hi ginger, > > 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.
i'd like to produce a second number while being at http://froscomp.org . (mid september) the idea is to have the content mostly produced in advanced and having a small crew doing the magazine live at our booth. i'm not sure i will have founds to print it, so it may just be a PDF to put on the web. what do you think about it? could you image to have an active role even if not personally present? (no, i certainly won't have the budget to fly you to zurich! :-) ciao a.l.e _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
