Valentina is an open source pattern drafting software tool,
designed to be the foundation of a new stack of open source tools to
remake the garment industry.
Small-batch and custom-sized clothing manufacturing is essential
to create a sustainable future, preserve small- to medium-sized textile
spinning and weaving manufacturers, enable independent and small
designers and manufacturers to scale up to make a decent living, rebuild
local garment districts, and reduce or eliminate slave labor.
Synfig Studio is a free and open source 2D vector graphics and timeline-based computer animation program.
Synfig is getting closer to final release for version 1.
Some specs for the new version:
Single-WIndow and Gtk3 UI
Group transformations widget
Bones / Cutout tools
Bone distortion
Sound layer
Bones
Frame-by-frame animation (bitmap)
UI improvement
Rendering speed optimization
SFG Format
Sound support
Video import
Vector drawing tools
Scripting (python) (minimal support ready : scripts can be called from an entry menu)
Inkscape is a graphic design software - vector drawing and editing. It is free (open source) and is an alternative to Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw.
Inkscape is cross-platform and has versions that run on Windows, Linux and OS X.
With the new release Inkscape 0.91 rendering and filters have become significantly faster.
Release highlights
Cairo rendering for display and PNG export;
OpenMP multithreading for all filters;
C++ code conversion;
Major improvements in the Text tool;
Measure tool;
Type design feature;
Symbol library and support for Visio stencils;
Cross platform WMF and EMF import and export;
Improved support for Corel DRAW documents, Visio importer;
Support for real world document and page size units, e.g. millimeters;
Known issue - easy fix :)
• On MS Windows when the desktop colordepth is set to 16-bit, Inkscape is unusable because of exploding memory usage. Please set the colordepth to 32-bit.
