Editorial / CAD FreeCAD 1.0: new features and the larger picture

Weekly Recaps

A mostly weekly look at what's new in the world of Libre Arts.

Weekly recap — 17 November 2024
Weekly recap — 17 November 2024

Exciting development in Inkscape, zero release blockers for FreeCAD 1.0, and a new Verge3D release

Weekly recap — 10 November 2024
Weekly recap — 10 November 2024

First release candidate of GIMP 3.0 is out; DIGImend’s developer resigns

Weekly recap — 3 November 2024
Weekly recap — 3 November 2024

FreeCAD is getting closer to v1.0 but Ondsel is shutting down

Podcast

Conversations with developers and users of free software for creative professionals.

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Podcast ep. 002 - Paul Davis on the deep rewrite of Ardour

This is the first part of a long interview with Paul Davis, founder and lead developer of Ardour, free/libre digital audio workstation.


Podcast ep. 001 - Interview with Krita developers

Krita team on funding the development and bringing in new contributors


Tutorials

How to use free/libre software for good honest work

How to make FreeCAD look and work like Ondsel ES
How to make FreeCAD look and work like Ondsel ES

Missing Ondsel ES already? Here is how you can customize FreeCAD to be more like it

How to use math input in GIMP
How to use math input in GIMP

How to do simple calculations in the spinbox widgets where you input numeric values

Mastering Inkscape in 2018
Mastering Inkscape in 2018

What’s best among books, courses, and tutorials on the free/libre vector graphics editor

Showcases

Great works of art made with free/libre software

Halloween art 2021
Halloween art 2021

Spooky and fun!

Revolutionizing garment-making in Italy with Valentina
Revolutionizing garment-making in Italy with Valentina

Here is a tailor shop in Sicily actively using Valentina for pattern design

The art of Evelyne Schulz
The art of Evelyne Schulz

Growing with Linux and GIMP to become a pro

Reviews

Hands-on reviews of free/libre software

Elektroid 3.1 welcomes Arturia MicroFreak
Elektroid 3.1 welcomes Arturia MicroFreak

Libre replacement for Elektron Transfer advances further into Arturia territory

Elektroid 3.0 and Overwitch 1.1 released
Elektroid 3.0 and Overwitch 1.1 released

FOSS replacement for Elektron Transfer that also handles some Arturia, Moog, and Novation devices

New in GIMP: paint tools can autoexpand layers now
New in GIMP: paint tools can autoexpand layers now

It's one more step to an infinite canvas in GIMP

Posts

Other posts about the Libre Arts community.

CLever Audio Plugin API two years later
by Alexandre Prokoudine

Let’s take a look at the evolution of the project and its adoption by developers of DAWs and plugins alike.

How to record browser audio on Linux
by Alexandre Prokoudine

Let's learn how to use Sound Recorder and Helvum to record audio from a web browser

GIMP 3.0 finally has a release schedule
by Alexandre Prokoudine

The team is targeting May 2024, but it's going to be tough, and here is why

Streamlining Inkscape for the masses
by Alexandre Prokoudine

An interview with the Inkscape team on better development process and UX improvements