Monthly Archive for November, 2006

Beginning GIMP

Published on November 23, 2006 in Graphics. 0 Comments

My copy of Akkana Peck’s book “Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional” has finally arrived from Amazon. It took just a month… :)

It covers most of basic stuff as expected, even SIOX. Since Akkana used a quite early release of GIMP 2.3.x, Heal Tool and Perspective Clone are to be described in the second edition (which might appear next year when 2.4 is out), along with more detailed information on color management that has been finally shaping up in CVS HEAD for a month or so.

What is really good is that the all, I mean, really all illustrations in the book are colored. Another great thing about the book is that the author patiently explains what you actually do instead of simply listing steps to achieve a goal.

Kudos to Akkana!

FAVE 2006

Published on November 17, 2006 in Sound. 0 Comments

If you haven’t considered going to FAVE this year, please do so if possible ;-)

This is an event for people who are interested in free and open source creative software on Linux and other computer platforms. It features workshops, talks and performances from free software developers and artists. The 2006 event is taking place at Limehouse Town Hall in London, England on Saturday the 25th of November. Highlights this year include:

  • Andy Farnell presents a workshop on synthetic audio in Pure Data
  • Steve Harris gives a talk on LV2, the new plugin standard
  • Mutant electronic punk from Jamka, over from Slovakia
  • Conor O’Tuama, recording acoustic music in Ireland
  • Biomusic from Simon Egan, featuring plants and animal organs
  • Live coding from Dave Griffiths and Alex
  • A demo of the 64 Studio distro from Daniel James
  • Olivier Laruelle and Chun Lee play with Desiredata
  • Rob Munro remixes TV with Pd, Gem and OSC
  • Karsten Gebbert and Evan Raskob

http://www.fave.org.uk/