convention discusses of free and open software graphics applications.
The LGM aim to bring artist professionals together in the cause of creating high quality free graphics applications. Another web platform for users using libre graphics is ‘Libre Graphics World; it is an online magazine for creative users using libre graphics application creating digital paintings, graphics, web design and desktop publishing.

• Gimp: GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring

• Inkscape: onkscape is professional quality vector graphics software, creating a wide variety of graphics such as illustrations, icons, logos, diagrams, maps and web graphics. Inkscape uses the W3C open standard SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) as its native format, and is free and open-source software.

•Scribus: Open source publishing software, Scribus is designed for layout, typesetting and to prepare files for professional-quality image-setting equipment. very much like Indesign and also supporting Scribus supports most major bitmap formats, including TIFF, JPEG and Adobe Photoshop. Vector drawings.

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