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Libre Arts
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Online magazine on free/libre software for creative professionals. Responsible reporting over clickbait and drama.
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I guess the recent Steinberg news needed some coverage after all, so here you are ;)

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VST3 becomes open-source, ASIO goes GPL-compatible
Let's talk about what VST3 and ASIO relicensing by Steinberg really mean
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November 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
librearts.bsky.social
Week highlights: new releases of GIMP and RapidRAW; a quick first look at the AgX tonemapper in darktable; new features in Ardour

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Weekly recap — 12 October 2025
New releases of GIMP and RapidRAW, new features in darktable and Ardour
librearts.org
October 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
librearts.bsky.social
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

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Weekly recap — 28 September 2025
New releases of Krita, RapidRAW, and Gradia; MIDI strumming in Ardour
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September 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
librearts.bsky.social
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

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Weekly recap — 21 September 2025
Ton Roosendaal is stepping down as executive director of Blender Foundation
librearts.org
September 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
librearts.bsky.social
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

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Weekly recap — 14 September 2025
Mew releases of Gradia, RapidRAW, and displaycal; Blender gets new major sponsor
librearts.org
September 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
librearts.bsky.social
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

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Weekly recap — 7 September 2025
New releases of OurPaint and LSP plugins; new features in Inkscape and FreeCAD
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September 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
librearts.bsky.social
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

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Weekly recap — 31 August 2025
Wacom brings €240K/year to Blender Foundation, GIMP gets vector and link layers
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September 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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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
August 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Week highlights: new releases of RapidRaw, Gradia, @friction.graphics, and Handbrake; new features in @gimpofficial.bsky.social

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Weekly recap — 10 August 2025
New releases of RapidRaw, Gradia, Friction, and Handbrake; new features in GIMP
librearts.org
August 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
librearts.bsky.social
Weekly recap: new major releases of PixiEditor and Flameshot, new features coming to @gimpofficial.bsky.social, @freecad.org, @openscad.bsky.social, and Ardour

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Weekly recap — 3 August 2025
New major releases of PixiEditor and Flameshot; new features in GIMP, FreeCAD, and Ardour
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August 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Belated weekly update: new releases of Shotcut and Qtractor, the Blender team starts working on an iPad port

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Weekly recap — 27 July 2025
New releases of Shotcut and Qtractor, Blender team starts working on an iPad port
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July 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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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

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Weekly recap — 20 July 2025
New Blender, RapidRAW, Gradia, Sigil, and Hydrogen releases; new darktable UI prototypes
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July 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
librearts.bsky.social
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

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Weekly recap — 13 July 2025
New releases of Krita, Bonsai, OBS Studio, and Kdenlive; new features in GIMP and Ardour
librearts.org
July 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Week highlights: new digiKam release, new features coming to GIMP, Inkscape, and Ardour

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Weekly recap — 6 July 2025
New digiKam release, new features coming to GIMP, Inkscape, and Ardour
librearts.org
July 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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(Double-) week highlights: new releases of @gimpofficial.bsky.social, darktable, Cardinal; new features in @freecad.org and Ardour

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Weekly recap — 29 June 2025
New releases of GIMP, darktable, and Cardinal; new features in FreeCAD and Ardour
librearts.org
July 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Week highlights: new releases of Audacity and Kdenlive, new features in @gimpofficial.bsky.social, Inkscape, and Ardour

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Weekly recap — 15 June 2025
New release of Audacity and Kdenlive, new features in GIMP, Inkscape, and Ardour.
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June 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Somewhat belatedly, week highlights: new release of RawTherapee, new features in @gimpofficial.bsky.social, new apps for screenshot annotation (Gradia) and film photography (Filmbook)

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Weekly recap — 8 June 2025
New release of RawTherapee, new GIMP features, and various new apps (Gradia, Filmbook)
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June 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Week highlights: new features in @gimpofficial.bsky.social, new versions of PDF Arranger, Odin 2, and Tumult; new VAMP plugins by @chriscannam.bsky.social

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Weekly recap — 1 June 2025
New features in GIMP, new versions of PDF Arranger, Odin 2, and Tumult; new VAMP plugins.
librearts.org
June 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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TheWaveWarden released a long-time-coming update of Odin 2, a free/libre virtual synth

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Odin 2 synth gets a UI revamp
The new version of the virtual synth ships with improved scaling and updated graphics
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May 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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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)

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Weekly recap — 25 May 2025
New releases of Sigil, PipeWire, Qtractor, and Millisecond; new features in GIMP.
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May 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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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

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Weekly recap — 18 May 2025
New releases of GIMP, Inkscape and FreeCAD; Plasma is getting an HDR calibration wizard
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May 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Week highlights: new version of Shotcut, CMYK PDF exporting has landed in Inkscape, Google Summer of Code 2025 has announced students/projects

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Weekly recap — 11 May 2025
New version of Shotcut; CMYK PDF in Inkscape; GSoC2025 announces students/projects
librearts.org
May 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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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...
Google Summer of Code 2025 projects announced
Here is what students around the world will be contributing to GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, FreeCAD, and other projects
librearts.org
May 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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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...
Weekly recap — 4 May 2025
New releases of Kdenlive, Mixxx, and Giada; new features in GIMP and FreeCAD.
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May 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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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...
Weekly recap — 27 April 2025
New releases of Helio sequencer and ZLEqualizer, new features in GIMP and FreeCAD
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April 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM