For example, unlike Rewire, Ardour does not limit you to 64 channels of communication between software. Ardour handles both MIDI and audio files and supports JACK audio, which is better than any licensed or closed source audio tools.

It supports LV2 plugins and VST (if you really cannot do without it).

Synfig Studio: an alternative to Animate CCĪrdour is a professional digital audio workstation, and, unlike many of its closed source competitors, it is cross-platform.

Natron: an alternative to After Effects.

Inkscape: an alternative to Illustrator.

I chose the following Adobe alternatives based on two requirements: professional-grade features and cross-platform compatibility, to ease the workflow across different professional studios. For my new distro, called Bodhi Linux Media, I customized the desktop interface, capitalizing on the fact that the operating system is fast and lean (with no random stuff running in the background) and curating the following list of open source software for artists involved in many different digital art practices (e.g., music, video, graphics, interactive art, coding, etc.). So, I created a new distro, which is derived from Bodhi Linux, a lightweight, Ubuntu-based distro that includes only a browser, a terminal emulator, and a few other system tools.īodhi Linux is built on the idea that the user should decide what software should be installed and how the desktop interface should look, a job that Bohdi Linux's Moksha desktop (a fork of the Enlightenment 17 desktop) handles very well. This is an opportunity to learn 2 compositing applications in one course, and add, using a free application, the power of node based compositing, the industry standard.Digital art students, professionals, and educators need Linux too. You will also add more free plugins to Natron Use Rotopaint node to duplicate or make somebody disappear from your footage Rotoscoping to target an object and for example change it Color correction using several nodes (Grade, ColorCorrect, HueCorrect, HSVTool) Tracking and Screen or sign replacement

You will make your first compositing in 10 minutes You can apply in Nuke everything you've learned in Natron, from day one, even if you have never opened Nuke before. Natron is open source and Free, It has the same interface, same workflow, similar nodes and and functionality.īy learning Natron, you are also learning Nuke Nuke is the industry standard in compositing Visual effects, but it costs a lot.

Natron software jack support