Sunsetting Libre Graphics World, introducing Libre Arts
by Alexandre ProkoudineIt is done
Weekly Recaps
A mostly weekly look at what's new in the world of Libre Arts.
9 December 2020
New releases of Krita and Shotcut, new features in Siril, Blender, Olive
1 December 2020
New major releases of Blender, Font Manager, DrumGizmo, amSynth
Multi-week recap — 25 November 2020
New releases of GIMP, Scribus, FontForge, Synfig, Tahoma2D, LibreDWG, Giada, Ardour
Podcast
Conversations with developers and users of free software for creative professionals.
Podcast ep. 003 - Paul Davis on fixing big Linux audio issues
This is a the second part of the interview with Paul Davis. It's time to talk about some big stuff that is relevant to virtually every user of Linux audio applications for music-making.
Previously...
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 use math input in GIMP
How to do simple calculations in the spinbox widgets where you input numeric values
Mastering Inkscape in 2018
What’s best among books, courses, and tutorials on the free/libre vector graphics editor
How to view reference images in GIMP
A fellow darktable contributor asked about the washed-out effect he discovered in one of my pictures. Here is how I do it.
Showcases
Great works of art made with free/libre software
The art of Philipp Urlich
The art of Philipp Urlich: immersive landscapes and GauGAN in digital painting
The art of Ngan Pham
Today we are talking to Ngan Pham, a young artist residing in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Ngan extensively uses Krita as a freelance concept artist and illustrator.
The art of Yaroslav Chyzhevskyi
Yaroslav likes using it all: both Krita, MyPaint, and GIMP.
Posts
Other posts about the Libre Arts community.
Scribus 1.5.6 and beyond
by Alexandre ProkoudineNew unstable version of Scribus is available with several interesting improvements such as PDF-based printing, PDF 1.6 compatibility with OpenType fonts embedding, and more changes.
GIMP 2.99.2 vs 2.10.x: which one do you pick?
by Alexandre ProkoudineNow that the GIMP team is back to releasing both stable and unstable updates, here is the question that a lot of people will be asking. Should they go for 2.99.2? Or should they stick to the stable 2.10 series?
RIP Bill Morrow
by Alexandre ProkoudineThe Cinelerra community is mourning the loss of W.P. Morrow aka Good Guy
How to use math input in GIMP
by Alexandre ProkoudineHow to do simple calculations in the spinbox widgets where you input numeric values