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Powerful and versatile motion graphics application that allows you to create vector and raster animations for web and video.

https://friction.graphics
#motiongraphics #motiondesign #animation #svg #vector #raster #opensource
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gnome.org
Jakub Steiner kicked off GUADEC by presenting the future of SVG icons in GTK - GNOME apps will soon get to leverage these to have smarter, animated icons!

Watch the talk here 👉️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD0I...

Support GNOME to help make GUADEC possible 👉️ donate.gnome.org

#GUADEC #GTK #Design
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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August 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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linuxfoundation.org
Patrick Volkerding released Slackware in 1993. It's the oldest Linux distribution still actively maintained today, proof that "if it ain't broke" applies to operating systems too.

http://www.slackware.com/

#Linux35
August 7, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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gmic-eu.bsky.social
A little preview of "arrange", a new G'MIC command currently in development. It lets you combine images into custom layouts (grids, symmetries, rotations...).
While testing it, we ended up with these lovely little creatures 👹

▶️ discuss.pixls.us/t/new-comman...
July 31, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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gmic-eu.bsky.social
New G'MIC Adventure #7! 🐉
We build a variable-density Hilbert curve that reproduces an image as a single winding line, with local density following image luminance.
Follow the full thought process — including the bugs introduced along the way 😅
▶️ discuss.pixls.us/t/gmic-adven...

#CreativeCoding
August 2, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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inkscape.org
The August #Inkscapechallenge is to

Draw a Gizmo/Gadget.

Create a gizmo/gadget ... old, contemporary or futuristic.

Come join us on the August Challenge page:

inkscape.org/forums/compe...

#ArtWithOpenSource
#Inkscape
Draw a Gizmo - A handheld gizmo with time travel buttons and nano drone launcher
August 1, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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gmic-eu.bsky.social
📖 Our yearly G'MIC recap is out!

Beyond the 4.0 release, this article dives into a year of work behind the scenes: new G'MIC-Qt filters, the variational color transfer algorithm, creative coding scripts & more. Don't miss it! 🤩

EN: gmic.eu/gmic40/
FR: linuxfr.org/news/g-mic-4...

#GMIC #OpenSource
G'MIC 4.0: Squaring the Pixel, Easier Than Ever!
A full-featured open-source framework for processing generic image (2D,3D,3D+t) with multiple interfaces: command-line (cli), gimp plug-in, web service, Qt plug-in, C++ library
gmic.eu
July 29, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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kdenlive.bsky.social
The last maintenance release of the 26.04 series is out, bringing the usual batch of bug fixes and workflow and stability improvements.

kdenlive.org/news/release...

#kdenlive #kde #videoediting
Kdenlive logo with version number 26.04.3 under it
July 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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gmic-eu.bsky.social
🎉 G'MIC 4.0.0 is here — a major release focused on stability.
It also opens a new chapter: fewer releases ahead, with more focus on framework robustness & performance rather than big changes. The core is mature — now we polish it.
Developed @ GREYC lab (CNRS/ENSICAEN/UniCaen)
▶️ gmic.eu

@cnrs.fr
July 1, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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gimpofficial.bsky.social
Downloads of #GIMP 3.2.4:

Released 19th April
> 2.67 million downloads for Windows
~ 350k macOS downloads
> 350k "active devices" for Snap
> 220k of last Flatpak (6 days old!)
> 50k AppImages
Total: ~ 3.65 millions of *known* downloads of version 3.2.4.
> 80k downloads/day.
🫠
June 5, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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kdenlive.bsky.social
The 2nd maintenance release of the 26.04 series is out with stability and workflow improvements to rendering, timeline editing, project handling, and packaging. It also fixes a 4-year-old Windows bug, allowing exports directly to network drives.

kdenlive.org/news/release...

#kdenlive #videoediting
kdenlive logo with version 26.04.2 under it
June 6, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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studio.blender.org
SINGULARITY, the painterly space adventure and newest open movie by Blender Studio is now released!

Watch in on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5OZ...

#b3d #OpenMovie #BlenderStudio #singularity
SINGULARITY - Painterly Space Adventure
Our story takes place in a distant age of the universe, when the stars and galaxies were young. When an ominous cosmic event swallows the icy home of a small space critter, he must find refuge among…
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May 11, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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inkscape.org
Our latest maintenance and bugfix release is here 🎉 !

Almost 40 crash & bug fixes, 6 performance improvements, 42 updates on interface and documentation translations... Enjoy ❤️!

