Vint Prox

Oooh, #GraphiteEditor has the node graph functionality, which allows you to compose vector objects from the primitives like fill, stroke, transform and live filters in a visual manner!

Node graph interface and filters both give me this nice break-out I needed after LPEs in #Inkscape. Don't get me wrong: that program is THE legend, developers are masters of vectors, and it's purely native Gtk toolkit on which application is built. Right now, their priority is CMYK support, so follow if you're into printing.

I just love to experiment with shiny new software that's #OpenSource, especially one that uses #RustLang and #web to its advantage.

Watch 'em apply circular repeat filter on a mere line to produce this fun sparkle effect. (It is Graphite's official channel, by the way. Wish they were on Mastodon?)

https://youtu.be/7gjUhl_3X10

#Graphite #FOSS #SelfHosted #PWA #SVG #VectorArt #VectorGraphics #Affinity #AffinityDesigner #Illustrator #AdobeIllustrator #Adobe #vector #vectors #NodeGraph

Graphite Tutorial 1 - Hands-On Quickstart

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Mar 29, 2024 at 5:49amWeb
Show threadahoyboyhoyMar 29, 2024
@vintprox thanks for sharing this! Never heard of graphite before, but I starred this and hope to tinker with it soon. I've been trying to tear my partner away from macOS and Adobe for the past three years since I migrated to Linux desktop and this tool could be a gamechanger! Then I'd just need a killer self hosted browser based photo library/DAM.
Show threadVint ProxMar 29, 2024

@ahoyboyhoy Glad it helped! :D

Speaking of self-hosted libraries, I discovered that, unnfortunately, media powerhouse Jellyfin doesn't has photo albums yet. Would be a great time just casually switching between my favorite movies, music and photos.

https://features.jellyfin.org/posts/406/photo-album-feature

@itsfoss has an article about Piwigo, just a solution you might want to look into: https://itsfoss.com/piwigo/

Photo album feature · Jellyfin Feature Requests

It would be very cool to create photo albums online and if other users could also view and edit these albums.

Show threadahoyboyhoyMar 29, 2024
@vintprox @itsfoss I actually found Jellyfin to be a decent photo library solution compared to others. Unfortunately, no FOSS browser based options can really compare to the DAM features or edit workflows of native apps like Adobe's Lightroom, Apple's old Aperture, Capture One, or my current choice darktable. Immich is the nicest I've found of the current browser based options, but like the rest, it's aimed at consumers a la Google or Apple Photos. I use photoview for now, uses darktable backend
Show threadahoyboyhoyMar 29, 2024
@vintprox @itsfoss and specifically, piwigo I believe doesn't support RAW or many RAW formats.