Happy World VFX Day 
An annual event to shine a spotlight on the visual effects and animation industry.
Live streams are available on YouTube.
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Friction Quick Tip #15 - Path mask apparition
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Happy ㉊th birthday, @GIMP !
In 1995, November 21, a young US student, Peter Mattis, announces a program on some Linux newsgroups, called "The GIMP: the General Image Manipulation Program". 2 years later, Spencer Kimball (other co-author) and Peter graduate and leave.
Thanks to the #GPL license, the community take over development.
30 years later… The project is thriving, with contributors from all over the world, and maintainers from Germany, Norway, France, Korea, Netherlands…
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G’MIC 3.6.4 is out!
A fresh release full of improvements, built on real research on image processing and good old-fashioned handcrafted development.
100% guaranteed no vibe-coding! 
▶️ Download: https://gmic.eu/download.html
▶️ Changelog: https://discuss.pixls.us/t/on-the-road-to-3-7
GIF
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Save the date: 2026-04-22 to 2026-04-25 LGM 2026 Nuremberg, Germany
Hello everyone,
we have a fixed venue and date for LGM 2026 in Nuremberg, Germany:
Wednesday, April 22nd to Saturday, April 25th, 2026. The event will be hosted at Zollhof (https://zollhof.de/).
We are now preparing the call for participation and the website, and will let you know about any updates.
Here's a heads-up: this time of the year is super busy for everyone, hence, we plan to make a soft start of the communication (website, call for participation, etc.) and launch the visual design of the edition a bit later in the process. But for now, it's important that you start sharing the date and mark it in your calendars!
Cheers, Lasse
zollhof.deZollhof - We make entrepreneurship happen
Blender 🔶<p>Blender Foundation and the online developer community proudly present Blender 5.0!</p><p>ACES, Adaptive Subdivision, HDR, Storyboarding, Geometry Nodes, 588 bugs fixed, and so much more.</p><p>📖Changelog & Download: <a href="https://blender.org/download/releases/5-0/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blender.org/download/releases/</span><span class="invisible">5-0/</span></a></p><p>📺 Video Recap: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wEqD-jK0DU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=4wEqD-jK0DU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/b3d" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>b3d</span></a></p>
GIMP<p><a href="https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/11/17/gimp-3-2-RC1-released/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gimp.org/news/2025/11/17/gimp-</span><span class="invisible">3-2-RC1-released/</span></a></p><p>Our first release candidate for <a href="https://floss.social/tags/GIMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GIMP</span></a> 3.2 i s available, after months of hard work. Note: this is still a development snapshot, not a final release. Please report any problems or crashes you find.</p><p>Updates to link layers, vector layers, non-destructive editing, UI/UX, new import formats, better <a href="https://floss.social/tags/SVG" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SVG</span></a> & <a href="https://floss.social/tags/PDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PDF</span></a> export, bug and security fixes and more.</p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/GIMP3" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GIMP3</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/GImp_3" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GImp_3</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/beta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>beta</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/imageEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>imageEditor</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/GPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GPL</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/freeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>freeSoftware</span></a></p>
Friction<p class="quote-inline">RE: <a href="https://floss.social/@omgubuntu/115544254105279983" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">floss.social/@omgubuntu/115544</span><span class="invisible">254105279983</span></a></p><p>Fun fact, our Linux binaries still support Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 😎</p><p>And everything released after.</p>
Dave Pitts<p>Honoured to be leading with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@pscherbaum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pscherbaum</span></a></span> the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AVG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AVG</span></a> Creation Devroom at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a> 2026.</p><p>My open-source roots are Linux/BSD + Postgres/MySQL, but I’ve spent years ranting (lovingly!) about the Linux desktop + open-source Audio/Visual/Graphics tools.</p><p>Amazing projects — but they need better docs, better marketing, and easier onboarding.</p><p>So excited to help push things forward.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GIMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GIMP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Inkscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inkscape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Darktable</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Audacity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Audacity</span></a> and much much more!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cfp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cfp</span></a> now open: <a href="https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2025q4/003700.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fos</span><span class="invisible">dem/2025q4/003700.html</span></a></p>
Kdenlive<p>The last maintenance release of the 25.08 series is here!</p><p>This update fixes issues with clip pasting in projects using different FPS, subtitle styles, image rendering, and image sequences. It also adds SVG file replacement support and improves disk space checks when archiving</p><p><a href="https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/25.08.3/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kdenlive.org/news/releases/25.</span><span class="invisible">08.3/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/kdenlive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>kdenlive</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/videoediting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>videoediting</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/kde" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>kde</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.kde.social/c/kde" class="u-url mention">@<span>kde</span></a></span></p>
