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A standalone SVG editor?
How about Inkscape? It is:
free and open source,
has a perfectly compliant SVG format file generation and editing,
can open a number of other vector formats, with the help of extensions,
can ...
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Simple program to edit screenshots (add texts and arrows, mark stuff) on Linux
Flameshot
Super easy to use. I mapped it to my PrtSc.
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Any apps/sites to vectorize images for free?
In the apps category (Windows, Mac, Linux), one can use Inkscape to perform a trace bitmap operation. The results are usually of reasonable quality and may require some manipulation of the parameters ...
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A standalone SVG editor?
As already mentioned I would go with Inkscape if you want a full featured SVG editor with great design capabilities and powerful tools.
If you want something simpler however, are looking for a web ...
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Online vector-based image editor, that doesn't use Flash
Take a look at http://editor.method.ac/
You have no layer overview but you can send the items forward and backward.
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Free photo editor for Windows
Having an Explorer window which you switch to with alt-tab and drag&dropping Images to GIMP (which can even be combined with alt-tab) is what I would suggest.
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Photoshop alternatives for Mac?
For any platform I cannot recommend GIMP enough.
Cross Platform OS-X, Linux, Windows
Free, gratis & open source
Very powerful
You can also extend it with a large number of plug-ins but I would ...
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Software for bulk image editing
For Windows I have to recommend IrfanView. Their website is pretty ancient, but the software is reliable and the batch functions work for everything I've ever needed them for.
Install IrfanView and ...
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Touch-optimized paint program
A long, long, long time ago, I've used an application TuxPaint. It's an extremely easy to use painting/drawing application designed for children and appears to have a very easy to use UI. It also has ...
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Software to add border to photos in bulk
ImageMagick
works on Windows and several other OS, but I could not find a DEB file for Ubuntu
is free, even for commercial use
can add all kinds of borders
supports many formats and can convert ...
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Which software to light pen text on an image ?
If you are just looking for simple easy to use software I highly suggest you try using Lightshot. It's a nifty little tool that lets you use a highlighter on the image as well as draw arrows, lines, ...
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Software for bulk image editing
For Free and Open Source image manipulation, you can never go wrong with GIMP.
For editing images in bulk (Batch Processing), I would suggest getting the BIMP plugin for GIMP.
Plugin installation is ...
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A standalone SVG editor?
Any semi-decent vector editing application should fulfil your requisites (except being free). In addition to the already mentioned Inkscape, Gravit Designer is a good choice (you can use it both in ...
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Photoshop alternatives for Mac?
For many years, the main alternative to Photoshop I have found is Pixelmator, although the new kid on the block is Affinity Photo. Both are built for the Mac and are in the $30-40.
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Free, open source C# image resize and optimize library
I suggest Magick.NET:
supports over 100 major file formats
Open source
Linked with ImageMagick, which is the reference in this domain, most image transformations (thumbnails, optimisations) on the ...
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Linux program like Windows 7 MS Paint
Currently, there are more alternatives, like KolourPaint.
I really like it's simplicity.
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Lossless JPEG crop GUI for Linux
CropGUI can do that.
Strong points:
Extremely fast to start.
Does the lossless crop.
Open source (GPLv2).
Weak points:
It is a bit bothersome to install (clone from GitHub and install the ...
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Image Resize + Compression + Progressive JPEG Conversion (+ Cropping optional) All-in-One?
IrfanView is a free image-editing tool with a many batch-operation options, as shown below, and the JPEG save dialog includes the progressive option.
It is a Windows application, but runs well under ...
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Image software for creating a repetitive background of seamless tiles
I recommend Paint.NET with the Seamless Helper Plugin (direct download). After installation of Paint.NET, you need to copy that DLL file to C:\Program Files\paint.net\Effects\SeamlessHelper.dll.
Here'...
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What simple open source photo/image editors exist there on android?
Phimp.me has the cropping/rotating features you mention, in addition to a wide range of other features. I haven't found a resize feature yet, though I haven't looked hard. There is apparently a ...
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What simple open source photo/image editors exist there on android?
Can't do photo resizing but the Gallery app from LineageOS, based on AOSP, does have cropping, rotation, and filters. I don't know if this source code is up to date, though, but it does look and work ...
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PDF document signing
Digital Signing PDF or document using just image is not the best option for non-repudiation. You may use Digital Signature Certificate issued by Certifying Authority in USB Token or Smartcard to ...
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Freeware EMF image editor
The test file provided in the comments will open without failure in Inkscape 0.92, a more recent version than the referenced 0.91 failure. It also "save as" fine with 0.92 in .emf format.
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Program to quicly remove specks from images
I would recommend The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program). Specifically, you might try the GIMP Despeckle plugin.
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Software to add border to photos in bulk
IrfanView works well for me for sets of images. Here are some how-to notes
Here is my stored procedure for border insertion -
Infran Procedure to add a border
Right-Click image, 'Open with'->'...
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Software to add border to photos in bulk
You can use gimp on batch mode over all files in folder
and run gimp scripts for visual effects like this one for borders.
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A standalone SVG editor?
Just use any plain text editor. I use mousepad. SVG is just an XML file with a well defined and stable DTD, analogous to HTML. If you really want to be able to control your images, manually editing ...
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Free open source paint program for Windows
PhotoDemon seems a good fit
You can paste a screenshot or an image
It's open source and free
You can draw with pencil / add text
Works from XP to Windows 10
Portable as well :)
Straightforward if you ...
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Free open source paint program for Windows
with your requirements Pinta comes in my mind, which is a FOSS cross-platform fork of paint.NET 3.
it seems to me, that it fits your bill:
for sure raster graphics can be pasted
copping, selecting, ...
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Open-source city cartography tool (GIS software)
You are looking for GIS software, and although it is a broad subject I will give you some two options that you can research to see if one suits your needs.
Arcgis Online Use it to make maps, look at ...
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