Week highlights: new releases of GIMP and RapidRAW; a quick first look at the AgX tonemapper in darktable; new features in @Ardour DAW

Libre Arts

Weekly recap — 12 October 2025

New releases of GIMP and RapidRAW, new features in darktable and Ardour

Week highlights: @GIMP is getting an SVG exporter; Ton Roosendaal is stepping down as executive director of @Blender 🔶 Foundation; @Kdenlive is planning exciting new features; @FreeCAD is launching a bughunt for v1.1.

Libre Arts

Weekly recap — 21 September 2025

Ton Roosendaal is stepping down as executive director of Blender Foundation

So much happened last week in FOSS: new releases of Gradia, RapidRAW, and displaycal; @GIMP is getting SVG exporting and in-app notifications, [@krita](

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) is getting color management support on Wayland, @Blender 🔶 just got another major corporate sponsor. Unnoticed earlier development: the Surge XT project has an OB-Xd fork as a new arrival

Libre Arts

Weekly recap — 14 September 2025

Mew releases of Gradia, RapidRAW, and displaycal; Blender gets new major sponsor

"We tested 21 leading AI models on how they handle self-harm scenarios. The results were sobering."

We tested 25 leading AI models on how they handle self-harm scenarios. The results were sobering.

Learn more about C.A.R.E, Rosebud's open-source framework for building safer AI that supports mental well-being.

"A rich library of 2,500 new fonts and integrated LUTs in Kdenlive, with all plugins pre-installed and ready to use—perfect for graphic designers and creatives." This is from the latest Modicia distro release announcement. Dear developers, it's okay to use AI to assist you with content as long as you stay on top of it. When you use its output uncritically, you no longer manage the AI, it manages you.

Week highlights: new releases of RapidRaw, Gradia, @Friction, and Handbrake; new features in @GIMP

Libre Arts

Weekly recap — 10 August 2025

New releases of RapidRaw, Gradia, Friction, and Handbrake; new features in GIMP

Weekly recap: new major releases of PixiEditor and Flameshot, new features coming to @GIMP, @FreeCAD @OpenSCAD and @Ardour DAW

Libre Arts

Weekly recap — 3 August 2025

New major releases of PixiEditor and Flameshot; new features in GIMP, FreeCAD, and Ardour

Belated weekly update: new releases of Shotcut and Qtractor, the Blender team starts working on an iPad port

Libre Arts

Weekly recap — 27 July 2025

New releases of Shotcut and Qtractor, the Blender team starts working on an iPad port

Week highlights: new @Blender 🔶, RapidRAW, Gradia, Sigil, and Hydrogen releases; new @darktable UI prototypes. TBH, there were four RapidRAW releases last week, all with new features. The developer says he uses AI for development. Do whatever you like with this information. I don't know anything anymore :) See here for the full post:

Libre Arts

Weekly recap — 20 July 2025

New Blender, RapidRAW, Gradia, Sigil, and Hydrogen releases; new darktable UI prototypes

On a separate note, picking artworks for the dedicated section of weeklies has become challenging. There isn't a ton of polished work to begin with (I look through hundreds every time), and then many artworks that look polished turn out to be AI-generated according to online tests. The worst part is that, at least for text, AI detection is unreliable. I recently tested one such service by feeding it content that was knowingly human-written, and got "75-92% AI-generated" in results.