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The process of converting proprietary formats to open formats is variable, it always depends on the complexity of the files and varies from format to format. For example, converting from .ai to .svg using Adobe Illustrator may be as easy as exporting as .svg from the software, but sometimes it may not work out. These edge cases are the hardest ones to get around to. Usually, it may be necessary to have to re-write or re-create the assets from scratch and then export them to SVG, to ensure maximum compatibility.
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Licensing
When you create a piece of software, it's automatically protected by copyright. This means that you retain all rights to your source code and that nobody else may reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from your work.
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Creating design assets for openIMIS
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GIMP
GIMP is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image retouching and editing, free-form drawing, converting between different image formats, and more specialized tasks. GIMP can be used for opening and changing many types of file formats. GIMP is released under GPLv3+ licenses and is available for Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows. GIMP offers a Wiki page where it gives explanations and every detailed information one needs to understand.
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Smithsonian Open Access is the best hosting site if your project needs some 2D and 3D digital modeling. You can download, share and reuse this collection of images and data from 19 Smithsonian's Museums, research centers and many archives they have.
Open Source Design
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Community
Open Source Design is a community of designers and developers pushing more open design processes and improving the user experience and interface design of open source software. This community writes articles, runs a job board, puts on events, provides resources, and presents talks targeted at developers and designers interested in working and designing in Open Source.
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