Chapter 1 ■ the Different faCes of Java: Create a Java 9 Development Workstation
Once you have downloaded the InkScape software, right-click on the filename, and Run as
Administrator to install it on your workstation. If you like, you can use the Programs and Features utility
that you used earlier in the chapter to uninstall a previous Inkscape version.
After your software is installed, create a Quick Launch Icon on your Taskbar so that you can launch
InkScape with a single click of the mouse. Next, you’ll install a popular digital imaging software package
called GIMP, which will allow you to create “raster,” or pixel-based, artwork for games using JPEG, PNG,
WebP, or GIF digital image formats.
Downloading and Installing GIMP for Digital Image Compositing
Since JavaFX also supports 2D images that utilize “raster” image technology which represents images as
an array of pixels. This is what is used in paid digital image compositing software packages, such as Adobe
Photoshop and Corel Painter. We’ll download and install the popular open source digital image editing and
compositing software package known as “The Gimp.” GIMP is available for the Linux, Windows, Solaris,
FreeBSD, and Macintosh operating systems. If you want to learn more about digital image compositing, take
a look at the Digital Image Compositing Fundamentals title from Apress. To find the GIMP software on the
Internet, use Google Search, and type in GIMP. The website is shown in Figure 1-16.
Figure 1-15. Google the word InkScape, go to the inkscape.org website, click on the download icon, or
download menu