2010/8/15 j...@rejon.org <j...@rejon.org> > http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Libre_Graphics_Magazine >
+ 1 Louis > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 7:26 AM, ginger coons <gin...@adaptstudio.ca> > wrote: > > > >> So we could create a magazine (available as PDF, and printed to people > who > >> want a paper edition, actually someone already started such a project, I > >> think > >> ?), or a booklet that could be send as "commercial" to companies, a book > >> (either tutorial, or a "story" book with illustration created with our > >> software). > >> All done with free software. Then you can show the results to > >> professional, > >> and impress them. When I was a student, I participated in editing a > >> student > >> weekly newspaper, we managed to print in four colors using a two > cylinders > >> rotary printer, the seller was so surprised by the result that you could > >> get > >> with the machine, that he sent a few samples of our journal to the > >> direction > >> in Japan. This little story shows that if you do interesting things, you > >> will > >> get attention. > >> There is already an impressive pool of artists using our software, lets > >> pull > >> them together to create material that display the power of our tools. > > > > A great big +1 on the magazine. Just before LGM, Ricardo, Ana, Femke, > a.l.e. > > and I pulled together Libre Graphics Magazine #0. Since then, I've been > > thinking seriously (as I plan workshops and talks for artists and design > > students) about the value of doing such a magazine more frequently. I > think > > it would be a great vehicle around which to build some user community, as > > well as a nice, professional public show of what F/LOSS graphics software > > can do. > > > > So I'm game to pick up where we left off on the magazine, and willing to > add > > some editorial weight to the effort. If anyone else is interested in > working > > on it too, all the better. > > > > -- > > ginger "all-lower-case" coons > > adaptstudio.ca > > 647.865.7757 (Toronto) > > 514.213.1318 (Montreal) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CREATE mailing list > > CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org > > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create > > > > > > > > -- > Jon Phillips > http://rejon.org/ > http://fabricatorz.com/ > http://status.net/ > http://rejon.status.net + skype: kidproto > +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) > +86.187.1003.9974 (china) > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create >
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