Again I invite everyone interested in #floss & #opensource communities to use #LibreMonday hashtag every Monday if they wish to share a project they like with the world!
I forgot to mention @inkscape about this. I edited my post to replace #inkscape for their official handle instead, but just in case I'll just ping in response as well. Cheers!
I know you're not supposed to reply to #trolls and all that clap-back stuff in politics is a bit like feeding the anger machine (sorry Takei). I just... kinda had-to. Sorry 😅
Oh and "bro" don't get me started. What even are those things he mentioned. I've never heard of either of them.
#inkscape Bug accelerator program starts today for me. That's where the Inkscape project pays some of the maintainers to focus time on fixing bugs for the next release. (Tav, me and Vaibhav this release) 🎉
If you do testing for Inkscape, make sure your issues are tagged (and tested against) for 1.4.x and prioritized. I'm only contracted to fix things in that list!
Oooh, #GraphiteEditor has the node graph functionality, which allows you to compose vector objects from the primitives like fill, stroke, transform and live filters in a visual manner!
Node graph interface and filters both give me this nice break-out I needed after LPEs in #Inkscape. Don't get me wrong: that program is THE legend, developers are masters of vectors, and it's purely native Gtk toolkit on which application is built. Right now, their priority is CMYK support, so follow if you're into printing.
I just love to experiment with shiny new software that's #OpenSource, especially one that uses #RustLang and #web to its advantage.
Watch 'em apply circular repeat filter on a mere line to produce this fun sparkle effect. (It is Graphite's official channel, by the way. Wish they were on Mastodon?)
Are you an #Affinity Designer user? Are you an #inkscape user too? Do you want to help the community?
Well do I have a job for you!
I've made a How To guide for building a keyboard shortcut profile and if you make one for #AffinityDesigner I will add it to Inkscape and millions of people will get the option of using a keyboard preference more comfortable to their existing Affinity habits.
I've tried to switch to #Inkscape & #Gimp about half a dozen times & tried other #FOSS solutions too - here's my highly subjective take: FOSS won't replace proprietary #software until the UX gets better.
I think FOSS tends to be "code forward", with the UI as a secondary consideration - an engineer mindset-driven approach which leaves a lot of users with an experience they can't get used to, even if they want to.
Is there a way for UX folks to contribute, like coders can?
Canva acquires Serif’s Affinity Suite, and I can’t help feeling doom about this.
I’ve worked with Canva in the past and they were good people, but this feels like a move towards subscriptions. I guess that’s kind of inevitable these days anyway, but being bought out often signals the end. I love the Affinity suite and I hope I’m wrong.
If people fully stop supporting private companies with subscription models and embrace support of Open Source projects, either financing or colaborating to improve them, all this crying will end overnight. #gimp#inkscape#krita
🐯 Inkscape Development Version Switches To Using GTK4 - Phoronix
「 The latest development code for the Inkscape graphics program is using GTK4 rather than GTK3. This is a big upgrade for this prominent open-source program for artists and also yields some nice architectural improvements as well as working towards enabling proper GPU acceleration in the future 」
I'm looking for a more up to date distro than @system76's popos and linux mint which are both based on Ubuntu 22.04 and are now too old for #inkscape development (gtk4 issues).
I've tried Fedora and it's just not very good. I could use it just as a building OS, but having to reboot to get into a nice desktop isn't a great setup.
J'ai un ami... hahaha kilécon !
Il ne supprime les fichiers qu'à coup de SHIFT+SUPPR... pour ne "pas polluer la corbeille" ....
Bha là il voit plus rien parce qu'il a les yeux cramés par les écrans et il a fait des suppressions de sources SVG au lieu de supprimer les exports PNG obsolètes !
Le boulet !
"J'ai foutu en l'air 40 min de taf en 0,05 sec" qu'il me dit ! 😂
Mildly bitter sketch Friday. The more stylized the graphic, the less likely a highly opinionated project like any of the "foss creative suite" is open to change. /me slightly disappointed about all the bland identities.
Kennt jemand ein #OpenSource Tool, um #scan Gammel automatisch zu entfernen, gibt's da was mit AI? Ziel ist es, sehr viele schlecht eingescannte alte Zeichnungen so sauber zu bekommen, dass ein Vektorisierer wie in #Inkscape das in was brauchbares umwandeln kann.