Image Tools Image Viewers - Image viewers are tools which read image files of various formats and display them visually. Image Creators - Image creation programs are tools which allow the user to either draw, paint, or create graphical images. Drawing and painting tools are rather common packages. Examples are Adobe Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, and even include programs like Draw on the Macintosh, and Paint with Windows. Image Manipulators - Image manipulators allow for the manipulation or changing of an image in some manner, usually on a pixel by pixel basis.
Manipulators can change colors, hues, shading depths, and a variety of other things.
Image conversion programs allow the user to manipulate and convert existing image formats to an entirely different format. For example, a program might only allow the use of a GIF image, and if your image is stored in the JPEG format, the convertor would serve to make the required conversion, thus allowing you to convert and use your image. Return to the Table of Contents Where to find Images Graphical images can be found in a wide variety of places. Examples include Clip Art files in word processing and Image creation packages, and on Clip Art Compact Disks. Images can also be created by creation programs, scanned into file format by a scanner, or taken from a digital picture file from a digital camera.