Libre Graphics World

Luppp live performance tool for Linux released

Alexandre Prokoudine 11. Dec, 2013 No Comments

Sick of rebooting to Windows for rehearsals and gigs? Harry van Haaren released the source code of Luppp, a looper-based live performance tool for Linux.

luppp, openav, loopers

News / Software

Exiv2 gets video metadata support

Alexandre Prokoudine 4. Dec, 2013 No Comments

Andreas Huggel et al. released a major new update of Exiv2, a low-level tool for reading and writing metadata such as Exif, XMP, and IPTC. The new version features reading metadata from video files.

exiv2, metadata

News / Drivers

Free meets affordable: Krita gets support for Huion graphic tablets

Alexandre Prokoudine 3. Dec, 2013 5 Comments

Huion, a Chinese vendor of graphic tablets, is getting increasingly interested in free software. Recently they sent one of its H610 tablets to the Krita team to make sure it's supported, but is there more to it than meets the eye?

tablets, huion

News / Events

What will free software developers reveal at Libre Graphics Meeting 2014?

Alexandre Prokoudine 28. Nov, 2013 3 Comments

Eager to show what cool 3D/design project you were able to complete with free tools? Or maybe you developed such a tool? Then Libre Graphics Meeting 2014 is the right place for you to attend.

lgm

News / Events

Multimedia track at Le Capitole du Libre 2013

Alexandre Prokoudine 20. Nov, 2013 No Comments

Toulouse (France) is warming up for this year's Le Capitole du Libre conference that's taking place this very weekend in ENSEEIHT. Traditionally, the conference has a strong multimedia track.

blender, krita, kdenlive

News / Software

Guitarix multi-effect processor for Linux gets built-in looper

Alexandre Prokoudine 7. Nov, 2013 3 Comments

New version of Guitarix, a free amp simulator and multi-effect pedal for Linux, features a long-anticipated 4-channel looper.

guitarix, lv2

Articles / Book reviews

Open Shading Language for Blender. A practical primer

Alexandre Prokoudine 5. Nov, 2013 1 Comment

Michel Anders released a self-published book on creating custom shaders for Blender in Open Shading Language. We reviewed it and found it well worth its price. Here is why.

blender, osl, books

News / Software

Hugin 2013.0 simplifies panorama stitching

Alexandre Prokoudine 31. Oct, 2013 3 Comments

New version of the popular panorama stitcher is now even friendlier towards beginners. If you want an awesome panorama without much fiddling with settings, Hugin is very nearly there.

hugin, panorama