Natron
This is 2021: what's coming in free/libre software
by Alexandre ProkoudineA look across the full spectrum of digital content creation software
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Week recap — 13 July 2020
by Alexandre ProkoudineFirst virtual reality code lands to Blender
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Week recap — 24 March 2020
by Alexandre ProkoudineFirst virtual reality code lands to Blender
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Week recap — 3 September 2019
by Alexandre ProkoudineKrita is getting support for PaintTool SAI files
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Week recap — 9 December 2018
by Alexandre ProkoudineNVidia publishes PhysX SDK physics engine as an open source project
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The demise of Natron, how we got here, and where we go further
by Alexandre ProkoudineNatron, free/libre VFX compositing software, has been in serious trouble for at least the past year.
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The complete story of Paris-8 university going for Krita, Blender, Natron
by Alexandre ProkoudineIn an exclusive in-depth interview, François Grassard talks about integration of Krita, Blender, Natron into the program of Paris-8 university.
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Natron 1.0 brings free VFX compositing to Linux, Windows, Mac users
by Alexandre ProkoudineThe great free/libre VFX compositing curse might as well be over: Natron v1.0 has just been released and features more stable core, better UI, and a handful of new nodes.
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Natron 0.92 released with new roto and keying nodes
by Alexandre ProkoudineWhen it comes to compositing, there are, in fact, more options than Blender, Synfig, and ButtleOFX.
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