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- AGG
- The Anti-Grain Geometry (Agg) rendering engine, capable of rendering high-quality images
- EPS
- Encapsulated Postscript (EPS)
- JPG
- The Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) compression method and file format for photographic images
- numpy
- numpy is the standard numerical array library for python, the successor to Numeric and numarray. numpy provides fast operations for homogeneous data sets and common mathematical operations like correlations, standard deviation, fourier transforms, and convolutions.
- Adobe’s Portable Document Format (PDF)
- PNG
- Portable Network Graphics (PNG), a raster graphics format that employs lossless data compression which is more suitable for line art than the lossy jpg format. Unlike the gif format, png is not encumbered by requirements for a patent license.
- PS
- Postscript (PS) is a vector graphics ASCII text language widely used in printers and publishing. Postscript was developerd by adobe systems and is starting to show its age: for example is does not have an alpha channel. PDF was designed in part as a next-generation document format to replace postscript
- pyqt
- pyqt provides python wrappers for the Qt and Qt4 widgets library. Widely used on linux and windows; many linux distributions package this as ‘python-qt3’ or ‘python-qt4’.
- python
- python is an object oriented interpreted language widely used for scripting, application development, web application servers, scientific computing and more.
- Qt
- Qt is a cross-platform application framework for desktop and embedded development.
- Qt4
- Qt4 is the most recent version of Qt cross-platform application framework for desktop and embedded development.
- raster graphics
- Raster graphics, or bitmaps, represent an image as an array of pixels which is resolution dependent. Raster graphics are generally most practical for photo-realistic images, but do not scale easily without loss of quality.
- SVG
- The Scalable Vector Graphics format (SVG). An XML based vector graphics format supported by many web browsers.
- TIFF
- Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) is a file format for storing images, including photographs and line art.
- vector graphics
- vector graphics use geometrical primitives based upon mathematical equations to represent images in computer graphics. Primitives can include points, lines, curves, and shapes or polygons. Vector graphics are scalable, which means that they can be resized without suffering from issues related to inherent resolution like are seen in raster graphics. Vector graphics are generally most practical for typesetting and graphic design applications.