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A number of vector graphics editors for various platforms exist. When choosing one for work, important factors include its availability for the user's platform, its feature set, the maturity and convenience of the UI, as well as the focus of the program. Some programs are more suitable for artistic work while others are better for technical drawings. Also very important is an application's support of various vector and bitmap image formats for import and export. Image File history File links Circle-question. ... Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... A screenshot of the xfig vector graphics editor A screenshot of the modern vector graphics editor Xara Xtreme A vector graphics editor is a computer program that allows users to compose and edit vector graphics images interactively on the computer screen (compare with MetaPost) and save them in one of...

Some Packages in Detail

Adobe Illustrator is a so-called industry-standard editor. The AI file format is still the most common vector format for exchange. Illustrator is an expensive package. It has a long history, and its feature set allows creation of complex vector artwork. It has a steeper learning curve than some competing products. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Adobe Illustrator is a vector-based drawing program developed and marketed by Adobe Systems. ... Adobe Illustrator Artwork (AI) is a proprietary file format developed by Adobe Systems for representing vector-based drawings in either the EPS or PDF formats. ...

ConceptDraw offers a set of vector drawing tools that can rival a professional illustration program. It is aimed at flowcharting, diagramming and illustrating. It can be used to easily create data flow, UML and Entity Relationship diagrams, among others. Versions for Windows and Mac OS X are available. ConceptDraw V is a professional cross-platform drawing and diagramming software for quick creation of business diagrams, flowcharts, network diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings, home and office layouts and much more. ... Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of proprietary software operating systems by Microsoft. ... Mac OS X (official IPA pronunciation: ) is a line of proprietary, graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ...

CorelDRAW has much in common with Adobe Illustrator and is regarded by many professionals as another industry-standard editor, largely used in the graphic design, sign making and fashion design industries. CorelDRAW and Illustrator are capable of limited interoperation by reading each other's file formats. Major differences between the two include CorelDRAW's extensive array of more than 50 import and export filters, on-screen and dialog box editing and the ability to create multi-page documents. It can also generate TrueType and Type1 fonts, although refined typographic control is better suited to a more specific application. Some other features of CorelDRAW include the creation and execution of VBA macros, viewing of colour separations in print preview mode and integrated professional imposing options. CorelDRAW is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Corel Corporation of Ottawa, Canada. ... Example of dialog box from Microsoft Windows Dialog boxes are special windows which are used by computer programs or by the operating system to display information to the user, or to get a response if needed. ...

Corel Designer (originally Micrografx Designer) is one of the earliest vector-based graphics editors for Microsoft Windows platform. While flexible enough for most vector graphics design applications, Designer has always been pre-dominantly a product for the creation of engineering drawings and is shipped with extensive libraries for the needs of engineers. Corel Designer is a vector-based graphics program. ...

Dia is a diagramming and vector graphics editor available for Windows, GNU/Linux and other UNIX-like Operating Systems. Dia is easy to use, with a modular design and several shape packages for different needs: flowcharting, network diagrams, circuit diagrams, etc. Its design was inspired by Microsoft Visio, although it uses a Single Document Interface similar to other GNOME software (such as The GIMP). Dia is free software/open source general-purpose diagramming software, developed as part of the GNOME projects office suite and was originally created by Alexander Larsson. ... Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of proprietary software operating systems by Microsoft. ... GNU (pronounced ) is a computer operating system - consisting of a kernel, libraries, system utilities, compilers, and end-user application software - composed entirely of free software. ... Linux (IPA pronunciation: ) is a Unix-like computer operating system family. ... Filiation of Unix and Unix-like systems Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX®) is a computer operating system originally developed in the 1960s and 1970s by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Douglas McIlroy. ... An operating system (OS) is a set of computer programs that manage the hardware and software resources of a computer. ... Inkscape uses an SDI In graphical user interfaces, a single document interface or SDI is a method of organizing graphical user interface applications into individual windows that the operating systems window manager handles separately. ... A gnome (or Nisse) hiding behind a toadstool. ... Often, the name GIMP is used erroneously for the Gimp-Print printer driver set. ...

