The details for the Movie Night have been set! Come join us on Wednesday, April 2nd from 8-10pm as we screen multiple short films including some that were made with Blender! We will be screening these films at Passage Kinos in the WINTERGARTEN theater (approx. 650m from the University). Passage Kinos Betriebs GmbH Hainstraße 19a…
Today is the last day to sign up for the Pre/Post activities we have planned for this year! On Tuesday, April 1st we have a photowalk around the city (estimated start time 10:00am in front of the Paulinum – finishing at 1:30pm) as well as a visit to the Museum of Printing Arts for a…
While freedom in digital graphic design is a primary topic at Libre Graphics Meeting, applications outside the digital world are also fascinating to see! So there will be an opportunity to hear about (and hack with) the fashion pattern design tool Valentina this year. Susan Spencer Conklin first brought up the topic of free software…
One of the projects which will have its first appearance at LibreGraphicsMeeting this year, is Magic Lantern. Magic Lantern is a free software add-on for most newer Canon EOS cameras. It allows you to get the most out of your camera and it adds many extra features that are not included from the factory by…
At the 2012 Libre Graphics Meeting in Vienna, Richard Hughes presented a progress report on the ColorHug, his open hardware colorimeter. For over 2200 Linux users (and counting!), the Open Hardware ColorHug colorimeter has been an inexpensive way to calibrate monitors. Richard returns to LGM this year to talk about his newest project, a progression…
Libre Graphics Meeting tries to bring in talks or presentations from the local community each year, and there is a fantastic presentation this year of the work done by Sebastian König recreating a 500 year old manikin with Blender for the GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Leipzig. As detailed in the original post on Blendernation, the…
The Call for Content was opened last November for submission of talks, workshops, or hackfests. Now the submission period is closed and we have the hard task ahead of us of selecting the talks and arranging them into a program schedule. We have over 80 submissions to consider, and it’s going to be difficult to…
We are working diligently behind the scenes to make this a fantastic meeting, and part of that work is securing all of the amenities to make your experience as nice as possible. To do this as well as we can, we need a good count of attendees. This let’s us plan for things like catering,…
We are quickly approaching the January 15th deadline for submissions for presentations in Leipzig this year! As a reminder, we’re looking for: In-depth presentations on Libre Graphics technologies Showcases of excellent work made using Libre Graphics tools New projects in this area to meet the wider community Reports, use-cases, best practices New emerging media; breaking free from analog…
The Call for Participation went out a week ago for submissions of talks, workshops, and hackfests in Leipzig. It’s also time to consider where the 2015 meeting shall take place! We want to try something new this year: calling for a location to hold the 2015 meeting. If you are interested in hosting our event…
