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Online magazine on free/libre software for creative professionals. Responsible reporting over clickbait and drama.
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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
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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
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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
This artwork by Yota Tasaki depicts a lush, futuristic utopia where towering trees and floating islands intertwine with sleek, advanced architecture. Waterfalls cascade into misty valleys, and a radiant city rises at the center, blending technology and nature in perfect harmony. The scene feels dreamy and otherworldly, like a vision of a sustainable, high-tech paradise.
April 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Week highlights: @gimpofficial.bsky.social team started planning v3.2 development, new releases of Inkscape, jc303, Qtractor, and KnobKraft-orm

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

Featured #b3d artwork by Shiro 2049
This atmospheric artwork depicts a mysterious, abandoned city reclaimed by nature. A solitary figure stands in a small boat on an emerald-green pool of water, surrounded by moss-covered ruins and lush vegetation. Dominating the scene is a colossal stone statue or sculpture partially covered in vegetation, its humanoid form with a distinctive round head rising eerily from the overgrowth. The composition is shrouded in misty light that filters through the scene, creating a moody, dreamlike quality with dramatic contrast between shadows and illuminated areas. The image evokes themes of lost civilization, the inevitable reclamation of human structures by nature, and the smallness of humanity against monumental remains of the past. The aesthetic combines elements of fantasy art with post-apocalyptic imagery, suggesting an ancient or forgotten world where nature and massive architectural remnants create a hauntingly beautiful landscape.
April 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Week highlights: new releases of @gimpofficial.bsky.social, PhotoGIMP, Shotcut, Flowblade, and Calf LV2 plugins

See here for more: librearts.org/2025/03/week...

Featured #krita artwork by Philipp Urlich
This artwork depicts a majestic, towering mountain with sharp peaks, surrounded by mist and dramatic cloud formations. At the mountain's base, a castle or fortress is nestled within the landscape, illuminated by warm sunlight. A river flows through the foreground, winding through lush greenery and rocky outcrops. The painting has a fantasy or dreamlike quality, reminiscent of classic fantasy landscapes. The lighting and atmosphere suggest a dramatic, almost mystical setting, with a strong contrast between the bright, sunlit areas and the darker, shadowed regions. The brushstrokes and soft textures give the piece a painterly, semi-realistic style with an emphasis on mood and grandeur.
April 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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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
This digital painting presents a mystical forest scene with a glowing golden light piercing through the dense canopy. The artwork contrasts dark, shadowy trees in the foreground with a warm, ethereal radiance in the background. A majestic stag, standing atop a fallen log, is bathed in the light, giving it a divine or mythical presence. The composition draws the viewer’s eye toward the stag, which serves as the focal point, surrounded by lush vegetation and a gently flowing stream. The interplay of darkness and light enhances the sense of mystery and depth. The color palette primarily consists of deep greens, blacks, and warm golden hues, creating an enchanting and almost dreamlike atmosphere.
March 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Week highlights: new versions of digiKam, @musescorestudio.bsky.social, and Audacity

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Featured #b3d art by Oleksandra Havrylina
This digital painting or 3D-rendered artwork showcases a dark, futuristic, and possibly sci-fi horror scene set in an industrial or research facility. The focal point is a massive, organic, and grotesque entity attached to an overhead mechanical structure. The creature appears to be growing or being extracted, with its fleshy, glowing orange mass stretching upwards toward a circular, illuminated opening. The environment is filled with metallic platforms, pipes, and machinery, indicating a high-tech setting. The lighting is dramatic, with strong beams of light cutting through the dim atmosphere, emphasizing the eerie nature of the creature and its surroundings. Some of the pipes and structures appear to be contaminated with the same organic material, suggesting the creature might be spreading or overtaking the facility. The overall mood of the piece is ominous, evoking themes of scientific experimentation gone wrong, alien infestations, or bio-engineered horrors. The blend of detailed textures, lighting, and composition creates a compelling visual narrative of mystery and terror.
March 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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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

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Featured #b3d artwork by Nekozarou
This image appears to depict a large-scale excavation site inside a massive cavern. The atmosphere is dark and moody, with light streaming in from an unseen source, illuminating a central area where workers are actively engaged in uncovering what looks like an ancient fossilized structure or artifact.
March 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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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
This image depicts a dark and fiery cavernous environment, possibly a dungeon or a fortress built into a volcanic landscape. The scene is illuminated by molten lava below, casting an ominous glow on the jagged rock formations, crumbling bridges, and ancient, fortress-like structures embedded into the cavern walls. A series of precarious bridges span the chasm, leading to an entrance flanked by glowing torches, hinting at a deeper, more sinister domain. In the foreground, shadowed figures with weapons, possibly warriors or raiders, observe the scene from a higher vantage point, giving a sense of tension and impending action. The composition and lighting create an intense, foreboding atmosphere, reminiscent of a fantasy setting with an emphasis on danger and adventure.
March 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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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
This artwork depicts a fantasy landscape featuring a towering ancient fortress atop a lush green hill, surrounded by smaller structures with teal-colored roofs and windmills. The scene is framed by remnants of crumbling stone walls, overgrown with vegetation, hinting at a forgotten civilization. In the foreground, a cloaked traveler adorned with feathers and carrying a staff walks along a worn stone path, accompanied by a small turtle-like creature. The environment is rich with vibrant greenery, rolling fields, and scattered ruins, with mist-covered mountains in the distance. The painterly style, combined with a dynamic composition and soft lighting, evokes a sense of adventure and mystery.
February 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Week highlights: new releases of GIMP, LittleCMS, HDRView, FLAC, and Faircamp; AstoCAD replaces Ondsel ES as a sexier soft fork of FreeCAD.

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Featured #krita art by Rodrigo Alvarez
This image is a vibrant, fantasy-inspired Pokémon fan art set in a lush, mystical jungle. A young Pokémon trainer, wearing a blue shirt and a yellow backpack, stands near a riverbank, accompanied by Bulbasaur, Growlithe, and Ralts. The environment is rich with towering trees, glowing flowers, and exotic plants, with additional Pokémon like Oddish and Sceptile camouflaged in the foliage. The ethereal lighting, with colorful sun rays filtering through the trees, gives the scene a magical and adventurous feel.
February 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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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
This digital painting showcases a fantasy landscape blending sci-fi and magic. A silver-haired figure in dark armor, holding a futuristic weapon, stands in a lush valley, gazing at a glowing portal-like structure. The portal has towering spires with gold accents and a floating blue crystal emitting swirling energy. In the background, mountains and a distant fortress add depth. The sky, painted with warm hues and soft clouds, suggests early morning or late afternoon. The art style is vibrant, with a mix of fantasy and sci-fi.
February 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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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
Fantasy city on the edge of a huge cliff above a valley with forests and waterfalls
January 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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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
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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
A medieval-looking traveler is walking down the slope into a green valley with a high tower looming over a settlement
January 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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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
Alien ship hanging in the sunset sky above a town menacingly, with a blue ray of light beginning to protrude toward Earth.
January 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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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

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Featured #b3d art by miguel_lobo
3D render of a study, with wooden furniture, hobbity round window, and soft warm light coming from outside
December 31, 2024 at 2:28 PM
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Week highlights: new releases of darktable, HDRView, @tahoma2d.bsky.social, Flowblade, @kdenlive.bsky.social, Qtractor, FamiStudio; Libre Graphics Meeting 2025 announced

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Featured #b3d artwork by Rutger van de Steeg

Happy holidays!
Happy Holidays by Rutger van de Steeg. The 3D rendering depicts a northern snow-covered town by the sea, with northern lights in the background, at night
December 24, 2024 at 2:38 PM
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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