Crafting Digital Media: Audacity, Blender, Drupal, GIMP, Scribus, and other Open Source Tools | Date: 28 April 2011, 04:41
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Free Software now offers a creative platform with world-class programs. Just ask the people who have completed high quality projects using open source desktop applications, or developed popular multimedia Web 2.0 sites using Free Software libraries. This phenomenon is no longer underground, or restricted to techies - there have been more than 61 million downloads of the Audacity audio editor, and more than 60 million downloads of the GIMP for Windows photographic tool, from SourceForge.net alone.
It used to be that creative software had a high barrier to entry, not least because of the complexity and cost of the programs. Even among those who could afford a Mac, many creative people have resorted to crackware in order to access the software tools that they need. Thanks to the generosity and expertise of Free Software creators, shady downloads and bootleg CD-ROMs are no longer required. With Free Software you can be a digital artist without paying an entrance fee, and almost any computer will do - but you still have to learn how to use your tools.
Free Software for Creative People is your foundation course in photographic manipulation, illustration, animation, 3D modelling, publishing, recording audio and making music, DJ'ing, mixing and mastering audio CDs, video editing and web content delivery. Every technique described in the book can be achieved on GNU/Linux, but many of the applications covered run on Windows and Mac OS X as well. New to GNU/Linux, and a little daunted? Don't worry, there is a step-by-step tutorial on Ubuntu, for either temporary use or permanent installation.
If you are a creative type who wants to get started with Free Software, or an existing GNU/Linux user looking to explore this category of programs, this is the book for you! Realize your own personal projects and ambitions with the tools this book will place at your fingertips.
What you’ll learn
Install and configure Ubuntu GNU/Linux for creative applications.
Get productive with Ardour, Audacity, Avidemux, Blender, FontForge, the GIMP, Hydrogen, Inkscape, Mixxx, Scribus, Synfig and other tools.
Chain these applications together and make them serve your creative vision.
Find and install the applications cross—platform, if you want to reach out beyond GNU/Linux.
Share your creative works with the world using Drupal Web 2.0 technology and Icecast media streaming.
Locate and engage with software and project hosting communities, to connect with other creators.
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