Piksel - floss + art festival<p>Piksel Festival – Volunteers Needed</p><p>Piksel Festival 25 is approaching, taking place from November 20-23, and we need enthusiastic volunteers to help make this electronic art festival a success! </p><p>To apply: Please send an email to info@piksel.no with the subject line "Volunteer Piksel Festival 25" or sign up here: <a href="https://piksel.no/2025/10/31/piksel25-festival-looking-for-volunteers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">piksel.no/2025/10/31/piksel25-</span><span class="invisible">festival-looking-for-volunteers</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Piksel25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Piksel25</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectronicArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectronicArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bergen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bergen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtFestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtFestival</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AudiovisualArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AudiovisualArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewMediaArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewMediaArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PikselFestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PikselFestival</span></a></p>
Martin Owens :inkscape:<p>Happy Birthday <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@inkscape" class="u-url mention">@<span>inkscape</span></a></span> ! </p><p>22 years old right now!</p><p>Long may we continue.</p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/inkscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>inkscape</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/oss" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>oss</span></a></p>
Nuxttux Creative Studio<p>Familiarize yourself with Friction Graphic with this Bouncing Ball animation exercise.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>animation</span></a> with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@friction" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>friction</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/F24OzPdf9qc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/F24OzPdf9qc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Friction<p>New <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Friction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Friction</span></a> tutorial by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nuxttux" class="u-url mention">@<span>nuxttux</span></a></span> is out, creating pop-up animations.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/LGVaFZRRFgo?si=2-1k79Sx20BLKPPs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/LGVaFZRRFgo?si=2-1k79</span><span class="invisible">Sx20BLKPPs</span></a></p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>animation</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/mograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mograph</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/motiongraphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>motiongraphics</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/libregraphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>libregraphics</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/artWithOpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>artWithOpenSource</span></a></p>
Friction<p>Oh, snap 🧲</p><p>Snapping and grid support is almost finished 🙂</p><p>Yes, it will be included in v1.0 (RC3).</p>
Libre Graphics Meeting<p>As the Libre Graphics Meeting community and associated projects, we could propose a stand at FOSDEM 2026:<br> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2026/news/2025-10-03-call-for-stands/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fosdem.org/2026/news/2025-10-0</span><span class="invisible">3-call-for-stands/</span></a> </p><p>We are trying to gauge interest. Answer here or join the meeting tomorrow. (See: <a href="https://post.lurk.org/@lgm/115451423880813373" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">post.lurk.org/@lgm/11545142388</span><span class="invisible">0813373</span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/LibreGraphicsMeeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibreGraphicsMeeting</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@fosdem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fosdem</span></a></span> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/fosdem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fosdem</span></a></p>
Friction<p>Happy International Animation Day! 🥳 Let's celebrate the incredible art form and the talented artists who bring it to life!</p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/iad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>iad</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/iad2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>iad2025</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>animation</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/asifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>asifa</span></a></p>
Friction<p>New <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nuxttux" class="u-url mention">@<span>nuxttux</span></a></span> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Friction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Friction</span></a> tutorial, retro ping-pong animation.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/zUo3JDMffjs?si=Ygmr6VevKm3dIwWJ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/zUo3JDMffjs?si=Ygmr6V</span><span class="invisible">evKm3dIwWJ</span></a></p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>animation</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/mograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mograph</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/motionGraphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>motionGraphics</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/libregraphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>libregraphics</span></a></p>
