Have you all seen pixieditor? An open source image editor without a stubborn developer or a terrible name!

I just became a supporting founder and it would be great to see this succeed.

#opensource #libregraphics https://pixieditor.net/

Friction 1.0.0 RC 2 is now available

https://friction.graphics/releases/friction-100-rc2.html

Moving away from proprietary software is especially difficult for artists, since many of us are trapped within the #adobe ecosystem.

This is why I find #LGM2025 so exciting and hopeful!

Thankfully the organizers have made the conference videos available outside of #evilcorp #youtube etc to #peertube

@lgm

#inkscape #graphics #mastoart #libregraphicsmeeting #selfhosting #artists #foss #opensource #mastoart
#libregraphics #design #UI #UX #hyper8

https://conf.tube/videos/watch/28c6036c-f856-45d8-bba3-2dad4bef205f

Marc @sustainrelease gave a brief talk on the use of #opensource and #libregraphics at the @lgm 2025 in Nuremberg. You can find the link to the recording (thanks @chaoswesttv) and his slides for download on his tiny blog. #lgm25

https://marrod.bearblog.dev/how-to-run-a-festival-on-libregraphics/

The talk, 'The state of #libregraphics' held at @lgm is a great overview on the status and latest developments of several free libre #opensource projects, including some very interesting ones like @friction that had not been on my radar yet.

https://media.ccc.de/v/lgm25-upstream-2025-83646-state-of-libre-graphics#t=865

At FOSDEM 2011 I attended the talk of @ossington about the #libregraphicsmagazine. I met her, @aiscarvalho and @rlafuente afterwards. It was a pleasure getting to know them and meeting them at FOSDEM the following years.

The talk:
- https://archive.fosdem.org/2011/schedule/event/libre_graphics_magazine.html

The video:
- https://video.fosdem.org/2011/lightningtalks/libregraphics.xvid.avi

I cannot tell what gem the libre graphics magazine is.

They lived the future 15 years ago.

You have to read to understand:
- https://libregraphicsmag.com/index.html

A recent discussion on open-source Photoshop alternatives (https://mastodon.design/@candidexmedia/114558704815706042) led me down a rabbit hole of image background removal in @Krita.

Turns out there's a fantastic third-party plugin which can accurately select an object inside an image by clicking or drawing a box!

Here it is: https://github.com/Acly/krita-ai-tools

Hey Fediverse! We are Libre Graphics Vienna, a User Group dedicated to free and open source graphics- and photo editing software. We regularly meet at the @metalab (Rathausstraße 6, 1010 Vienna). Feel free to visit if you in or around Vienna and creative and artistic freedom is important to you!

Website: https://libregraphicsvienna.at/

Upcoming Meetings in the Metalab Wiki: https://metalab.at/wiki/LibreGraphicsVienna

Hallo Fediverse! Wir sind Libre Graphics Vienna, eine User Group für freie open source Grafik- und Fotobearbeitungsprogramme. Wir treffen uns regelmäßig im !@metalab (Rathausstraße 6, 1010 Wien). Komm gerne vorbei, wenn Du in oder in der Nähe von Wien bist und dir kreative und künstlerische Freiheit wichtig ist!

Webseite: https://libregraphicsvienna.at/

Termine im Metalab Wiki: https://metalab.at/wiki/LibreGraphicsVienna

Boah. Ich bin gerade mega-glücklich, dass ich vor über einer Woche so penibel die #Inkscape-Layer in der Masterdatei geordnet und beschriftet habe.

Hört auf den Onkel! Nehmt euch die Zeit. Immer. Es zahlt sich später aus... #justsaying

#Fossy2025 is happening in Portland, Oregon July 31st - August 3rd. If you are into making art with open source software, like with Inkscape, Blender, Krita, or maybe you make your own custom art tool, or you do other #FOSS related art coding, consider giving a talk in the Libre Graphics track! The world needs more art, and crazy tools to make it with!

The call for talk proposals on all 12 tracks is open until April 28:
https://2025.fossy.us/call-for-proposals/

The Latvian Animated Feature Film #Flow won the #Oscar. The Film was done with @Blender and Filmmaker Gints Zilbalodi addressed it in his acceptance speech and the interview afterwards.

"Blender is a free and #opensource software, which means that everyone has access to it."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3vw26THkRI

Wrote a little blog post on Scribus' 1.7.0 release. https://nathanupchurch.com/blog/scribus-1-7-0-from-strength-to-strength/ #scribus #libregraphics #FLOSS #FOSS #design #linux

This week's #inkscape update is out and about PDF and I think I might have found some ways of breaking the #PDF specification.

At least... I can make PDF viewers do different things with the same files and that the spec is very ambiguous.

https://youtu.be/-wBqIu598IE