Inkscape is a Free and open source vector editor whose primary native format is SVG. Inkscape is especially popular on the GNU/Linux operating system, though it is available for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and other UNIX-like systems. Currently Inkscape can officially import SVG and SVGZ, and export SVG, SVGZ, PostScript, EPS, EPSi, LaTeX and POVRay. Some formats have additional support through Inkscape extensions, including PDF, EPS, Adobe Illustrator, Dia and Sketch. Inkscape is a Free Software vector graphics editor. ... This article is about free software as defined by the sociopolitical free software movement; for information on software distributed without charge, see freeware. ... Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... SVG is also the IATA code for Stavanger Airport, Sola in Norway. ... GNU (pronounced ) is a computer operating system - consisting of a kernel, libraries, system utilities, compilers, and end-user application software - composed entirely of free software. ... Linux (IPA pronunciation: ) is a Unix-like computer operating system family. ... Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of proprietary software operating systems by Microsoft. ... Mac OS X (official IPA pronunciation: ) is a line of proprietary, graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ... Filiation of Unix and Unix-like systems Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX®) is a computer operating system originally developed in the 1960s and 1970s by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Douglas McIlroy. ...

Litha-Paint a web-based vector graphics editor available for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera. Currently it is in the alpha phase of development, can export SVG and use JPG and PNG images as a background. Users of Litha-Paint can save and share an unlimited number of documents via the Litha-Paint server, as well as uploading their images. Litha-Paint is web-based drawing software that is intended for the creation of vector graphics. ... It has been suggested that Internet Explorer 7 be merged into this article or section. ... Firefox may refer to: Firefox (novel), written by Craig Thomas, published in 1978 Firefox (film), the 1982 movie starring Clint Eastwood, based on the novel Firefox (arcade game), the laserdisc arcade game based on the movie Mozilla Firefox, a web browser The Red Fox or the Red Panda, based on... The New Opera in Oslo, Norway The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ...

Macromedia Flash (now owned by Adobe) has facile vector editing tools which are popular with designers and illustrators. The most important of these tools are vector lines and fills with bitmap-like selectable areas, simple modification of curves and beziers (via the "direct selection" tool). Flash uses Actionscript for OOP scripting, and has some limited XML functionality. Flash can export to Illustrator .ai format but does not currently allow exporting to SVG format. // == Macromedia Flash == ==]] Using Macromedia Flash 8 (bundled in Studio 8) in Windows XP. Maintainer: Adobe Systems (formerly Macromedia) Latest release: 8 / September 30th, 2005 OS: Windows (no native Windows XP Professional x64 Edition support), Mac OS X, Linux (i386 only, via wine [1]) Use: Multimedia Content Creator License: Proprietary Website... Renewal of the surface coating of an adobe wall in Chamisal, New Mexico Adobe is a natural building material composed of sand, sandy clay and straw or other organic materials, which is shaped into bricks using wooden frames and dried in the sun. ... ActionScript is a scripting language based on ECMAScript, primarily used to develop software for the Adobe Flash . ... Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm that uses objects to design applications and computer programs. ... An illustrator is a graphic artist who specializes in enhancing written text by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text. ... SVG is also the IATA code for Stavanger Airport, Sola in Norway. ...

Macromedia FreeHand was an Illustrator competitor used widely by professional graphic designers before Adobe's acquisition of Macromedia. Since Macromedia's purchase it has been transferred to the classic print group with no future version update announcements as of yet. Macromedia was an American graphics and web development software house headquartered in San Francisco, California. ... Macromedia FreeHand is a computer application for creating two-dimensional vector graphics (use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and polygons to represent images, also known as geometric modeling), oriented to the professional desktop publishing market. ...

Microsoft Visio is a diagramming, flow chart, floor plan and vector graphics editor available only for Windows. It is commonly used among small and medium sized businesses, as it comes bundled free with some versions of Microsoft Office. Microsoft is one of few companies engaging itself in the console wars Where they are up against sony, nintendo, and of course sharps new console which may cause a threat. ... Microsoft Visio is diagramming software for Microsoft Windows. ... Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of proprietary software operating systems by Microsoft. ... Microsoft Office is a suite of productivity programs created or purchased by Microsoft and developed for Microsoft Windows, and Apple Computers Mac OS and Mac OS X operating systems. ...

