Projects for Google Summer of Code 2019
This year Synfig takes part in the fourteenth edition of Google Summer of Code. Now I am happy to announce that we've got 2 talented students selected, who will be…
What’s coming to Synfig 1.4.0
If you follow our weekly reports on Patreon, then you probably aware that all those months we are working hard to bring you next stable version of Synfig (1.4.0). In…
Forums migrated to Discourse
We have migrated our forums to brand-new Discourse engine! This step will improve the general experience of communication for our users, simplify maintenance for admins and allow us to add…
ASIFA-Hollywood donates $2000 to Synfig development
I am excited to announce that we've got a donation of $2000 from ASIFA-Hollywood. ASIFA hollywood is a branch member of the "Association Internationale du Film d'Animation" or "ASIFA" (the…
Synfig got a page on Patreon!
As you probably aware from my recent reports (here and here), we have hired a second developer to work on Synfig and address stability issues. In order to keep him…
Synfig Development Report #51
Since the middle March of 2018 we have hired a new developer – Artem Konoplin (known as “ice0” on GitHub). His initial mission is to fix bugs and improve stability of current feature set of Synfig. Though, as usual, things gone beyond of that (details below). (more…)
New developer will join Synfig development since March 2018
Big news: I have made an agreement with a new developer to join our team for developing Synfig open-source animation software. Artem Konoplin will join us in March as a…
OSX version of Synfig now 5 times smaller
Many OSX users have complained that OSX package of Synfig have ridiculous size (and because of that some users even had problems with getting it to launch). So, I have…
Synfig Training Course released in German!
The German version of the Synfig Training Course is finally released! We would like to share the joy of the release with our dedicated followers, so in the first 48 hours…
German version of Synfig Training Course is almost here
Good news for our German users - we are 99,99% ready to release the Synfig Video Course in their native language! You can watch the first lesson of the course below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT4DZ_5naxI But…
Fundraising campaign is closed. What’s next?
Dear friends! Our fundraising campaign for Synfig optimization is closed now. Much thanks to everyone who contributed and made development of Cobra rendering engine possible! What are the next steps?…
Development builds updated
Last months were not easy for us. As you probably know, we are working on the new optimized rendering engine for Synfig - Cobra. And today I am happy to…