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Free Blender 4.4 adds animation and video features, improves stability
It’s a great week for free and open-source media tools. Hot on the heals of GIMP 3.0 final, we get Blender 4.4. It’s labeled as focusing on stability, but the Blender contributors have packed a bunch of major animation, video, and UI features in there, too. Now, we can say this is the tool used in Oscar-winning films (Flow).
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GIMP 3.0, free and open source image app, looks brilliant
The culmination of seven years of open-source development, GIMP has reached its milestone 3.0 release. GIMP was always powerful, but this feels more like the mature, usable release to take on the proprietary heavyweights.
Three free spectral synths to try after the new Serum spectral oscillator
Spectral resynthesis is having a moment now that it’s one of the new oscillator types in the mighty Xfer Serum 2. If you’re looking for other ways to get your spectral resynthesis on – or you’re a Serum user who just can’t get enough – here are three free tools to sink your FFTs into.
Peter Kirn - March 19, 2025
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Serum 2: wavetable champ becomes much more in huge, free update
Peter Kirn - March 17, 2025
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Maxess, free externals for Max and Max for Live accessibility, available now
Peter Kirn - March 13, 2025
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Live 12.2: hands-on guide to Meld, Roar, Auto Filter, workflow updates, more
Peter Kirn - March 12, 2025
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Mix and patch ChowDSP’s tape modeling for free in VCV Rack
Peter Kirn - March 10, 2025
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This artist is connecting Unreal, Ableton Live for production-grade visualizers
Peter Kirn - March 7, 2025
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KORG multi/poly native is as satisfying as a desktop plug-in as it in hardware
Peter Kirn - March 6, 2025
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