Microsoft Expression is an upcoming commercial vector and bitmap graphics editor based on Creature House Expression, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2003. It is part of the Microsoft Expression suite. Unlike the original Expression product, Expression Design will be only available for Microsoft Windows XP and Vista. Microsoft is one of few companies engaging itself in the console wars Where they are up against sony, nintendo, and of course sharps new console which may cause a threat. ... Microsoft Expression is a suite of graphics programs from Microsoft aimed at developers and designers. ...

The Omni Group's OmniGraffle is a vector graphics editor available only for Macintosh. Some users claim that it is easier to use than the more expensive Illustrator, CorelDRAW, and FreeHand. It is principally used for creating flow charts and other diagrams. OmniGraffle imports and exports several popular formats, including Microsoft Visio, SVG and PDF. The Omni Group is a company that develops software for the Mac OS X platform. ... OmniGraffle is a diagramming application made by the Omni Group. ... The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984, upgraded to a 512K Fat Mac. The Macintosh or Mac, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer. ... Microsoft is one of few companies engaging itself in the console wars Where they are up against sony, nintendo, and of course sharps new console which may cause a threat. ... Visio was a software company in Seattle, Washington. ... SVG is also the IATA code for Stavanger Airport, Sola in Norway. ... PDF is an abbreviation with several meanings: Portable Document Format Post-doctoral fellowship Probability density function There also is an electronic design automation company named PDF Solutions. ...

OpenOffice.org Draw is part of the open source Office suite OpenOffice.org, serving as its drawing component and a vector graphics editor. It supports many import and export file formats, but there are currently functionality issues with some of these formats. Notably, the PNG and GIF bitmapped outputs are not antialiased, which gives a more jagged or pixelated look to the shapes (though opening the SVG in Inkscape and saving as PNG provides a workaround). The grid is fixed in size, and editing is less flexible than Inkscape in many ways. OpenOffice. ... OpenOffice. ... It has been suggested that libpng be merged into this article or section. ... An example of a GIF image. ... In digital signal processing, anti-aliasing is the technique of minimizing aliasing (jagged or blocky patterns) when representing a high-resolution signal at a lower resolution. ... It has been suggested that libpng be merged into this article or section. ...

Xara Xtreme is a vector graphics editor for Windows. Xara Xtreme LX, the open source version of Xara Xtreme runs under GNU/Linux and Mac OS X operating systems. Xara Xtreme is notable for its high usability and very fast rendering. Xara Xtreme (and earlier product Artworks) was the first vector graphics software product to provide fully antialiased display, advanced gradient fill and transparency tools. The newest version Xara Xtreme Pro is able to create multi-page documents, exports different PDF versions (PDF-X for the printing industry included) and supports Flash Animations. It has been suggested that Xara Xtreme LX be merged into this article or section. ... Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of proprietary software operating systems by Microsoft. ... Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... GNU (pronounced ) is a computer operating system - consisting of a kernel, libraries, system utilities, compilers, and end-user application software - composed entirely of free software. ... Linux (IPA pronunciation: ) is a Unix-like computer operating system family. ... Mac OS X (official IPA pronunciation: ) is a line of proprietary, graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ... Artworks is an advanced vector drawing package for RISC OS created by Computer Concepts (now Xara) in 1991. ... In digital signal processing, anti-aliasing is the technique of minimizing aliasing (jagged, blocky or moiré patterns, popping, strobing, or unwanted sparkling) when representing a high-resolution signal at a lower resolution. ...

Sketsa is a cross-platform vector graphics editor based on SVG that runs on Java 1.5 or higher.

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of vector graphics editors. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is neither all-inclusive nor necessarily up-to-date. A screenshot of the xfig vector graphics editor A screenshot of the modern vector graphics editor Xara Xtreme A vector graphics editor is a computer program that allows users to compose and edit vector graphics images interactively on the computer screen (compare with MetaPost) and save them in one of...

