prokoudine

@prokoudine@mastodon.social

Founder of Libre Arts (formerly Libre Graphics World), former contributor to GIMP and more libre projects than a sane person would admit

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prokoudine, to random

Ondsel Engineering Suite 2024.2 is out: new assembly features, Sketcher and TechDraw cleanup and QoL improvements, Sheet Metal now included with improvements, and more

https://ondsel.com/blog/ondsel-es-2024-2/

prokoudine, to random

Really liking the OpenLight theme by Obelisk for @FreeCAD

prokoudine,

@Triffen do you mean the light blue tint of the background? Yeah, agreed

prokoudine, to random

Dear LazyWeb, how do people generally feel about the Elastic license where you have access to code and you can modify and run it, but not as a paid service that you sell to others?

https://www.elastic.co/licensing/elastic-license

prokoudine, to random

@zemarmot, @CmykStudent

"Text layers can now be rendered in the full image's gamut (not sRGB only anymore), though colors are trimmed to the gamut and are always 8-bit", but

"Text outline colors are now rendered in float in the full image's gamut, without precision loss".

Is this a temporary limitation for text fills?

prokoudine, to random

How to explain to users what it means to lay a solid foundation for new features: replacing old engine with GEGL in
@GIMP was 18 years of work, then a few months of one volunteer's time and +1233/-238 lines of code changes in 20 files to get basic non-destructive editing into the program

prokoudine, to random

Ondsel ES 2024.1 is out. It's a fork of @FreeCAD with extras, all available under the same license (LGPLv2+): tech preview of integrated assembly workbench, massive Sketcher improvements, various smaller UX/UI improvements, and collaboration tools

Release video was a commissioned project by @CRogers, made with @Blender and @inkscape. Excellent work, all done in a timely manner, totally recommended.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2F1A0MYhMk

https://ondsel.com/blog/introducing-ondsel-es/

Triffen, to random
@Triffen@floss.social avatar

An exercise in... nihilism or self-reflection, depending on how you look at it.
I look at Youtube home page, read titles, especially ones with questions, and mentally add '..and what do I care?' in the end.
"How much did YouTube pay me for 1 million views, and what do I care?" Not a bit, in fact.
'AI art is dying!' Lies, 8 months old, and what do I care? Even if that's true, it will be born again eventually.
And so on, and so forth. I often read that page like a blog, instead of watching ;)

prokoudine,

@Triffen "Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix, and what do I care?" :)

prokoudine, to random

Okay, so @GIMP is one more step closer to having an infinite canvas. Paint and clone tools now have an option to automatically expand layers as you go. Here is a quick explainer (text version dropping soon)

https://youtu.be/TapwcrF54Ys

prokoudine,

Text version: https://librearts.org/2023/11/gimp-autoexpand-layers/

prokoudine, to random

As an ex-USSR kid I was taught to operate a lathe and solder stuff at school. Is it something kids elsewhere in the world did too or maybe still do as part of their curriculum?

prokoudine,

@davidrevoy Hah, same age and years! Your program sounds more interesting though! We didn't do photography chemicals stuff, for one

prokoudine,

@nekohayo @davidrevoy @federicomena wood rot maybe, bit rot — not so much! :)

prokoudine,

@pocketvj @davidrevoy The part about dancing your names obviously needs an elaboration! :)

prokoudine,

@davidrevoy @pocketvj Hah, we had a similar thing in elementary school, except it was called 'ritmika', but it was Dalcroze's eurhythmics really.

prokoudine, to random

GIMP 3.0 is now tentatively scheduled for Libre Graphics Meeting 2024 next May. Here is the roadmap:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/10373

prokoudine, to random

Shit is getting real: a minimally functional integrated assembly workbench in @FreeCAD is just one pull request in review shy of being at your doorstep.

Until v1.0, expect polish and minor enhancements. And after that... Mamma mia, so much to be done!

https://ondsel.com/blog/assembly-workbench-preview

astrojuanlu, to random
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Excellent writeup by @prokoudine about redesigning menus of complex programs. I love this solution of using a menu with an integrated search bar, akin to having a command palette while still retaining logical grouping of actions.

Wish @libreoffice could have something like it.

https://librearts.org/2023/11/radical-redesign-of-gimp/

prokoudine,

@libreoffice @astrojuanlu That's not about just the searching through menus — GIMP has had that since 2010 in dev and since 2018 in a release. It's about having a substitution for menu (plus search) when you don't have one.

gnome, to GNOME
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We're thrilled to share that the GNOME Project is receiving an investment from the Sovereign Tech Fund!

Learn more about the projects this will fund and how to get involved:
https://foundation.gnome.org/2023/11/09/gnome-recognized-as-public-interest-infrastructure/

prokoudine,

@gnome The news says "Design and prototype a new accessibility stack". I'm not sure what to make of it. Haven't you already introduced a new accessibility API to GTK4? Or is it about making new GTK apps automatically accessible, without writing custom code, like back in ATK days? Is there some sort of a roadmap already available or expected soon?

prokoudine, to random

Last year, people said that Creative Freedom Summit should have had @FreeCAD and @ardour track. Well, here is your chance! The call for proposals is now open, deadine for submissions is Nov 24

https://creativefreedomsummit.com/

prokoudine, to random

Remember Glimpse NX, a project that tried to reimagine @GIMP UI? Their mockups looked interesting but didn't have a good answer what to do with features in the main menu. Well, a new 3D CAD program called Dune 3D by @karotte might just have a solution for that missing piece. Which poses an interesting question: could that redesign be revived?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9ongxf3mIg

prokoudine,

@hamoid @homo_particeps @GIMP That info is very inspecific though

prokoudine, to random

New weekly recap is out in video and text. Highlights: new versions of BlenderBIM, Audacity, SpectMorph, improvements in support for DDS and DICOM images in @GIMP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC4xuEpNGu0

prokoudine, to random

Weekly recap: new releases of OSPRay, LightZone, and @ardour, @inkscape and Audacity updates are coming, more progress with the new materials system in @FreeCAD

Details: https://librearts.org/2023/10/week-recap-22-oct-2023/

Featured art by Soheil Mahmoudi

RichiH, to random
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opening talk from the other side. It's really good to be back in person.

prokoudine,

@RichiH @fosdem @3dprinting Toilet paper. It was toilet paper refill really :)

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