Learn all about #Inkscape 1.4.4 and: Draw Freely!

inkscape.org/news/2026/05...

#FLOSS #opensource #design #digitalart
A pink/red mug shaped like a cute and a bit mischievous cat, viewed from the side. Some flowers and the Inkscape logo (1.4.4 text within) peek out from inside the mug
May 6, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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lgm.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy
Heartfelt thanks to everyone who made LGM 2026 in Nuremberg such a success! It was incredible to see the community thriving.

Check out the group photo on our site and catch up on any talks you missed—recordings are now linked in the program! […]

[Original post on post.lurk.org]
LGM Group Photo 2026
May 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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gmic-eu.bsky.social
🎨 G'MIC 3.7.5 is out!

Our open-source image processing framework (CLI, library & G'MIC-Qt plugins) just got a fresh update with fixes & improvements across the board.

Thanks to all contributors! 🙏

👉 gmic.eu
April 30, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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inkscape.org
The May #Inkscapechallenge is to...

Create Patterns

Let's create patterns and get a rhythm going by exploring the Object to Path feature.

Come join us on the May Challenge page:

inkscape.org/forums/compe...

#ArtWithOpenSource
#Inkscape
Create Patterns with Inkscape ... a pattern of overlapping curved lines and spheres.
May 1, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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kdenlive.bsky.social
Kdenlive 26.04.0 is out, featuring contributions from more developers than ever before. This release focuses on stability, usability, and workflow improvements and comes with new features like animated transition previews and monitor mirroring.

kdenlive.org/news/release...

#kdenlive #kde
April 27, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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inkscape.org
#Inkscape 1.4.4 is getting soooo close 🤏!

Try out the release candidate for this bugfix and maintenance release and help us catch any blocker bugs 🪤🐛 by giving it a good round of testing before the release (planned for May)!

inkscape.org/release/inks...

#testing #freesoftware #floss
A(n almost) greyscale comic drawing of a cat playing with an Inkscape icon on a fishing line. Text: Testing will continue … … until quality improves. Inkscape. Draw Freely. v.1.4.4rc
April 25, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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lgm.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy
It’s LGM Friday, the weather is sunny, and our stream and program start early at 10:10 am.

Also: In a sudden development overnight, the Processing Foundation signed on as a Bronze 🥉 Level sponsor. Read the full announcement […]
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post.lurk.org
April 24, 2026 at 7:23 AM
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lgm.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy
Good morning LGM!

For the remote attendees our live streams today start again in the afternoon with the Lighting Talk Session at 15:50 pm

In the meantime watch our recordings, as @chaoswesttv was on fire and already released all the talks of yesterday here: https://media.ccc.de/c/lgm2026

For […]
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post.lurk.org
April 23, 2026 at 6:48 AM
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lgm.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy
We are live streaming now https://streaming.media.ccc.de/lgm2026/zollhaus

#lgm26 #libregraphicsmeeting
April 22, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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lgm.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy
Best weather to get startet with #libregraphicsmeeting #lgm #lgm26
April 22, 2026 at 6:49 AM
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lgm.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy
🥈 We are thrilled to welcome Google back as a silver sponsor for the Libre Graphics Meeting 2026! 🥈

Google has been a dedicated supporter of LGM for years. In particular, the Google Fonts initiative remains a cornerstone of the open-source ecosystem, making […]

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Logo: Google
April 20, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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opensourcedesign.net
We also finally took an updated photo of the devroom (this was towards the end of the day and not at all the busiest the room got which was at capacity for most of the talks!)

Watch the videos on each talk page here:
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
FOSDEM 2026 - Open Source Design
fosdem.org
April 20, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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opensourcedesign.net
A photo from Open Source Design devroom for 2026's FOSDEM!
Had fantastic time running the devroom for another year with some fantastic speakers, audience and folks willing to chip in and help make the room great.

#oss #fosdem #opensourcedesign #ossdesign
A photo of a group of 20+ people in a class room style room for FOSDEM's Open Source Design Devroom
April 20, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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gimpofficial.bsky.social
GIMP 3.2.4 Released

www.gimp.org/news/2026/04...

This is a micro-release to fix some bugs, to add scanner support on Windows, and some minor improvements.

#GIMP #imageEditor #GPL #openSource #libreGraphics #GIMP3 #GIMP3_2 #GEGL #news #release
GIMP - GIMP 3.2.4 Released
Release news for version GIMP 3.2.4
www.gimp.org
April 20, 2026 at 11:25 AM