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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

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