GTK<p>Matthias has been hard at work implementing a way to render SVG icons with animations in GTK4: <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/gtk/2025/10/23/svg-in-gtk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.gnome.org/gtk/2025/10/23</span><span class="invisible">/svg-in-gtk/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/svg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>svg</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/gtk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gtk</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/gtk4" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gtk4</span></a></p>
lps<p>A wonderful example of a real workflow by <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/NuxttuxCreativeStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuxttuxCreativeStudio</span></a> using <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/kdenlive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kdenlive</span></a> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/friction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>friction</span></a> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/blender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blender</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UePY9iSLCU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=6UePY9iSLCU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nuxttux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nuxttux</span></a></span> </p><p>These types of videos are so helpful to showcase how these software applications are viable alternatives for anyone hoping to get out of the <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/adobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adobe</span></a> ecosystem, thanks!</p>
tonton<p>Friction's expression system allows for advanced noise formula, which can easily be combined with simple maths to give a stepped noise, changing only every n frames, here's how !</p><p>Do you know <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@friction" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>friction</span></a></span> ? It is an awesome open source 2d animation software, early stage, which could replace <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/aftereffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aftereffect</span></a> </p><p>Unofficial discord <a href="https://discord.gg/FkjnM2r2JD" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">discord.gg/FkjnM2r2JD</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Official page <a href="https://friction.graphics/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">friction.graphics/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/adobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adobe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/noadobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>noadobe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/motiongraphic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>motiongraphic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/motiondesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>motiondesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/2danimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2danimation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>animation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/alternative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alternative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/friction2d" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>friction2d</span></a></p>
tonton<p><strong>Friction Quick Tip #14 - Stepped Noise Expression</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://makertube.net/w/vkhexJcU9ZB2Vt3Vcrti6f" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/w/vkhexJcU9ZB2Vt</span><span class="invisible">3Vcrti6f</span></a></p>
Aleksandr Prokudin<p>Week highlights: new releases of GIMP and RapidRAW; a quick first look at the AgX tonemapper in darktable; new features in <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@ardour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ardour</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://librearts.org/2025/10/week-recap-12-october-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">librearts.org/2025/10/week-rec</span><span class="invisible">ap-12-october-2025/</span></a></p>
Friction<p>See <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nuxttux" class="u-url mention">@<span>nuxttux</span></a></span> latest video on motion graphics (with FOSS) featuring <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@kdenlive" class="u-url mention">@<span>kdenlive</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@glax" class="u-url mention">@<span>glax</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@friction" class="u-url mention">@<span>friction</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Kvg034LVKwg?si=GVH_0My2eq5JwCvQ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/Kvg034LVKwg?si=GVH_0M</span><span class="invisible">y2eq5JwCvQ</span></a></p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>animation</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/mograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mograph</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/motionGraphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>motionGraphics</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/libregraphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>libregraphics</span></a></p>
internetarchive<p>Silicon Graphics defined high-performance computing for visual effects and 3D graphics in the 90s. Their workstations powered CGI in Jurassic Park and Terminator 2, and they helped pioneer OpenGL, still a standard in graphics today. </p><p>Now barely a memory, only its website survives; 1 in a Trillion on the <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/tags/WaybackMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaybackMachine</span></a> ⤵️<br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/19970601000000*/http://www.sgi.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/1997060100</span><span class="invisible">0000*/http://www.sgi.com/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/tags/WaybackMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaybackMachine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/tags/SiliconGraphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconGraphics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/tags/CGI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CGI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/tags/3DGraphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3DGraphics</span></a></p>
