Libre Arts

New ALSA Scarlett GUI release from Geoffrey D. Bennett: DSP controls for Vocaster One/Two, configuration for setting up IO and custom port names, routing and mixer updates, and more librearts.org/2026/05/alsa...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Wondering what interesting projects @gimpofficial.bsky.social, Inkscape, @blender3d.bsky.social, @freecad.bsky.social, and others got this year for Google Summer of Code? I went ahead and made a complete list so you don't have to :) librearts.org/2025/05/gsoc...

Week recap: new releases of Kdenlive, Mixxx, and Giada; new features in @gimpofficial.bsky.social and @freecad.bsky.social See here for more: librearts.org/2025/05/week...

Week highlights: new releases of Helio sequencer and ZLEqualizer, new features coming to @gimpofficial.bsky.social and @freecad.bsky.social, Darkglass Electronics releases a Linux-powered multi-effects processor for the bass See here for details: librearts.org/2025/04/week...

Darkglass Electronics announced Anagram, a multi-FX processor for the bass. It runs embedded Linux, uses open-source neural modeling tech, and relies on an LV2 plugins host and some FOSS plugins librearts.org/2025/04/meet...

Week highlights: great new features coming to @gimpofficial.bsky.social, Inkscape, and Ardour in the works; new releases of @scribus.bsky.social and Bonsai BIM Check out the full post: librearts.org/2025/04/week... Featured #b3d artwork by Rene Gorecki

Inkscape is getting on-canvas controls for the text-on-path offset. Not even in a development branch yet, coming likely in v1.5/1.6

Week highlights: new releases of Pinta and Elektroid, @freecad.bsky.social Project Association announces new grants See here for details: librearts.org/2025/04/week... Featured #b3d art by Yota Tasaki

The Pinta team announced the v3.0 release yesterday. Here's a quick look at what’s changed and what still needs to change librearts.org/2025/04/pint...

Multibody dynamics + FEM, former Ondsel project, lives on www.youtube.com/watch?v=kggy...

Week highlights: new releases of @gimpofficial.bsky.social, PhotoGIMP, Shotcut, Flowblade, and Calf LV2 plugins See here for more: librearts.org/2025/03/week... Featured #krita artwork by Philipp Urlich

Week highlights: new releases of @gimpofficial.bsky.social, @blender3d.bsky.social, PDF4QT, libwacom, and LosslessCut See here for details: librearts.org/2025/03/week... Featured #krita artwork by Sachin Chauhan

GIMP 3.0 is out, and while you are probably already aware of all the changes in the release, there's much more to discuss: what's coming next, what's up with its funding, and whether the name will ever change librearts.org/2025/03/gimp...

Week highlights: new versions of digiKam, @musescorestudio.bsky.social, and Audacity See here for details: librearts.org/2025/03/week... Featured #b3d art by Oleksandra Havrylina

Muse Group announced the release of @musescorestudio.bsky.social 4.5 featuring easy dynamics insertion, a brand-new percussion palette, and new engraving features. Here's a quick look at the new features librearts.org/2025/03/muse...

Week highlights: @blender3d.bsky.social made Flow gets an Oscar, @pipewire.org gets MIDI 2.0 support, @kdenlive.bsky.social is getting better OTIO support Read here for details: librearts.org/2025/03/week... Featured #b3d artwork by Nekozarou

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New version of ALSA Scarlett Control Panel aka "alsa-scarlett-gui" brings support for eight more 1st gen and 4th gen audio interfaces by Focusrite. librearts.org/2025/03/alsa...

Week highlights: CMYK image mode is WIP in @gimpofficial.bsky.social, new release of LSP plugins, great changes in Inkscape, @friction.graphics, and @freecad.bsky.social. More information: librearts.org/2025/03/week... Featured #b3d artwork by Lionel Schramm

Week recap: new releases of @tahoma2d.bsky.social, JupyterCAD, @kicad.org; first builds of Inkscape with CMYK-capable exporting are available; @freecad.bsky.social Project Association announces 2025 grant program. More info: librearts.org/2025/02/week... Featured #b3d artwork by Myan

Week highlights: new releases of GIMP, LittleCMS, HDRView, FLAC, and Faircamp; AstoCAD replaces Ondsel ES as a sexier soft fork of FreeCAD. See here for more info: librearts.org/2025/02/week... Featured #krita art by Rodrigo Alvarez

Week highlights: new release of Bonsai (ex-BlenderBIM) and GCodeWorkShop, PDF import/export improvements in Inkscape, GNOME is getting HDR support. See here for more: librearts.org/2025/02/week... Featured #krita artwork by Lidia Goryachewa

Week highlights: new releases of Scribus and @krita.org, a beta release of Pinta See here for more info: librearts.org/2025/02/week... Featured #krita artwork by Viktoria Holmqvist

Week highlights: new releases of Skyfill by @drsybren.bsky.social, Mayo, and Shotcut; great new features in Dune3D; the @freecad.bsky.social Project Association has part-time job openings. See here for more: librearts.org/2025/01/week... Featured #b3d artwork by RAINMAN PAGE