Hi, I discovered recently, through a message on another mailing list, the Doc Sprint Summit organized by Google: https://sites.google.com/site/docsprintsummitv2/home Basically I am thinking on proposing a project, involving GIMP. Precisely I would like to propose to work on documentation for a whole workflow to create an animation using only Free Softwares. This could involve GIMP for drawing/editing, Blender as Sequence editor, Ardour as audio workstation, but also other more generic tools like (for instance) svn or git with any adaptation to deal with binary/graphical files better, etc. The goal is not to produce a detailed documentation on 1 software, but on the whole workflow. Each of these FLOSS programs has already detailed documentation. But I think that a documentation more globale giving direction to have all these "flow" together would be a great plus. For instance, what is the best way to generate frames from GIMP xcf files into a video sequence in Blender? How to sync audio and video sequence in Blender and Ardour through Jack? And what about doing it through Ardour + xjadeo (as someone told me on the GIMP dev ml)? Basically that's not only specific software. We are happy to see people proposing all the alternatives like using Cinerella for sequence editor, mypaint for drawing, or even Inkscape for vectorial animation, etc. Actually giving choices is better, as the goal is to have a reference documentation to work together with various programs, not to promote a specific program only, through the whole workflow: drawing, sequence, compositing, render, audio, subtitle, and anything to link them. I am working lately with a professional graphical animator (me being a developer). We are working on making an animation fully with Free Softwares. We have tried a few Free Softwares and are testing them quite a bit daily, hence have some idea about what exists and not, but there is definitely more to know about the topic. And we are eager to learn. This is why such a documentation would definitely profit to us as well. Thus when I saw this call, I thought it is worth proposing it because a lot of people have far more experience than us. Would someone be interested in this proposal? A project can propose up to 5 individuals (we are only 2 right now); accomodation and food are covered by the camp, and we can apply for travel costs if you need (California, Google headquarters). This will be from 3rd to 7th of December. If you are interested, please mail an answer, along with your full name, your country/state, if you need full or partial travel assistance, and one or two lines stating why you think to be a good candidate for this project (I am not the one asking all these information, this is in the registration form question). Also sorry, but we have to submit before the 26th, so that's short deadline (sorry I myself recently discovered it and I am currently traveling!). If you are interested, please answer very fast. Thanks! Jehan Studio Girin: http://girinstud.io _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list
