InkLab
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Good morning folks.
Over the past few months, I have been working with some of the developers of free art tools such as Krita and Gimp/Glimpse to develop improvements for the ORA graphics interchange format. It is similar to PSD format, but not proprietary. Over the course of my research so far, I have found several examples where PSD provides features which are not available in ORA. In order to propose solutions to these issues and continue to make great tools available for free, I will be hosting a panel in this years Libre Graphics Meeting to push for changes. (Also will likely be doing a lot of the coding myself ^.^)
My plea to any digital artist who reads this: If you have any old PSD (or procreate, CSP, xcf, whatever) digital art source files that you would be able to donate prior to the meeting (May 2020), especially those which uses a lot of advanced features like multiple clip or blending layers, compositing modes, smart objects, etc, please let me know! I would really like to make sure that all of my proposals at LGM can address any shortcomings of the current free standards so that we can make the maximum possible progress this year!
Two of the major issues I want to address currently:
-Lack of vector / text capability
-No support for clipping layer combined with another mode, like add / multiply (which many artists use for things like highlights and shadows)
Note that the development of this standard does not detract from photoshop itself. I would love to see photoshop provide a native ORA export option, so that other software can communicate with photoshop in the easiest manner possible. Addressing missing features of the standard as quickly as possible seems like the best option to make this a reality.
Please let me know if you are able to help by providing a file or two and have an awesome day!
Over the past few months, I have been working with some of the developers of free art tools such as Krita and Gimp/Glimpse to develop improvements for the ORA graphics interchange format. It is similar to PSD format, but not proprietary. Over the course of my research so far, I have found several examples where PSD provides features which are not available in ORA. In order to propose solutions to these issues and continue to make great tools available for free, I will be hosting a panel in this years Libre Graphics Meeting to push for changes. (Also will likely be doing a lot of the coding myself ^.^)
My plea to any digital artist who reads this: If you have any old PSD (or procreate, CSP, xcf, whatever) digital art source files that you would be able to donate prior to the meeting (May 2020), especially those which uses a lot of advanced features like multiple clip or blending layers, compositing modes, smart objects, etc, please let me know! I would really like to make sure that all of my proposals at LGM can address any shortcomings of the current free standards so that we can make the maximum possible progress this year!
Two of the major issues I want to address currently:
-Lack of vector / text capability
-No support for clipping layer combined with another mode, like add / multiply (which many artists use for things like highlights and shadows)
Note that the development of this standard does not detract from photoshop itself. I would love to see photoshop provide a native ORA export option, so that other software can communicate with photoshop in the easiest manner possible. Addressing missing features of the standard as quickly as possible seems like the best option to make this a reality.
Please let me know if you are able to help by providing a file or two and have an awesome day!