Libre Graphics Meeting<p>Tomorow is our next meeting in chat! Wednesday, October 15th, at 18:00 CEST / noon EDT / 9:00 am PDT / 5:00 pm GMT. <br> <br>IRC is on Libera Chat - irc.libera.chat/6697 in <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/lgm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgm</span></a> </p><p>Matrix: <a href="https://matrix.to/#/%23lgm:kde.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">matrix.to/#/%23lgm:kde.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>We are still looking into the topic of the 2027 city/location further. </p><p>Please feel free to add topics to the agenda: <a href="https://pads.ccc.de/s5FpMS8Rr1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">pads.ccc.de/s5FpMS8Rr1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/LibreGraphicsMeeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibreGraphicsMeeting</span></a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/lgm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgm</span></a></p>
Libre Graphics Vienna<p>Im Oktober treffen wir uns wieder nach der Sommerpause! Wir unterhalten uns über AgX, den neuen Tonemapper von darktable.<br> <br>Nach einer beispielhaft demokratischen, ja fast spektakulären Entwicklung, die auf pixls.us von zahlreichen Nutzern aufgeregt verfolgt wurde, hat Pascal Obry AgX vor ein paar Tagen endlich in darktable Git Master gemergt.<br>Das Tool ist theoretisch eine Portierung von AgX von Blender (Oscar-Gewinner), besitzt jedoch deutlich mehr Funktionen als die Blender-Version.<br> <br>AgX ist wie früher Filmic und Sigmoid für die Anpassung des großen Dynamikumfangs des Kamera-Rohbildes an den kleinen Dynamikumfang des Bildschirms bzw. des Drucks zuständig. Was es kann und warum es besser ist als die bisherigen Tonemapper schauen wir uns am 14.10. ab 18:30 Uhr in der Metalab-Bibliothek genauer an.</p><p><a href="https://fedi.at/tags/libregraphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libregraphics</span></a> <a href="https://fedi.at/tags/Darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Darktable</span></a> <a href="https://fedi.at/tags/agx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agx</span></a> <a href="https://fedi.at/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://fedi.at/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastoart</span></a> <a href="https://fedi.at/tags/libregraphicsvienna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libregraphicsvienna</span></a> <a href="https://fedi.at/tags/metalab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metalab</span></a> <a href="https://fedi.at/tags/wien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wien</span></a> <a href="https://fedi.at/tags/vienna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vienna</span></a> <a href="https://fedi.at/tags/austria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>austria</span></a> <a href="https://fedi.at/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://fedi.at/tags/%C3%B6sterreich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>österreich</span></a></p>
Aleksandr Prokudin<p>Mmm, it's Thursday already? Okay. Bit late then :D</p><p>Week highlights: upcoming new features in <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@GIMP" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GIMP</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@inkscape" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>inkscape</span></a></span>, new release of MuseScore Studio, the first alpha release of Audacity 4.</p><p><a href="https://librearts.org/2025/10/week-recap-5-october-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">librearts.org/2025/10/week-rec</span><span class="invisible">ap-5-october-2025/</span></a></p>
Piksel - floss + art festival<p>Piksel25<br>November 20-23 2025<br>Bergen, Norway</p><p>Dear friends,</p><p>We are excited to announce the call for projects for the 23nd edition of the Piksel Festival!</p><p>We look forward to receiving your submissions!</p><p>!! Deadline -- October 31st 2025 !!</p><p>Please use the online submit form at: <br><a href="https://pretalx.com/piksel25/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">pretalx.com/piksel25/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
GIMP<p>GIMP 3.0.6 is here!</p><p><a href="https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/10/06/gimp-3-0-6-released/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gimp.org/news/2025/10/06/gimp-</span><span class="invisible">3-0-6-released/</span></a></p><p>Usability improvements, bug fixes, crash fixes and more.</p><p>Thanks to all who contributed, including all those who reported problems and help test for bugs.</p><p>New releases of the <a href="https://floss.social/tags/BABL" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BABL</span></a> and <a href="https://floss.social/tags/GEGL" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GEGL</span></a> libraries are included.</p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/GIMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GIMP</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/GIMP3" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GIMP3</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Gimp_3" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gimp_3</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/GPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GPL</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/libreGraphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>libreGraphics</span></a></p>
Nuxttux Creative Studio<p>The View - Looping Animation</p><p>Wanted to try a bit of parallax and waving hair mixed in a loop.</p><p>The pipeline: <br>Sketched with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@GIMP" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GIMP</span></a></span>, Vectorized in <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@inkscape" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>inkscape</span></a></span> and Animated using <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@friction" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>friction</span></a></span>.</p><p>Patiently waiting on version 1.0 of Friction Graphics before diving into more complex scenes.</p>
