Create Project
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The Create Project is a web-based community focused on communication and sharing between Free and Open Source Creative applications.
Initially the project was created by FreeDesktop.org
as a space for collaboration between free software creative projects, since then the project has become a full sub-project. Create now aims to develop and consolidate shared resources for creative applications . Several community-developed specifications have begun to be developed under the project such as OpenRaster and the Swatches colour file format..
Some of the many groups that come together under this project include Blender
, GIMP
, Inkscape
, Scribus
, Audacity
, Open Clip Art Library
, Open Font Library
and the Aiki Framework
which produce creative content, one of the major ways these groups come together is through the Libre Graphics Meeting
which is hosted by the Create Project.
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!Specification
!Status
!Purpose
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|OpenRaster
|In Development
|OpenRaster is a raster graphics file format for non-final images, the aim is to provide a file format for working images that can be used in many raster graphics applications.
|-
|Swatches - colour file format
|In Development
|Aims to provide cross application support for color files.
|-
|Unified Plugin API
|Being Discussed
|A cross platform plugin API, so that raster graphics editors can share plugins.
|-
|User Interaction Comparisons
|In Development
|A central location for information for projects that work together under the create project that would allow users to more easily switch between said applications.
|-
|Open Color Standard
|Being Discussed
|A possible future open color standard
|-
|Resource Tagging
|In Development
|Cross application resource tagging
|}>
Initially the project was created by FreeDesktop.org
Freedesktop.org
freedesktop.org is a project to work on interoperability and shared base technology for free software desktop environments for the X Window System on Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. It was founded by Havoc Pennington from Red Hat in March 2000.The organisation focuses on the user....
as a space for collaboration between free software creative projects, since then the project has become a full sub-project. Create now aims to develop and consolidate shared resources for creative applications . Several community-developed specifications have begun to be developed under the project such as OpenRaster and the Swatches colour file format..
Some of the many groups that come together under this project include Blender
Blender (software)
Blender is a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software product used for creating animated films, visual effects, interactive 3D applications or video games. The current release version is 2.60, and was released on October 19, 2011...
, GIMP
GIMP
GIMP is a free software raster graphics editor. It is primarily employed as an image retouching and editing tool and is freely available in versions tailored for most popular operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, and Linux.In addition to detailed image retouching and...
, Inkscape
Inkscape
Inkscape is a free software vector graphics editor, licensed under the GNU General Public License. Its goal is to implement full support for the Scalable Vector Graphics 1.1 standard....
, Scribus
Scribus
Scribus is a desktop publishing application, released under the GNU General Public License as free software. It is based on the free Qt toolkit, therefore native versions are available for Linux, Unix-like operating systems, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and OS/2...
, Audacity
Audacity
Audacity is a free software, cross-platform digital audio editor and recording application. It is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and BSD.Audacity was created by Dominic Mazzoni while he was a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University...
, Open Clip Art Library
Open Clip Art Library
The Open Clip Art Library project aims to create a collection of vector clip art that is free content.- History :The project started in early 2004 by Inkscape developers Jon Phillips and Bryce Harrington to collect designs of flags from all around the world, having been inspired by the efforts to...
, Open Font Library
Open Font Library
The Open Font Library is a project devoted to hosting, and encouraging the creation of fonts released under Free Licenses. It is a sister project to the Open Clip Art Library and has hosted over one hundred fonts...
and the Aiki Framework
Aiki Framework
Aiki Framework "is a flexible PHP + MYSQL content management framework that allows designers and programmers to easily create and work with existing content management systems from the web.". The is its commercial steward and has used it to build Open Clip Art Library 3.0 and the now public Open...
which produce creative content, one of the major ways these groups come together is through the Libre Graphics Meeting
Libre Graphics Meeting
The Libre Graphics Meeting is an annual convention for the discussion of free and open source software used with graphics; The first Libre Graphics Meeting was held in May 2006. Communities from Inkscape, GIMP, Krita, Scribus, sK1, Blender, Open Clip Art Library, Open Font Library, and more come...
which is hosted by the Create Project.
