Photography
darktable 4.2
by Alexandre ProkoudineNew and updates modules, WebP and JPEG-XL support
Hugin 2022
by Alexandre ProkoudineThe panorama stitcher got UX improvements
Interview with Pat David at Libre Graphics Meeting 2019
by Alexandre ProkoudineI had the fun and privilege to interview the founder of Pixls.us.
Meet Seashore, free image editor for macOS with GIMP roots
by Alexandre ProkoudineOne of very few successful GIMP semi-forks is rising from the ashes again.
Conversation with PhotoFlare developer Dylan Coakley
by Alexandre ProkoudineThere are many reasons one could wish for a simple general image editor on Linux. This is one of the least known options.
How to view reference images in GIMP
by Alexandre ProkoudineGIMP has no reference image viewer. Fortunately, there a simple way to work around this.
darktable 2.0 released with printing support
by Alexandre ProkoudineNew version of the digital photography workflow app arrives with color-managed printing
GIMP 2.9.2 released, how about features trivia?
by Alexandre ProkoudineThe GIMP team made the first public release in the 2.9.x series. It's completely GEGL-based, has 16/32-bit per channel editing and new tools.
GIMP is 20 Years Old, What’s Next?
by Alexandre ProkoudineThis week, GIMP celebrates its 20th anniversary
SANE update brings support for over 300 scanners and MFUs on Linux
by Alexandre ProkoudineSANE is not the most often updated pack of drivers and associated software around, but when they release, they do deliver.
GEGL gets mipmaps, 71 new image processing operations
by Alexandre ProkoudineGIMP's new image processing engine got its first update in three years, and it's full of awesome
Introducing ArgyllPRO ColorMeter for Android
by Alexandre ProkoudineGraeme Gill has just announced immediate availability of ArgyllPRO ColorMeter, a commercial Android app that allows using colorimeters and spectrophotometers directly via the USB on-the-go port.
GIMP gets advanced Exif, XMP, IPTC metadata support
by Alexandre ProkoudineBuilt-in viewer for metadata is coming to GIMP 2.10
GIMP gets canvas rotation
by Alexandre ProkoudineThe new feature is mostly useful for digital painting and drawing, as well as for preparing textures in CG
What free software projects will be sponsored by Google this summer?
by Alexandre ProkoudineLast night, Google started publishing the list of mentoring organizations accepted to the Summer of Code 2013 program
GIMP team revitalizes astrophotography tools
by Alexandre ProkoudineIn the eyes of astrophotographers GIMP has always been an underdog. Recent changes in the unstable version finally address this issue.
Advanced samplers for GEGL to be crowdfunded
by Alexandre ProkoudineNicolas Robidoux aims to implement advanced samplers in GEGL — the new GIMP's image processing engine
GIMP 2.8 released, next version to get high bit depth precision
by Alexandre ProkoudineAfter 3.5 years of blood, sweat and tears the GIMP team announced the release of GIMP 2.8. But good things come in pairs.
Toy plug-in for GIMP simplifies creating tilt-shift fakes
by Alexandre ProkoudineType design is something that never lets you go once got a basic grasp of it. And studying how other people do it is an important part of getting there.
Washed-out and golden skintones effect in darktable
by Alexandre ProkoudineA fellow darktable contributor asked about the washed-out effect he discovered in one of my pictures. Here is how I do it.
Create lens distorsion models with Hugin’s lens calibrator
by Alexandre ProkoudineIf your lens is missing in LensFun database, you can create it thanks to lens calibration app from newly released version of Hugin, a free panorama stitcher. Learn how to do it.
Richard Hughes on color management in Linux and GNOME
by Alexandre ProkoudineWhat's new with GNOME Color manager, what changes are coming to the Linux printing system
How to save all visible content in GIMP
by Alexandre ProkoudineIn this GIMP tutorial, we introduce you to the concept of projections and explain how to save everything visible in GIMP's image window to a file
Using color tools presets in GIMP
by Alexandre ProkoudineLearn how to use color tools presets to preserve favourite settings of Levels, Curves and suchlike for further use across sessions.
New versions of GNOME Color Manager and colord released
by Alexandre ProkoudineThe new beta versions are bringing lots of awesomeness
How to save and restore selections in GIMP
by Alexandre ProkoudineSometimes when you work on a complex project in GIMP, you carefully construct a very precise selection you might need later, so how do you save it?
Split toning with GIMP and darktable
by Alexandre ProkoudineIn this tutorial we'll explain what sepia actually is, and how this effect is best achieved in GIMP and darktable.
GIMP add-ons: types, installation, management
by Alexandre ProkoudineThis is the ultimate guide to installing and managing GIMP add-ons like brushes, plug-ins, scripts.
UFRaw 0.17
by Alexandre ProkoudineThe new version is out with official support for LensFun and more features
GNOME Color Manager 2.29.4 released
by Alexandre ProkoudineRichard Hughes released new version of GNOME Color Manager — a bundle of color management tools for GNOME.
First stable version of Geeqie released
by Alexandre ProkoudineVladimir Nadvornik et al. released the first stable version of an image viewer called Geeqie.
GNOME Color Manager 2.29.3 released with configuration of default color spaces
by Alexandre ProkoudineA new version of GNOME Color Manager is out as usual on first Monday of a month.
GNOME Color Manager, preliminary review
by Alexandre ProkoudineToday we are doing an early review of GNOME Color Manager — a set of free tools to make color management in GNOME and Linux just work™.
First public version of GNOME Color Manager released
by Alexandre ProkoudineAfter a little over a month of work Richard Hughes released the first public version of GNOME Color Manager.
darktable 0.3 released with color management and more features
by Alexandre ProkoudineNew version of darktable, free/libre digital light table and Raw converter, is out.
UFRaw 0.16 gets multicore support and new tools
by Alexandre ProkoudineNew version of UFRaw is out with some major new features like 100% preview, hot pixel removal and more.
LibRaw 0.8.0 released
by Alexandre ProkoudineThe new version now supports RAW files larger than 2GB.
What's new in GIMP 2.7.0 development release
by Alexandre ProkoudineGIMP team has just released the first unstable version in this development cycle with lots of exciting new features. Learn more about it.
RawTherapee 2.4 released, gets basic batch processing
by Alexandre ProkoudineNew version of RawTherapee is out with major new features like Exif/IPTC support, theme switching, and improved GUI layout.
Hugin 0.8 released
by Alexandre ProkoudineThe new version gets interactive hardware accelerated panorama preview dialog and batch stitching.
LProf and the real world color management on Linux
by Alexandre ProkoudineThis interview with Hal V. Engel, lead developer of LProf, was taken back in December 2007. With introduction of GNOME Color Manager in late 2009 and dispcalGUI in 2008 is has mostly historical value.
darktable 0.2 released
by Alexandre ProkoudineThe photography workflow application got a new user interface for the library.
GEGL 0.1.0 released
by Alexandre ProkoudineNew version of GEGL, new GIMP's core, is out in the wild with mostly internal changes.