General information

This table gives basic general information about the different vector graphics editors:

ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... ConceptDraw V is a professional cross-platform drawing and diagramming software for quick creation of business diagrams, flowcharts, network diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings, home and office layouts and much more. ... Proprietary software is software with restrictions on using, copying and modifying as enforced by the proprietor. ... CorelDRAW is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Corel Corporation of Ottawa, Canada. ... Corel Corporation is a computer software company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ... Corel PhotoPaint is a bitmap graphics program sold by Corel, a software company with headquarters in Canada. ... Proprietary software is software with restrictions on using, copying and modifying as enforced by the proprietor. ... Freehand is a long established computer graphics company based in Dunsfold Surrey - Freehands Website It is also a product from Macromedia which also deals with Graphics but the two are unrelated. ... Macromedia was an American graphics and web development software house headquartered in San Francisco, California. ... Proprietary software is software with restrictions on using, copying and modifying as enforced by the proprietor. ... Adobe Illustrator is a vector-based drawing program developed and marketed by Adobe Systems. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Proprietary software is software with restrictions on using, copying and modifying as enforced by the proprietor. ... Inkscape is a Free Software vector graphics editor. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Look up shareware in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Elgorithms MagicTracer is a computer application for converting raster images to vector output. ... Demoware is a term of distinction used to differentiate between types of shareware software. ... OpenOffice. ... GNU logo The GNU Lesser General Public License (formerly the GNU Library General Public License) is an FSF approved Free Software license designed as a compromise between the GNU General Public License and simple permissive licenses such as the BSD license and the MIT License. ... PhotoLine 32, or pl32, is a proprietary raster graphics editor. ... Proprietary software is software with restrictions on using, copying and modifying as enforced by the proprietor. ... Sodipodi is a free software vector graphics editor released under the GNU GPL It is designed specifically around the SVG standard, using the file format (with some extensions to hold metadata) as its native storage format. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Synfig is an open-source 2D vector graphics and animation program created by Robert Quattlebaum. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... It has been suggested that Xara Xtreme LX be merged into this article or section. ... Xara is a UK-based software company founded in 1981, making it one of the oldest independent software developers. ... Proprietary software is software with restrictions on using, copying and modifying as enforced by the proprietor. ... It has been suggested that Xara Xtreme LX be merged into this article or section. ... Xara is a UK-based software company founded in 1981, making it one of the oldest independent software developers. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Proprietary software is software with restrictions on using, copying and modifying as enforced by the proprietor. ... Proprietary software is software with restrictions on using, copying and modifying as enforced by the proprietor. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ...

Operating system support

This table lists the operating systems that different editors can run on without emulation: An operating system (OS) is a set of computer programs that manage the hardware and software resources of a computer. ...

"Unix" includes the similar Linux, BSD and unix-like operating systems. Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of proprietary software operating systems by Microsoft. ... Mac OS X (official IPA pronunciation: ) is a line of proprietary, graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ... Filiation of Unix and Unix-like systems Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX®) is a computer operating system originally developed in the 1960s and 1970s by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Douglas McIlroy. ... ConceptDraw V is a professional cross-platform drawing and diagramming software for quick creation of business diagrams, flowcharts, network diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings, home and office layouts and much more. ... CorelDRAW is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Corel Corporation of Ottawa, Canada. ... Freehand is a long established computer graphics company based in Dunsfold Surrey - Freehands Website It is also a product from Macromedia which also deals with Graphics but the two are unrelated. ... Adobe Illustrator is a vector-based drawing program developed and marketed by Adobe Systems. ... Inkscape is a Free Software vector graphics editor. ... Elgorithms MagicTracer is a computer application for converting raster images to vector output. ... OpenOffice. ... Sodipodi is a free software vector graphics editor released under the GNU GPL It is designed specifically around the SVG standard, using the file format (with some extensions to hold metadata) as its native storage format. ... Synfig is an open-source 2D vector graphics and animation program created by Robert Quattlebaum. ... It has been suggested that Xara Xtreme LX be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Xara Xtreme LX be merged into this article or section. ... Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of proprietary software operating systems by Microsoft. ... Mac OS X (official IPA pronunciation: ) is a line of proprietary, graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ... Filiation of Unix and Unix-like systems Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX®) is a computer operating system originally developed in the 1960s and 1970s by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Douglas McIlroy. ... Linux (IPA pronunciation: ) is a Unix-like computer operating system family. ... BSD redirects here; for other uses see BSD (disambiguation). ... Diagram of the relationships between several Unix-like systems A Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification. ... In computing, an operating system (OS) is the system software responsible for the direct control and management of hardware and basic system operations. ...

