meeting suggestions
Rowan posted the following meeting suggestion (http://www.meetup.com/WaikatoLinuxUsersGroup/events/233762057/): "regarding presenting the ubuntu m10 tablet; due to university i wont be available in september. its possible i could present in october; if not i will def be available in november. i could also demonstrate android on raspberry pi if it works (havnt found time to try it yet). or we could run through installing it together?" I'd suggest to have this meeting in November. As for September, how about we do a roundup of multi-media tools and giving them a quick spin. Here are some that I can think of (feel free to demo your own favorite tool!): - Gimp - Inkscape - Dia - OpenShot - Blender Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
On Fri, 2 Sep 2016 10:45:46 +1200, Peter Reutemann wrote:
As for September, how about we do a roundup of multi-media tools and giving them a quick spin. Here are some that I can think of (feel free to demo your own favorite tool!): - Gimp - Inkscape - Dia - OpenShot - Blender
I can talk on Blender, for as long as anyone will listen. :) I can also talk a little bit about setup for music/audio production using Jack, if anyone is interested. Though I have only lightly dabbled in that. I also have an old Wacom tablet that can be used to demo touch-sensitive drawing applications. This works with Gimp and Inkscape, but is particularly effective with MyPaint.
As for September, how about we do a roundup of multi-media tools and giving them a quick spin. Here are some that I can think of (feel free to demo your own favorite tool!): - Gimp - Inkscape - Dia - OpenShot - Blender
I can talk on Blender, for as long as anyone will listen. :)
I'll put your name next to Blender then. :-)
I can also talk a little bit about setup for music/audio production using Jack, if anyone is interested. Though I have only lightly dabbled in that.
User interface or commandline?
I also have an old Wacom tablet that can be used to demo touch-sensitive drawing applications. This works with Gimp and Inkscape, but is particularly effective with MyPaint.
That could be quite interested, too! @John Do you want to demonstrate OpenShot? I can demo Dia. Anyone else? Or any other cool multi-media tools? Many, many years ago, I played around with Audacity, but never really got into it. Any takers? Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
On Thu, 8 Sep 2016 09:43:41 +1200, Peter Reutemann wrote:
I can talk on Blender, for as long as anyone will listen. :)
I'll put your name next to Blender then. :-)
Sure. Maybe you should let me know which parts of Blender you *don’t* want me to talk about. ;)
I can also talk a little bit about setup for music/audio production using Jack, if anyone is interested. Though I have only lightly dabbled in that.
User interface or commandline?
Mostly GUI, using QJackCtl, my old Korg X5 keyboard with a USB-MIDI adapter, various sound sources and sequencers. I did write a small script (pajackconnect <https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Digital_Music_Composition/Making_Sound#ALSA.2C_PulseAudio.2C_JACK>) to gracefully start and stop JACK in the presence of PulseAudio. I should check if that’s even still needed...
I also have an old Wacom tablet that can be used to demo touch-sensitive drawing applications. This works with Gimp and Inkscape, but is particularly effective with MyPaint.
That could be quite interested, too!
I could spend minute or two showing that before hitting the limits of my drawing abilities. :) Someone like William could certainly do a whole lot more with it. Lawrence
I can talk on Blender, for as long as anyone will listen. :)
I'll put your name next to Blender then. :-)
Sure. Maybe you should let me know which parts of Blender you *don’t* want me to talk about. ;)
Just a quick demo, something like 15min. Can be more, depending on how many other presenters at the meeting.
I can also talk a little bit about setup for music/audio production using Jack, if anyone is interested. Though I have only lightly dabbled in that.
User interface or commandline?
Mostly GUI, using QJackCtl, my old Korg X5 keyboard with a USB-MIDI adapter, various sound sources and sequencers. I did write a small script (pajackconnect <https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Digital_Music_Composition/Making_Sound#ALSA.2C_PulseAudio.2C_JACK>) to gracefully start and stop JACK in the presence of PulseAudio. I should check if that’s even still needed...
I also have an old Wacom tablet that can be used to demo touch-sensitive drawing applications. This works with Gimp and Inkscape, but is particularly effective with MyPaint.
That could be quite interested, too!
I could spend minute or two showing that before hitting the limits of my drawing abilities. :)
Someone like William could certainly do a whole lot more with it.
I've added the meeting with preliminary speakers here: http://www.meetup.com/WaikatoLinuxUsersGroup/events/233952289/ Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Peter Reutemann <fracpete(a)waikato.ac.nz> wrote:
I also have an old Wacom tablet that can be used to demo touch-sensitive drawing applications. This works with Gimp and Inkscape, but is particularly effective with MyPaint.
That could be quite interested, too!
