Libre Arts
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Libre Arts
@librearts.bsky.social
Online magazine on free/libre software for creative professionals. Responsible reporting over clickbait and drama.
Quick test of newly added AI sky masks in RapidRAW: works, but not amazing. Doesn't handle well mountain ridges, as well as bits of sky between tree branches and leaves
August 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Inkscape is getting on-canvas controls for the text-on-path offset. Not even in a development branch yet, coming likely in v1.5/1.6
April 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Week highlights: new releases of Pinta and Elektroid, @freecad.bsky.social Project Association announces new grants

See here for details: librearts.org/2025/04/week...

Featured #b3d art by Yota Tasaki
April 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Week highlights: @gimpofficial.bsky.social team started planning v3.2 development, new releases of Inkscape, jc303, Qtractor, and KnobKraft-orm

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Featured #b3d artwork by Shiro 2049
April 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Week highlights: new releases of @gimpofficial.bsky.social, PhotoGIMP, Shotcut, Flowblade, and Calf LV2 plugins

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Featured #krita artwork by Philipp Urlich
April 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Week highlights: new releases of @gimpofficial.bsky.social, @blender3d.bsky.social, PDF4QT, libwacom, and LosslessCut

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Featured #krita artwork by Sachin Chauhan
March 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Week highlights: new versions of digiKam, @musescorestudio.bsky.social, and Audacity

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librearts.org/2025/03/week...

Featured #b3d art by Oleksandra Havrylina
March 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Week highlights: @blender3d.bsky.social made Flow gets an Oscar, @pipewire.org gets MIDI 2.0 support, @kdenlive.bsky.social is getting better OTIO support

Read here for details: librearts.org/2025/03/week...

Featured #b3d artwork by Nekozarou
March 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Week highlights: CMYK image mode is WIP in @gimpofficial.bsky.social, new release of LSP plugins, great changes in Inkscape, @friction.graphics, and @freecad.bsky.social.

More information: librearts.org/2025/03/week...

Featured #b3d artwork by Lionel Schramm
March 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Week recap: new releases of @tahoma2d.bsky.social, JupyterCAD, @kicad.org; first builds of Inkscape with CMYK-capable exporting are available; @freecad.bsky.social Project Association announces 2025 grant program.

More info: librearts.org/2025/02/week...

Featured #b3d artwork by Myan
February 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Week highlights: new releases of GIMP, LittleCMS, HDRView, FLAC, and Faircamp; AstoCAD replaces Ondsel ES as a sexier soft fork of FreeCAD.

See here for more info: librearts.org/2025/02/week...

Featured #krita art by Rodrigo Alvarez
February 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Week highlights: new release of Bonsai (ex-BlenderBIM) and GCodeWorkShop, PDF import/export improvements in Inkscape, GNOME is getting HDR support.

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Featured #krita artwork by Lidia Goryachewa
February 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Week highlights: new releases of Skyfill by @drsybren.bsky.social, Mayo, and Shotcut; great new features in Dune3D; the @freecad.bsky.social Project Association has part-time job openings.

See here for more: librearts.org/2025/01/week...

Featured #b3d artwork by RAINMAN PAGE
January 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Some new features in Dune3D: constraint menu (press 'z'), live update of a constraint as you adjust the value. Not in a release yet #cad
January 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Week highlights: new releases of Scribus and Qtractor; @gimpofficial.bsky.social 3.0rc3 is on the way; great new features coming to Inkscape; @graphiteeditor.bsky.social is kicking some serious ass

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Featured #b3d artwork by Josh Norman
January 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Week highlights: new releases of HDRView, LibreCAD, and cabbage; new features in GIMP and Ardour; FreeCAD’s alternative Ribbon UI gets an update.

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Featured #b3d artwork by Ludvík Koutný
January 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Week highlights: the 2nd release candidate of GIMP 3.0 is out, and so are the new stable releases of the OpenShot video editor, Mixxx DJ software, and Overwitch program for connecting Elektron Overbridge devices

See here for details: librearts.org/2024/12/week...

Featured #b3d art by miguel_lobo
December 31, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Week highlights: new releases of darktable, HDRView, @tahoma2d.bsky.social, Flowblade, @kdenlive.bsky.social, Qtractor, FamiStudio; Libre Graphics Meeting 2025 announced

See here for more: librearts.org/2024/12/week...

Featured #b3d artwork by Rutger van de Steeg

Happy holidays!
December 24, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Week highlights: further progress with new PDF exporter in Inkscape, the Scribus team is closing up on v1.7.0, a new version of libwacom is out, new features are coming to @freecadnews.bsky.social

More info: librearts.org/2024/12/week...

Featured @[email protected] artwork by Andrey Ivasenko
December 17, 2024 at 1:51 PM