Specifications
|-
!Specification
!Status
!Purpose
|-
|OpenRaster
OpenRaster
OpenRaster is a file format proposed for the common exchange of layered images between raster graphics editors. It is meant as a replacement for later versions of the Adobe PSD format. OpenRaster is still in development and so far is supported by a few programs...
|In Development
|OpenRaster is a raster graphics file format for non-final images, the aim is to provide a file format for working images that can be used in many raster graphics applications.
|-
|Swatches - colour file format
|In Development
|Aims to provide cross application support for color files.
|-
|Unified Plugin API
|Being Discussed
|A cross platform plugin API, so that raster graphics editors can share plugins.
|-
|User Interaction Comparisons
|In Development
|A central location for information for projects that work together under the create project that would allow users to more easily switch between said applications.
|-
|Open Color Standard
|Being Discussed
|A possible future open color standard
|-
|Resource Tagging
|In Development
|Cross application resource tagging
|}>
See also
- Libre Graphics MeetingLibre Graphics MeetingThe Libre Graphics Meeting is an annual convention for the discussion of free and open source software used with graphics; The first Libre Graphics Meeting was held in May 2006. Communities from Inkscape, GIMP, Krita, Scribus, sK1, Blender, Open Clip Art Library, Open Font Library, and more come...
- FreeDesktop.orgFreedesktop.orgfreedesktop.org is a project to work on interoperability and shared base technology for free software desktop environments for the X Window System on Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. It was founded by Havoc Pennington from Red Hat in March 2000.The organisation focuses on the user....
- InkscapeInkscapeInkscape is a free software vector graphics editor, licensed under the GNU General Public License. Its goal is to implement full support for the Scalable Vector Graphics 1.1 standard....
- GIMPGIMPGIMP is a free software raster graphics editor. It is primarily employed as an image retouching and editing tool and is freely available in versions tailored for most popular operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, and Linux.In addition to detailed image retouching and...
- ScribusScribusScribus is a desktop publishing application, released under the GNU General Public License as free software. It is based on the free Qt toolkit, therefore native versions are available for Linux, Unix-like operating systems, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and OS/2...
- sK1SK1 (program)sK1 is an open-source illustration program for the Linux platform that can be used as a substitute for professional proprietary software like CorelDRAW or Adobe Illustrator...
- BlenderBlender (software)Blender is a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software product used for creating animated films, visual effects, interactive 3D applications or video games. The current release version is 2.60, and was released on October 19, 2011...
- AudacityAudacityAudacity is a free software, cross-platform digital audio editor and recording application. It is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and BSD.Audacity was created by Dominic Mazzoni while he was a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University...
- Open Clip Art LibraryOpen Clip Art LibraryThe Open Clip Art Library project aims to create a collection of vector clip art that is free content.- History :The project started in early 2004 by Inkscape developers Jon Phillips and Bryce Harrington to collect designs of flags from all around the world, having been inspired by the efforts to...
- Open Font LibraryOpen Font LibraryThe Open Font Library is a project devoted to hosting, and encouraging the creation of fonts released under Free Licenses. It is a sister project to the Open Clip Art Library and has hosted over one hundred fonts...
- Aiki FrameworkAiki FrameworkAiki Framework "is a flexible PHP + MYSQL content management framework that allows designers and programmers to easily create and work with existing content management systems from the web.". The is its commercial steward and has used it to build Open Clip Art Library 3.0 and the now public Open...
- free and open source softwareFree and open source softwareFree and open-source software or free/libre/open-source software is software that is liberally licensed to grant users the right to use, study, change, and improve its design through the availability of its source code...
- Open Source Developers' ConferenceOpen Source Developers' ConferenceThe Open Source Developers' Conference is a non-profit conference for developers of open source software.The conference is open to talks about software developed for any platform or operating system so long as the talk will be of interest to open source developers...