Support for Corel DRAW files in free software gets another chance

Support for Corel DRAW files in free software gets another chance

LibreOffice project started working on a new C++ library to take care of your legacy Corel DRAW files. Calligra Suite team is following closely.

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Unstable Scribus gets support for InDesign snippets

Unstable Scribus gets support for InDesign snippets

Developers of Scribus, a free desktop publishing application, improved support for IDML file format used by Adobe InDesign and added support for IDMS files.

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What’s up with DWG adoption in free software?

What’s up with DWG adoption in free software?

Having been asked recently about reasons for lack of DWG support in free software, we started digging and very nearly fell into a pitch black abyss.

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Synfig Studio gets clamped interpolation method

Synfig Studio gets clamped interpolation method

Carlos Lopez et al. released a new version of Synfig Studio, a great free 2D vector animation package. The release deals with imperfections of available interpolation methods, UI and Bezier curves editing.

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Some insights on Google Summer of Code

Some insights on Google Summer of Code

Yesterday Google announced Summer of Code 2012 program that will run for the 8th time and attract hundreds of students from around the world to improve free and open source software. We've collected some insights for you.

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Gphoto updated to support few dozens of new cameras

Gphoto updated to support few dozens of new cameras

Due to blackout of gphoto.org the new version of gPhoto, a library for downloading pictures from digital cameras, went completely unnoticed. This is the first new version in almost a year, and it comes with support for nearly 30 new devices.

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Basic GPU-side rendering and processing in GIMP available

Basic GPU-side rendering and processing in GIMP available

Back in November we reported that Victor Oliveira got a contract with AMD to implement a basic working GPU-side processing in GIMP based on GEGL. Today Victor has some results to share.

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SVG Cleaner becomes faster, removes MS Visio elements

SVG Cleaner becomes faster, removes MS Visio elements

Folks from SVG Cleaner project, announced earlier this month, released an important update that fixes bugs, adds new features and introduces an installer for Windows.

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GIMP 2.8 gets a new default brush pack

GIMP 2.8 gets a new default brush pack

The upcoming new version of GIMP is going to feature a much improved default set of brushes thanks to Ramon Miranda and Guillermo Espertino.

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DSP programming language Faust is getting LV2 support

DSP programming language Faust is getting LV2 support

Albert Gräf released first public version of faust-lv2 — an attempt to mate Faust, a DSP programming language, with LV2, an API for effects and virtual instruments.

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Sigil, a free EPUB editor, gets spellchecking and localized interface

Sigil, a free EPUB editor, gets spellchecking and localized interface

John Schember released a new version of Sigil, a free EPUB books editor. The glorious v0.5.0 has several major improvements you will certainly put to a great use.

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Colord 0.1.16 further improves color management workflows

Colord 0.1.16 further improves color management workflows

Colord, the new color management framework for Linux, is more about evolution lately. However some of the changes have a deep impact on the whole infrastructure. Which is yet again proven by an update released earlier today.

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All of Wacom support infrastructure for Linux gets an update

All of Wacom support infrastructure for Linux gets an update

Developers of Wacom drivers for Linux are really back to releasing new stable versions at an enviable pace. They have just released updates to drivers for Linux kernel and X, as well as a new version of libwacom.

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