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Image
An image is a visual representation of something.
In the computer context it is a file with an extension like png
, jpg
, gif
and svg
for
vector graphics but there are many more.
This entry also features medicinal image and visual formats such as DICOM.
Viewer
- sxiv is an image viewer for Linux' X window system.
- Weasis is a cross-platform DICOM viewer.
Editors
Editing images can be done by various image manipulation software.
- GIMP is a popular cross-platform program for editing pictures.
- ImageMagick is another cross-platform software suite for creating and
- editing (raster) images.
- upscayl is an upscaler that can be used cross-platform.
- Inkscape is a cross-platform vector graphic editor.
- draw.io is a cross-platform program and web application for creating and editing diagrams.
Getting Metadata
Using MediaInfo metadata of a file can be obtained.
A command for this looks like the following.
In this the file to obtain metadata to is assumed to be image.png
.
mediainfo image.png