Basic features

ConceptDraw V is a professional cross-platform drawing and diagramming software for quick creation of business diagrams, flowcharts, network diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings, home and office layouts and much more. ... CorelDRAW is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Corel Corporation of Ottawa, Canada. ... Freehand is a long established computer graphics company based in Dunsfold Surrey - Freehands Website It is also a product from Macromedia which also deals with Graphics but the two are unrelated. ... Adobe Illustrator is a vector-based drawing program developed and marketed by Adobe Systems. ... Inkscape is a Free Software vector graphics editor. ... Elgorithms MagicTracer is a computer application for converting raster images to vector output. ... OpenOffice. ... PhotoLine 32, or pl32, is a proprietary raster graphics editor. ... It has been suggested that Xara Xtreme LX be merged into this article or section. ...

Vector file formats: Import

1. via an extension, only version 7.0 or older.
2. via an extension
3. imports only up to V8.0 AI files, newer AI file versions needs to save as "AI (V8.0)" files
4. only within Xara Xtreme Pro
5. only within Xara Xtreme for Linux

Adobe Illustrator Artwork (AI) is a proprietary file format developed by Adobe Systems for representing vector-based drawings in either the EPS or PDF formats. ... CorelDRAW is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Corel Corporation of Ottawa, Canada. ... OpenDocument or ODF, short for the OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications, is a document file format used for describing electronic documents such as memos, reports, books, spreadsheets, charts, presentations and word processing documents. ... PostScript (PS) is a page description language and programming language used primarily in the electronic and desktop publishing areas. ... Encapsulated PostScript, or EPS, is a graphics file format. ... PDF is an abbreviation with several meanings: Portable Document Format Post-doctoral fellowship Probability density function There also is an electronic design automation company named PDF Solutions. ... Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an XML markup language for describing two-dimensional vector graphics, both static and animated, and either declarative or scripted. ... SWF is a proprietary vector graphics file format produced by the Flash software from Adobe (formerly Macromedia). ... AutoCAD DXF (Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format) is a CAD data file format, developed by Autodesk as their solution for enabling data interoperability between AutoCAD and other programs. ... Adobe Illustrator is a vector-based drawing program developed and marketed by Adobe Systems. ... ConceptDraw V is a professional cross-platform drawing and diagramming software for quick creation of business diagrams, flowcharts, network diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings, home and office layouts and much more. ... CorelDRAW is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Corel Corporation of Ottawa, Canada. ... Inkscape is a Free Software vector graphics editor. ... OpenOffice. ... PhotoLine 32, or pl32, is a proprietary raster graphics editor. ... It has been suggested that Xara Xtreme LX be merged into this article or section. ... Adobe Illustrator Artwork (AI) is a proprietary file format developed by Adobe Systems for representing vector-based drawings in either the EPS or PDF formats. ... CorelDRAW is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Corel Corporation of Ottawa, Canada. ... OpenDocument or ODF, short for the OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications, is a document file format used for describing electronic documents such as memos, reports, books, spreadsheets, charts, presentations and word processing documents. ... PostScript (PS) is a page description language and programming language used primarily in the electronic and desktop publishing areas. ... Encapsulated PostScript, or EPS, is a graphics file format. ... PDF is an abbreviation with several meanings: Portable Document Format Post-doctoral fellowship Probability density function There also is an electronic design automation company named PDF Solutions. ... Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an XML markup language for describing two-dimensional vector graphics, both static and animated, and either declarative or scripted. ... SWF is a proprietary vector graphics file format produced by the Flash software from Adobe (formerly Macromedia). ... AutoCAD DXF (Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format) is a CAD data file format, developed by Autodesk as their solution for enabling data interoperability between AutoCAD and other programs. ...