Inkscape<p>The October <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Inkscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inkscape</span></a> challenge is to</p><p>DRAW A GHOST 👻 (or Spooky Monster 🧌 )</p><p>Get into the spirit and draw a Ghost, Monster or any Scary Creature. Let's share ideas and techniques, there's always someone to help.</p><p>Come join us on the October Challenge page:</p><p><a href="https://inkscape.org/forums/competitions/inkscape-challenge-october-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inkscape.org/forums/competitio</span><span class="invisible">ns/inkscape-challenge-october-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/ArtWithOpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtWithOpenSource</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/InkscapeChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InkscapeChallenge</span></a></p>
Libre Graphics Meeting<p>Today is our next meeting in chat! Wednesday, October 1st, at 18:00 CEST / noon EDT / 9:00 am PDT / 5:00 pm GMT. <br> <br>IRC is on Libera Chat - irc.libera.chat/6697 in <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/lgm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgm</span></a> </p><p>Matrix: <a href="https://matrix.to/#/%23lgm:kde.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">matrix.to/#/%23lgm:kde.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>We plan to discuss the topic of the 2027 city/location further,<br>propose some deadlines, and generally define a process. </p><p>Please feel free to add topics to the agenda: <a href="https://pads.ccc.de/s5FpMS8Rr1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">pads.ccc.de/s5FpMS8Rr1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/LibreGraphicsMeeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibreGraphicsMeeting</span></a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/lgm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgm</span></a></p>
Aleksandr Prokudin<p>The week recap is really brief this time: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@Krita" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>krita</span></a></span> got a bugfix release, RapidRAW and Gradia got releases with new features; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@ardour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ardour</span></a></span> got very basic MIDI note strumming</p><p><a href="https://librearts.org/2025/09/week-recap-28-september-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">librearts.org/2025/09/week-rec</span><span class="invisible">ap-28-september-2025/</span></a></p>
Nuxttux Creative Studio<p>Flat 3D Motion - Rotating House.</p><p>Illustration made using <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@inkscape" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>inkscape</span></a></span> then imported into <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@friction" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>friction</span></a></span> for animation.</p><p>This was very easy to animate, although it sparked a few UI ideas for an even better UX.</p>
Nuxttux Creative Studio<p>Text Bubble animation made using Friction.<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@friction" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>friction</span></a></span> </p><p>Followed yet another After Effects video for this one, [<a href="https://youtu.be/CmY0rOyJHfg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/CmY0rOyJHfg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>]<br>I'm patiently waiting for version 1.0 of Friction Graphics to increase production.</p>
Aleksandr Prokudin<p>Week highlights: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@GIMP" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GIMP</span></a></span> is getting an SVG exporter; Ton Roosendaal is stepping down as executive director of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Blender" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Blender</span></a></span> Foundation; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@kdenlive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kdenlive</span></a></span> is planning exciting new features; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@FreeCAD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>FreeCAD</span></a></span> is launching a bughunt for v1.1.</p><p><a href="https://librearts.org/2025/09/week-recap-21-september-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">librearts.org/2025/09/week-rec</span><span class="invisible">ap-21-september-2025/</span></a></p>
Aleksandr Prokudin<p>So much happened last week in FOSS: new releases of Gradia, RapidRAW, and displaycal; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@GIMP" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GIMP</span></a></span> is getting SVG exporting and in-app notifications, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@Krita" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>krita</span></a></span> is getting color management support on Wayland, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Blender" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Blender</span></a></span> just got another major corporate sponsor. Unnoticed earlier development: the Surge XT project has an OB-Xd fork as a new arrival</p><p><a href="https://librearts.org/2025/09/week-recap-14-september-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">librearts.org/2025/09/week-rec</span><span class="invisible">ap-14-september-2025/</span></a></p>
CmykStudent<p>As a test of our new vector layer public API, I've started work on an SVG export plug-in in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GIMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GIMP</span></a> <a href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/merge_requests/2469" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/</span><span class="invisible">merge_requests/2469</span></a></p><p>My hope is this will be helpful to people who want to export their projects for further work in dedicated vector graphics editors like <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/inkscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inkscape</span></a> !</p><p>Feel free to share if there are any export options you think we should add (the immediate one is how to handle raster layers - ignore, embed, or link are the current options we're thinking)</p>
Nuxttux Creative Studio<p>Decided to follow along this Ben Marriott video, minus the frame by frame segment, [<a href="https://youtu.be/MVeVkawiHd4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/MVeVkawiHd4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>]</p><p>I had to simplify it due to limitations and the fact that I couldn't come up with a precise enough Levels shader. That said, I did refine my Rim Light & Shadow shaders.</p><p>Made with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@friction" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>friction</span></a></span></p>