mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06
I don't think it's a coincidence that the biggest problem in society is the same problem that's manifested in #FreeSoftware and #OpenSource.
That we have plenty of resources, but we are so completely terrible at distributing them that we have both very well funded nonsense and zero funded critical infrastructure.
Playing with rotation and directional blur in #inkscape
Some really interesting visuals
This week I completed the shape builder tool for #inkscape, although you've probably seen the previous posts I made; come see the full video with some demos by fellow artists, thanks everyone for your testing!
#Inkscape does have multiple people who do not always agree on the design. But we're good at at least listening to each other's thoughts and critiques. Which is all we can ask for to be honest.
"Also I can't wait for the namesearching developer of the app mentioned in the previous tweet to reply asking for suggestions on how to make it better" - bore man on birdsite
He meant me. I search for people mentioning Inkscape and I ask complainers what they would do.
Because I need users to get involved. Both mentally and financially. Not everyone's going to be able to respond, you got to have the energy. But I've had very good responses from asking users to talk more.
This week's #inkscape update is all about fonts in PDF files and a new PDF input dialog screen with some new functionality. Come see what I've made over here:
Completed my boston building resource center classes. I'm now officially an amateur wall framer and beginner sheetrock installer.
Now to half knock down the house.
My wife @teruterubozu@toot.wales knows how to #commit to a #birthday #bit
Rwy'n dy garu di'!
I think #mastodon and the #fediverse are currently in that pre-cost era, where excitement and dedication to the cause allow a lot of people to join without really contributing to the costs.
Even if those costs are minimal; like open source or the web in general, not solving for economics will bite the philosophy in the behind.
It would save us an awful lot in coin and stamp minting if the British monarchy adopted a full fursona.
Like a baseball mascot, doesn't matter who's inside.
Extra ike points if the Winsor fursona is a lizard. 🤣
The shape builder 2.0 in #inkscape
is almost, nearly, quite a bit... complete. Would anyone be interested in trying it out with a developer build?
This has to be the weatonest misunderstanding of mastodon this week.
The comments are... not well informed.
Hey @GIMP@floss.social / #gimp
I promised I'd pass along this comment from my video this week:
"Would you please use whatever limited influence you have on the GIMP team requesting that someone make videos like this for GIMP? I know it's a completely different project but I would love to see this kind of content for GIMP and Krita or Any other open source project." - Andrew Pullins
Since I have no influence and making videos is a lot of work, some salt might be needed for this request.
Are you a windows user and programmer and are interested in helping with #inkscape ? I'm looking for someone to help with a small windows development task which has become stuck without a windows dev.
This week I do a bit of #inkscape blur, various fixes and more work on the pdf importer. The winter is certainly setting in again!
Please consider supporting my work at https://patreon.com/doctormo
I'm rebasing (recovering old code) the "Shape Builder" feature Osama Ahmad tried to make in 2021 😬.
So. It's not a trademark of Adobe (I checked) but what should this feature be called in Inkscape?