Graphics

Formats : creation, conversion and viewing softwares

• Postcript - EPS
• PDF
• DjVu

• Ghostscript, Ghostview and GSview
• Acrobat Reader
• DjVu
• Cutepdf
• pstoedit

Drawing and plotting softwares

Free

• gnuplot (script) - Tips for Gnuplot
• Xmgrace (GUI) - Tips for Xmgrace
• Matplotlib (Python)
• PyX (Python)
• Mayavi (Python)
• Asymptote (script)
• Inkscape with Tex Text extension for LaTeX formulas (GUI)
• Xfig (GUI)
• Skencil (GUI)
• GoogleSketchUp 3D software (GUI)
• Dia

With Latex

• PGF and TikZ and Examples

Non free

• Adobe Illustrator
• Mayura
• Matlab

Tips

EPS Files

• Tips for eps files
• use ghostscript to remove comments and lighten an EPS file

<source lang="bash">

1. !/bin/bash

for FILE in $* ; do gs -r2400 -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -q -dNOCACHE -sDEVICE=epswrite -sOutputFile=small_$FILE $FILE done </source>