Call to Community: Shot 54 Overpaint
EDIT: This call is closed. OK, looks like it’s time to try the new strategy of attracting contributors to the project. Our previous strategy was based on the assumption that contributors will work directly with the production tree and maintain their working copies using git.
Goodbye git-submodule, hello git-subtree
During the process of adaptation of Morevna repositories for the new build system we have decided to get rid of complex repository structure involving submodules. The purpose of using submodules was to have the ability to watch the histories of many repositories in sync. I
Remake – Version 0.1
I am happy to announce the first release of “Remake” – unified build system for animation projects. As I wrote some time ago, it’s purpose to automatically track changes in your project files and update rendered footage where needed. “Remake” is released under GNU GPLv3
MediaWiki and Script Translation
Terry Hancock wrote an interesting article about translation of Morevna Project’s script: read now.
Private or not private? That’s the question…
Sometimes people ask me why do we keep Morevna’s repositories private? Why not have them out in the open the way free-software projects do? I decided to write this post to clarify the situation. We are successfully applying the principles of free software development to
Random Thoughts
It’s been a long time since I’m wrote something useful here. Though, lots of things happened during that period and I feel a need to share with you, my dear readers, some random thoughts. Last time I have a lot of work with Synfig Studio.
Synfig Studio 0.62.01
On May 31, 2010 new version of Synfig Studio was released. You can download it from the packages page. Major reasons to upgrade: Reworked Motion Blur layer. Better SVG import New functionalities of Normal Tool Improved rendering to avi when using ffmpeg target Fixed issue
Happy Birthday!
Today is the second birthday of morevnaproject.org. Looking back at the past year, I can tell that it was a very hard year for the project. I haven’t wrote much on this blog last year, but for me it brought a lot of experience and
Screenplay translation
I am happy to announce that we have just completed the first draft of our screenplay translation. Of course there’s still a lot of work on dialog, format, and style, but at least it’s already readable for English-speaking audiences. For those who are not afraid
Production Cuts
As you remember, Morevna Project was going to be promoted at Anime Boston 2010 by Ubuntu Massachusets Local Community Team. We have decided not to go with the usual demo snapshot and prepared a special video with production cuts. Now event is over and we
Anime Boston 2010
The Ubuntu Massachusets Local Community Team is making an ambitious effort to bring anime fans to the world of Open Source at the Anime Boston 2010 convention. At their booth in the dealers’ room they plan to hand out Ubuntu LiveCDs and copies of the