I could spend minute or two showing that before hitting the limits of my drawing abilities. :)
Someone like William could certainly do a whole lot more with it.
Thanks Peter/Lawrance - Yes I would be interested in talking about my Digital Painting setup. I have a Pi3 at home that I use for painting on a larger screen (same settings as my portable setup). Maybe for a meeting sometime next year? Custom setup is with Gimp 2.8 - config for pressure sensitivity and my own brushes. Krita is a fork of Gimp that is popular. I've had no luck getting this to run on the Pi but have it running on laptop. I like Gimp more though - guess I'm use to it especially with my custom setup. Krita would be great if I could import my Gimp brushes and pressure sensitivity. I use Inkscape for creatting vector artwork (often taking my Gimp artwork into Inkscape). Inkscape is also used for slides/poster design. No custom setting with Inkscape except for the extension Sozi for creating slides. I also don't use my drawing tablet with Inkscape - just keyboard and mouse. Is inkscape even considered a touch-sensitive drawing app? It's all vectors so just lines and fills. Scribus is another - I use this for book design (currently working on a Pepper&Carrot book). Keyboard and mouse for Scribus - importing vectors from Inkscape and sometimes raster files. Have used MyPaint in the past but never got pressure working (keen to see pressure working in Krita/MyPaint if you can). I do like the idea of never-ending canvas in MyPaint - something I would like in Gimpo. I also use RecordMyDesktop to screencapture. Cheers, William
I could spend minute or two showing that before hitting the limits of my drawing abilities. :)
Someone like William could certainly do a whole lot more with it.
Thanks Peter/Lawrance - Yes I would be interested in talking about my Digital Painting setup. I have a Pi3 at home that I use for painting on a larger screen (same settings as my portable setup). Maybe for a meeting sometime next year? Custom setup is with Gimp 2.8 - config for pressure sensitivity and my own brushes.
Krita is a fork of Gimp that is popular. I've had no luck getting this to run on the Pi but have it running on laptop. I like Gimp more though - guess I'm use to it especially with my custom setup. Krita would be great if I could import my Gimp brushes and pressure sensitivity.
I use Inkscape for creatting vector artwork (often taking my Gimp artwork into Inkscape). Inkscape is also used for slides/poster design. No custom setting with Inkscape except for the extension Sozi for creating slides. I also don't use my drawing tablet with Inkscape - just keyboard and mouse. Is inkscape even considered a touch-sensitive drawing app? It's all vectors so just lines and fills.
Scribus is another - I use this for book design (currently working on a Pepper&Carrot book). Keyboard and mouse for Scribus - importing vectors from Inkscape and sometimes raster files.
Have used MyPaint in the past but never got pressure working (keen to see pressure working in Krita/MyPaint if you can). I do like the idea of never-ending canvas in MyPaint - something I would like in Gimpo.
I also use RecordMyDesktop to screencapture.
Ian will give a very short intro to Gimp (talked him into it last night...). Would be great if you could demo Inkscape and Scribus? We can schedule an RPi session next year, maybe aimed at artists? Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
On Tue, 13 Sep 2016 14:00:24 +1200, William Mckee wrote:
Is inkscape even considered a touch-sensitive drawing app? It's all vectors so just lines and fills.
The calligraphic pen tool varies the width of the stroke according to the pressure. That’s the only pressure-sensitive behaviour I’ve found.
Have used MyPaint in the past but never got pressure working (keen to see pressure working in Krita/MyPaint if you can).
Works for me in MyPaint, with a bunch of different brushes. I can bring my old Wacom Graphire for you to try, if you like. I should double-check that all this works on my laptop, not just my desktop...
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On Tue, 13 Sep 2016 14:00:24 +1200, William Mckee wrote:
Is inkscape even considered a touch-sensitive drawing app? It's all vectors so just lines and fills.
The calligraphic pen tool varies the width of the stroke according to the pressure. That’s the only pressure-sensitive behaviour I’ve found.
Just tried Inkscape on my laptop. Haven’t got it working there yet. But Blender supports it quite nicely with the Grease Pencil tool.
Rowan posted the following meeting suggestion (http://www.meetup.com/WaikatoLinuxUsersGroup/events/233762057/):
"regarding presenting the ubuntu m10 tablet; due to university i wont be available in september. its possible i could present in october; if not i will def be available in november.
i could also demonstrate android on raspberry pi if it works (havnt found time to try it yet). or we could run through installing it together?"
I'd suggest to have this meeting in November.
Sorry, I have to retract that. The last meeting will be in November and we'll have the AGM on that date. @Rowan I've scheduled the meeting now for October 24 - you're OK with that? Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
participants (3)
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro -
Peter Reutemann -
William Mckee