Shorter-than-usual week recap: new stuff in GIMP, Krita, darktable, new releases of @zrythm and Guitarix, and the usual roundup of new tutorials and artworks made with free/libre software
https://librearts.org/2021/01/week-recap-25-jan-2021/
Featured image by Juan Hernandez
Happy to do another artist showcase, this time — with Evelyne Schulz who uses GIMP for digital painting!
Calling all Inkscape artists!
You're invited to enter our traditional About Screen Contest for the upcoming Inkscape version 1.1!
Find all information about how to join the drawing contest at
https://inkscape.org/en/community/about-screen-contests/
We're looking forward to seeing your art!
updated Drops
- remembers the last used directory
- pitch tune (+/- 100ct)
- oversampling (up to 8x)
https://github.com/clearly-broken-software/drops/releases/tag/v0.2-alpha
To hell with 2020! Here is what you should be expecting to happen _this_ year in free/libre software for creative professionals:
I'm sunsetting Libre Graphics World to replace it with Libre Arts. Here is the why and how:
This is a shorter-than-usual week recap: new releases of Krita and Shotcut, new features in Siril, Blender, Olive, some interesting ongoing development in darktable (will land to dev branch after v3.4 release and after some heavy modification, apparently).
http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/week-recap-9-december-2020
Featured artwork by Seefat
Week recap: new major releases of @Blender, Font Manager, DrumGizmo, amSynth, new features in @krita, Olive, new node-based image editor called Cascade
Details: http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/week-recap-1-december-2020
Featured artwork by Rutger van de Steeg
Font Manager 0.8.0 is out with Google Fonts integration, saved font comparison sets, Unicode 13 support etc. Linux-only so far :)
Subtitles available for the video. Might make a post though
Oh and another multi-week recap is out too:
http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/multi-week-recap-25-november-2020
Looks like I never posted here this video about new docks in upcoming @inkscape 1.1 :)
New charcoals in Krita and more! Paper is also included ;) https://share.tube/videos/watch/ab7a3013-d0f4-41fd-a710-ba30e21a00c8
New video is out: a quick look at Scribus 1.5.6 and beyond.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lnlBufWMfI
A few people told me I speak too fast, and my accent doesn't help. So let's see if I can find my rock bottom by speaking slowly. Everything is an experiment :)
Edited transcript:
http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/scribus-1-5-6-and-beyond
Subtitles coming.
Looks like I published another video on GIMP, with subtitles and edited transcript because of my Russian accent and shpeech impeshimentsh :)
If you are, like, puzzled whether you should switch to unstable v2.99 series, have a go at it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5hG_vJI80k
http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/gimp-2-99-2-vs-2-10-which-one-do-you-pick
RIP Bill Morrow, lead developer of free/libre video editor Cinelerra-GG
New week recap is out:
http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/week-recap-3-november-2020
Featured artwork by William Nugroho, made with Inkscape
#FreeCAD BIM migration guide - Yorik's blog - https://yorik.uncreated.net/blog/2020-010-freecad-bim-guide
Go #OpenBIM. Go #OpenSource. #BlenderBIM Add-on v0.0.200912 has been released with 50 new features and fixes. 100% free software to author and document BIM data fully to ISO standards. It's built by the AEC community, for the AEC community. Get it today: https://blenderbim.org
Highlights include multiprocessing import by default, smoother workflows for drawing generation, and improved MicroMVDs for #OSArch certified #IFC outputs.
Release notes: https://community.osarch.org/discussion/comment/2597/#Comment_2597
Clone my workstation! Update of my guide to install my 100% Free/Libre and Open-Source operating system and tools. "Kubuntu Linux 20.04 for a digital painting workstation: Reasons and Install guide": https://www.davidrevoy.com/article783
#kubuntu #kde #linux #krita #digitalart
My silly week recap is belatedly out:
http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/week-recap-4-august-2020
Lots of good stuff happening all around!
Featured Blender-powered artwork by YotaKa.
Founder of Libre Arts (formerly Libre Graphics World), contributor to GIMP and more libre projects than a sane person would admit