Vector file formats: Export

1. via an extension.
2. support for many features is limited.
3. only within Xara Xtreme for Linux

Adobe Illustrator Artwork (AI) is a proprietary file format developed by Adobe Systems for representing vector-based drawings in either the EPS or PDF formats. ... CorelDRAW is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Corel Corporation of Ottawa, Canada. ... OpenDocument or ODF, short for the OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications, is a document file format used for describing electronic documents such as memos, reports, books, spreadsheets, charts, presentations and word processing documents. ... PostScript (PS) is a page description language and programming language used primarily in the electronic and desktop publishing areas. ... Encapsulated PostScript, or EPS, is a graphics file format. ... PDF is an abbreviation with several meanings: Portable Document Format Post-doctoral fellowship Probability density function There also is an electronic design automation company named PDF Solutions. ... Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an XML markup language for describing two-dimensional vector graphics, both static and animated, and either declarative or scripted. ... SWF is a proprietary vector graphics file format produced by the Flash software from Adobe (formerly Macromedia). ... The LaTeX logo, typeset with LaTeX LATEX, written as LaTeX in plain text, is a document markup language and document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. ... AutoCAD DXF (Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format) is a CAD data file format, developed by Autodesk as their solution for enabling data interoperability between AutoCAD and other programs. ... TrueType is an outline font standard originally developed by Apple Computer in the late 1980s as a competitor to Adobes Type 1 fonts used in PostScript. ... PostScript (PS) is a page description language used primarily in the electronic and desktop publishing areas. ... Adobe Illustrator is a vector-based drawing program developed and marketed by Adobe Systems. ... ConceptDraw V is a professional cross-platform drawing and diagramming software for quick creation of business diagrams, flowcharts, network diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings, home and office layouts and much more. ... CorelDRAW is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Corel Corporation of Ottawa, Canada. ... Inkscape is a Free Software vector graphics editor. ... OpenOffice. ... PhotoLine 32, or pl32, is a proprietary raster graphics editor. ... It has been suggested that Xara Xtreme LX be merged into this article or section. ... Adobe Illustrator Artwork (AI) is a proprietary file format developed by Adobe Systems for representing vector-based drawings in either the EPS or PDF formats. ... CorelDRAW is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Corel Corporation of Ottawa, Canada. ... OpenDocument or ODF, short for the OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications, is a document file format used for describing electronic documents such as memos, reports, books, spreadsheets, charts, presentations and word processing documents. ... PostScript (PS) is a page description language and programming language used primarily in the electronic and desktop publishing areas. ... Encapsulated PostScript, or EPS, is a graphics file format. ... PDF is an abbreviation with several meanings: Portable Document Format Post-doctoral fellowship Probability density function There also is an electronic design automation company named PDF Solutions. ... Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an XML markup language for describing two-dimensional vector graphics, both static and animated, and either declarative or scripted. ... SWF is a proprietary vector graphics file format produced by the Flash software from Adobe (formerly Macromedia). ... The LaTeX logo, typeset with LaTeX LATEX, written as LaTeX in plain text, is a document markup language and document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. ... AutoCAD DXF (Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format) is a CAD data file format, developed by Autodesk as their solution for enabling data interoperability between AutoCAD and other programs. ... TrueType is an outline font standard originally developed by Apple Computer in the late 1980s as a competitor to Adobes Type 1 fonts used in PostScript. ... PostScript (PS) is a page description language used primarily in the electronic and desktop publishing areas. ...

See also

• Graphics
• Vector graphics editor
• List of vector graphics editors
• Comparison of raster graphics editors

Graphics are visual presentations on some surface such as a wall, canvas, computer screen, paper, or stone to brand, inform, illustrate, or entertain. ... A screenshot of the xfig vector graphics editor A screenshot of the modern vector graphics editor Xara Xtreme A vector graphics editor is a computer program that allows users to compose and edit vector graphics images interactively on the computer screen (compare with MetaPost) and save them in one of... The following is a list of vector graphics editors. ... The following is a list of raster graphics editors. ...

External links

• Slashdot discussion about a VGE list - loads more data for comparison.
• Math Games: Vector vs Raster (maa.org) - Incorporates Slashdot suggestions (above) for 65 vector graphics editors.
• Comparisons between Inkscape and various similar applications