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Among advanced open source graphics tools, GIMP has a lot of fans, and there are many free online resources available for it, but if you're looking for a drawing and illustration tool that can compete with Adobe Illustrator and is especially good for logos and splashy still graphics, give Inkscape a try. It runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, and is well-known as a powerful and flexible drawing and vector editing application. In this post, you'll find four resources for getting familiar with Inkscape's capabilities, and they'll help you get going quickly with the application.

GIMP, the GNU Image Manipulation Program, is a widely used and respected open source graphics program, especially attractive because it runs on Windows, the Mac and Linux. Originally created at U.C. Berkeley its interface and feature set run neck-and-neck with expensive proprietary graphics programs, and it has a huge community of developers and plug-in creators. The GIMP site has many useful resources for the application, and you can find an increasing number of ways to imbue GIMP with all the smarts of applications such as Photoshop. Here's our updated collection of great resources for GIMP, including instructions on using Photoshop filters with it, a full-length free online book, and more.?