Blender not only generates realistic single frames; it is also capable of capturing the natural movements of people and animals. We’ll introduce you to some of Blender’s animation features.

If you want to send your friends birthday greetings or a personalized picture postcard, KreetingKard can help.

If you like astronomy but you don’t like sitting outside on cold nights, try stargazing from a virtual planetarium.

pstoedit lets you convert Postscript and PDF files to vector-based image formats.

Gimp will help you dial up the quality on your less-than-perfect digital

images.

You need good software and plenty of CPU power to create virtual worlds. Luckily for today’s animators, powerful PCs are inexpensive, and some excellent animation tools are absolutely free.

The Linux environment includes some powerful tools for editing, managing, and scanning digital images.