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G’MIC is an open source framework for image processing and manipuation, which came to my attention with it’s recent integration into Krita 5. G’MIC, or GrayC’s Magic for Image Computing is available in a number of different forms, from a very ImageMagick-esque command line interface, to an online version, as …
In 2021 there are an amazing number of free (and often open source) alternatives to commercial graphics applications, such as Adobe’s suite (Photoshop, Animate, Illustrator, Premere, Substance and more) and other applications like Autodesk’s 3DS Max and Maya. The following is a list of freely (as in beer) available applications. …
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The popular open source painting/drawing application Krita just released the first beta of Krita 5. A ton of improvements behind the scene, including a new 5 years in development resource management system and a UI design should make Krita 5 more enjoyable to use. Of course it comes with several …
Microsoft have recently released preview 2 of their massive IDE Visual Studio 2022. Visual Studio 2022 brings several new features to the table including: Our 64-bit upgrade Take advantage of all your computer’s resources to scale Visual Studio to the largest of projects and complex workloads without running out of …
Today we are checking out Artbreeder, a machine learning (GAN – Generational Adversarial Network) based art creation tool. Using Artbreeder you can rapidly create portraits, landscapes, characters and more using sampled (or uploaded) existing art, a series of “genes” as well as crossbreeding with other source images or art styles. …
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PixelOver is a interesting application, developed using the Godot Engine (like Material Maker, BitMap Flow and PixelORama), that enables you to quickly create pixel art from images. This is by no means the only tool to do this, another such example we covered in the past is PixelMash. That said, …
Spine 4 was just released by Esoteric Software. Spine is a powerful tool we have covered several times on GameFromScratch, including this now several years old Hands-On guide. The version 4 release brings several new features including: a complete reworking of graphs enabling your to see all keys at once, …
It seems like every single major 3D application are getting behind Pixar’s USD format and NVIDIA have released Omniverse as an interconnect between all of these programs. The USD or Universal Scene Description is an open source standardized interchange format, described succinctly enough as: Universal Scene Description (USD) is an …
There is a “new” Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the aptly named Paint & Draw Bundle. This is a collection of art software and add-ons from Escape Motion. It is important to point out, while a new name, this exact bundle ran back in 2020 as the Natural …
Today Adobe announced the creation of the Adobe Substance 3D collection as well as the launch of an all new 3D modeling application. The Substance 3D collection is a subscription package built heavily around Allegorthmic products acquired by Adobe in 2019, specifically Substance Painter, Substance Designer and the now rebranded …
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