Editing Graphics (section)

=== Web graphics ===
In the 1990s, Internet speeds increased, and web browsers capable of viewing images were released, the first being [[Mosaic (web browser)|Mosaic]]. Websites began to use the [[Graphics Interchange Format|GIF]] format to display small graphics, such as banners, advertisements, and navigation buttons, on web pages. Modern [[web browser]]s can now display [[JPEG]], [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]] and increasingly, [[Scalable Vector Graphics|SVG]] images in addition to [[GIF]]s on web pages. [[Scalable Vector Graphics|SVG]], and to some extent [[Vector Markup Language|VML]], support in some modern web browsers have made it possible to display [[vector graphics]] that are clear at any size. [[Plug-in (computing)|Plugins]] expand the web browser functions to display animated, interactive and [[3D computer graphics|3-D graphics]] contained within file formats such as [[SWF]] and [[X3D]].

[[File:Orangesig.jpg|left|thumb|Signature art used on web forums]]
Modern web graphics can be made with software such as [[Adobe Photoshop]], the [[GIMP]], or [[Corel Paint Shop Pro]]. Users of [[Microsoft Windows]] have [[Paint (software)|MS Paint]], which many find to be lacking in features. This is because MS Paint is a drawing package and {{em|not}} a graphics package.

Numerous platforms and websites have been created to cater to web graphics artists and to host their communities. A growing number of people use create internet forum signatures—generally, appearing after a user's post—and other digital artwork, such as photo manipulations and large graphics. With computer games' developers creating their own communities around their products, many more websites are being developed to offer graphics for the fans and to enable them to show their appreciation of such games in their own gaming profiles.