In a new instance of "the shit Linux users have to fix for themselves because vendors couldn't be bothered", Rolando Trevino now has initial support for Universal Audio's Apollo line of audio interfaces.
librearts.org/2026/04/intr...
New version of the @friction.graphics animation editor is out with transform gizmos, snapping, and grids (among major new features)
Release notes: friction.graphics/releases/fri...
Here is a quick demo of gizmos
I guess the recent Steinberg news needed some coverage after all, so here you are ;)
librearts.org/2025/11/stei...
Week highlights: new releases of GIMP and RapidRAW; a quick first look at the AgX tonemapper in darktable; new features in Ardour
librearts.org/2025/10/week...
The week recap is really brief this time: @krita.org got a bugfix release, RapidRAW and Gradia got releases with new features; Ardour got very basic MIDI note strumming
librearts.org/2025/09/week...
Week highlights: @gimpofficial.bsky.social is getting an SVG exporter; Ton Roosendaal is stepping down as executive director of @blender3d.bsky.social Foundation; @kdenlive.bsky.social is planning exciting new features; @freecad.org is launching a bug hunt for v1.1
librearts.org/2025/09/week...
Weekly recap: new releases of Gradia, RapidRAW, and displaycal; @gimpofficial.bsky.social is getting SVG exporting and in-app notifications, @krita.org is getting color management support on Wayland, @blender3d.bsky.social just got another major corporate sponsor
librearts.org/2025/09/week...
Week highlights: new releases of ShineStacker, Mixxx, and LSP plugins; new version of OurPaint has pigment canvas and spectral blending, @inkscape.org is getting artwork recoloring, and @freecad.org just got on-view gizmos for PartDesign commands such as Pad and Fillet
librearts.org/2025/09/week...
Back to recaps after a summer break. What’s new recently: Wacom upgrades its @blender3d.bsky.social support; new releases of @gimpofficial.bsky.social, RapidRAW, @kdenlive.bsky.social, and Shotcut; new features in @inkscape.org and Ardour
See here for details: librearts.org/2025/08/week...
Quick test of newly added AI sky masks in RapidRAW: works, but not amazing. Doesn't handle well mountain ridges, as well as bits of sky between tree branches and leaves
Week highlights: new releases of RapidRaw, Gradia, @friction.graphics, and Handbrake; new features in @gimpofficial.bsky.social
librearts.org/2025/08/week...
Weekly recap: new major releases of PixiEditor and Flameshot, new features coming to @gimpofficial.bsky.social, @freecad.org, @openscad.bsky.social, and Ardour
librearts.org/2025/08/week...
Belated weekly update: new releases of Shotcut and Qtractor, the Blender team starts working on an iPad port
librearts.org/2025/07/week...
Week highlights: new Blender, RapidRAW, Gradia, Sigil, and Hydrogen releases; new darktable UI prototypes. There were, in fact, four releases of RapidRAW, all with new features, this past week
See here for the full post: librearts.org/2025/07/week...
Week highlights: new releases of @krita.org, Bonsai, OBS Studio, and @kdenlive.bsky.social; @gimpofficial.bsky.social is getting support for Sketchbook's TIFF extensions, FontForge is being ported to HarfBuzz, and Ardour is getting further automation improvements
librearts.org/2025/07/week...
I don't have the icon for it :)
Week highlights: new digiKam release, new features coming to GIMP, Inkscape, and Ardour
librearts.org/2025/07/week...
(Double-) week highlights: new releases of @gimpofficial.bsky.social, darktable, Cardinal; new features in @freecad.org and Ardour
librearts.org/2025/06/week...
Week highlights: new releases of Audacity and Kdenlive, new features in @gimpofficial.bsky.social, Inkscape, and Ardour
librearts.org/2025/06/week...
Somewhat belatedly, week highlights: new release of RawTherapee, new features in @gimpofficial.bsky.social, new apps for screenshot annotation (Gradia) and film photography (Filmbook)
librearts.org/2025/06/week...
Week highlights: new features in @gimpofficial.bsky.social, new versions of PDF Arranger, Odin 2, and Tumult; new VAMP plugins by @chriscannam.bsky.social
Read here for more information: librearts.org/2025/06/week...
TheWaveWarden released a long-time-coming update of Odin 2, a free/libre virtual synth
librearts.org/2025/05/odin...
Yay, that's great to know!
Week highlights: new releases of Sigil (EPUB editor), @pipewire.org, Qtractor, and Millisecond; new features in @gimpofficial.bsky.social (text outline direction choice, options for theme-dependent brush previews)
See here for details: librearts.org/2025/05/week...
It's unfortunate that there are .deb packages available only for now
Week highlights: new releases of @gimpofficial.bsky.social, @inkscape, and @freecad.bsky.social; 3rd-party GIMP2 plugins are getting ported to GIMP3; @kde.org Plasma is getting an HDR calibration wizard
See here for details: librearts.org/2025/05/week...
Let's call it... the Quit Sibelius option
Week highlights: new version of Shotcut, CMYK PDF exporting has landed in Inkscape, Google Summer of Code 2025 has announced students/projects
librearts.org/2025/05/week...
