Design Suite/PackageManifest

Basic Studio Components

 * blender - professional 3d modeling, animation, rendering, etc. tool
 * fontforge - font creation tools
 * gimp - bitmap graphics program
 * gimp-lqr-plugin: Content-aware resizing plug-in for the GIMP
 * gimp-resynthesizer: Gimp plug-in for texture synthesis
 * ufraw-gimp: gimp plugin for raw images
 * nip2: Interactive tool for working with large images
 * GREYCstoration-gimp: GREYCstoration image denoising and interpolation plugin for gimp
 * mathmap.i386 : MathMap GIMP Plug-In and Command-Line Tool
 * inkscape - vector graphics program
 * k3d - 3d rendering tool
 * koffice-krita - painterly bitmap graphics program
 * scribus - desktop publishing / print layout tool
 * cinepaint

Graphic Utilities

 * agave - color palette creator and editor
 * ImageMagick - various useful image utilities
 * renrot - command-line image batch resize and rotation tool.
 * cheese (vids/picture from webcam)
 * hugin - panomramic image creator
 * postr - flickr image uploader
 * gnome-specimen - font specimen app

Graphic Toys

 * fyre - formulaic abstract graphic creator
 * xaos - fractal creator
 * celestia - night sky explorer
 * stellarium - night sky explorer
 * wp_tray - wallpaper panel applet - changes wallpaper

Other

 * byzanz - desktop recorder

General Productivity

 * contacts
 * dates
 * dia - diagramming program
 * glabels - create labels, biz cards, etc
 * gpp (gnome photo printer)
 * labyrinth - mind-mapper
 * tomboy - notes
 * zim - journal app

PDFs

 * evince - document reader (pdf)
 * pdfjam - command line tools to create multipage pdfs
 * gscan2pdf - easily transform scanned docs to pdfs

Media Management

 * alexandria (book collection manager)
 * koverartist (cd cover creation too)

Media Storage

 * gnome-baker - burning
 * sound juicer - cd ripping

Fonts

 * bitstream-vera-fonts
 * charis-fonts
 * dejavu-fonts
 * dejavu-fonts-experimental
 * dejavu-lgc-fonts
 * doulos-fonts
 * gentium-fonts
 * hunky-fonts
 * liberation-fonts
 * linux-libertine-fonts
 * urw-fonts

Peripherals

 * linuxwacom
 * wdaemon - wacom tablet hotplug support

Other Packages to look at
many from gnomefiles.org


 * appliworks (image mangement)
 * archimedes (open cad for architects)
 * autopano-sift (panoramic image)
 * blueclock
 * book layout generator
 * bumblebee (graphic catalog manager)
 * byzanz (desktop recorder)
 * camera monitor (webcam)
 * camorama (webcam)
 * cankiri (screencast recorder)
 * ccPublisher - creative commons license and publish tool
 * ceemedia (movie catalog
 * cinepaint
 * clipart browser
 * cupid
 * day planner
 * desktop drapes
 * desktop flickr organizer
 * diva (vid editor)
 * dockboard
 * drqueue (render farm software)
 * dvdstyler (authoring)
 * easychem
 * Elfelli ("Simulate and visualize electric flux lines.")
 * exiflow
 * exiftagger
 * fedup (track shipments)
 * flame project (2d animation)
 * flumotion streaming server
 * fontpage (font tool)
 * font manager
 * fotox (panorama, other photo processing)
 * freej vid process
 * Freyja: 3d modeling system (Freyja is a 3d modeling system that provides content editing such as polymesh, UV, animation, and a wide range of model support via plugins.)
 * g3d (3d model viewer)
 * galbum (photo album)
 * gammapage (color adjustment)
 * gaphor (uml modeling tool)
 * gcstar
 * GIB (gnome icon theme builder)
 * gjots
 * gkII (A Mandelbrot and Julia Fractal image generator with added mangling equation)
 * gmso (ink level measures for printers)
 * Gnofract 4D (A flexible, easy-to-use fractal generator.)
 * gnometabletapps
 * gnome catalog (catalog cds and dvds)
 * gnome comics organizer
 * gnome specimen (font viewing tool)
 * gnome subtitles
 * Gnome-Turtle (A turtle and lsys fractal drawing program for GNOME.)
 * gnomolicious
 * gnuconcept (mind mapper)
 * gofoto (photo management)
 * gogh (image editor for tablets)
 * goupii (manage foundation meemberships)
 * gpixpod (photo organizer for ipod)
 * graphics muse tools (gimp plugin set)
 * gremind
 * gscan2pdf (scans to multipage pdf)
 * gSculpt - gSculpt is an open source procedural 3D modelling application with a comprehensive set of polygon mesh editing tools.
 * gtk photo gallery
 * gtkrawgallery
 * gtksee
 * gtkshots (continuous screenshot app)
 * GTKtalog
 * gtodo
 * gursor maker (graphic ui to make x cursors)
 * Gwhere (disc cataloger)
 * helix player
 * hugin (panorama software)
 * ibookshelf (organize books)
 * image resizer (nautilus plugin for resizing images)
 * imendio planner
 * imgworks (img magick gui for batch image processing)
 * incollector
 * inkblot (ink level measures)
 * jbrout (photo manager)
 * kino
 * listpatron (lists of info)
 * lives
 * mass rotate
 * mcatalog
 * medley (audio collection catalog app)
 * miro (democracy)
 * mission photo (photo manager)
 * mOEvIEs (movie collection catalog)
 * moho (2d animation)
 * Monotheka (movie database)
 * mvideo (film collection mgmt)
 * my paint (brush dynamics?? painting program)
 * nota
 * odot (task list)
 * osg edit (3d scene editor)
 * pAgenda
 * papagayo (lip sync software)
 * pdf cube
 * photo grid print
 * Pybliographic (ogranize biblio)
 * pymovie (organize movie collection)
 * rabbit
 * rawstudio
 * referencer (organize biblio)
 * reminder
 * rotoscope (for rotoscope images)
 * rphoto (photo cropper)
 * sane frontends
 * SharpConstruct - SharpConstruct is a 3D modeling program designed to paint depth on to polygon models in real-time.
 * sofa media center
 * steg detect (detect steganographic images)
 * sunbird/lightning
 * synfig (2d animation)
 * tasks (todo)
 * timesaver
 * timetracker
 * Truevision - Truevision is a 3D modeler for Gnome and Povray.
 * vazaar (organize your stuff)
 * veejay
 * virtual magnifying glass (screen magnifier)
 * vmoviedb (movie dv)
 * vrpe (batch image processing gui)
 * vue scan
 * wallpaper chooser
 * wallpapertray
 * webilder
 * wfyd (itime nag)
 * wine-doors
 * wings (3d modeler)
 * wizard (color matching and balancing)
 * wuja
 * wxremind
 * xpad
 * yalla (font selector)
 * zim

Packages that need more evaluation

 * gnomescan - seemed to crash me. give another try later.
 * kiconedit - can't find in repo anymore
 * comical - can't find in repo right now

Explicitly Rejected Packages

 * hnb - command-line
 * htmldoc - horrifying interface, some kind of custom toolkit and difficult to use
 * planner - not useful for artists
 * skencil - no compelling reason over inkscape. awkward ui.
 * abiword
 * gdeskcal (could have slicker-looking skin)
 * gnotime - time-tracker
 * gnumeric
 * notecase - note storage
 * open office impress (note: OOo Impress will drag in as dependency almost ALL of the suite --Nicu)
 * k3b - burning
 * freefont