Over Thanksgiving week, I was fortunate enough to participate as a judge in Animation Desk’s iAniMagic contest. Animation desk is an animation app that’s available on iOS and Android. I would never thought ten years ago that we be able create animations on mobile devices let alone have something as incredible as a tablet. There were some […]
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Over the past year I’ve learned a lot about supporting technology. Whether it’s online content, software, or hardware; monetarily supporting services helps further future development. It keeps the developers fed and happy. If you believe that a certain program could be the next big painting application, back it any way you can. If you can’t
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It’s only fitting to donate to Synfig since that’s who I started with last November. Synfig is a powerful vector 2D animation tool that’s made great strides in the past year. They’ve been working on educational tutorials, improvements, and a clearer interface. Dimitry and his team has worked tirelessly to improve and build upon their strong
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I was hoping it was still September somewhere in the world yesterday morning when I made my contribution to Adobe Offsetting. I wanted to give to a new project, but I couldn’t help but to give Krita more props for all their hard work over these past months. Instant tranformations Krita has been hard at
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I discovered shortly after my blog post yesterday on great animation software announcements that Tupi was launching their Indiegogo campaign the following day. Well today is the following day and you can now contribute to Tupi for a Windows version plus Gustav’s next series of fixes and features. http://vimeo.com/99677105 Last year, Gustav launched a campaign on
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So this is my first donation to Gimp! The best way to support the evolution of software to replace Photoshop is to give money to the ones that can make alternatives a reality. Earlier this year, I’ve began weening myself off being dependent on Photoshop. Over the past 10 years I’ve grown to love Photoshop
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What can I say other than that Blender is an amazing tool. As I’ve learned more and more about the software over the past 60 days, I’m impressed with how efficient the and straight-forward the experience is as a noobie has been. In the past I tried to learn 3D but I ultimately would become
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A couple of weeks ago I saw an advertisement for an event on Google Plus. It was for an animation workshop using open-source software presented by Ricardo Graça. The only problem is that the workshop will be held in Rio. They will be capturing the upcoming event on video but the lecture will be in Portuguese.
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A few days ago I decided to start make an official break with Adobe in my personal life and work in open source software and other alternatives. I haven’t quit cold turkey. I left myself an Adobe parachute just in case I need it. It’s definitely risk-aversion. Instead of deleting the Adobe Suite from all
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April is a month of change. Filing taxes finally puts 2013 to rest; trees are beginning to bud; and it’s a time to start taking those resolutions you’ve been kicking around seriously. For the longest time I’ve been trying to sever my relationship with Photoshop. Of all the Adobe products, it’s the most essential piece
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