Introducing Cobra
As part of our crowdfunding campaign on Synfig optimization, our hired developer Ivan Mahonin is developing a completely new rendering engine with a purpose to boost performance. Obviously, this new…
Synfig Studio 1.0.2 released
We are happy to announce that the new version of Synfig Studio is available for download! This update includes some results of optimizations for rendering engine, improvements for group layers…
Optimization report #4
So, the new month is here! This time we haven't managed to collect the required amount of $1000 to accommodate the full-time development for a month. That means our hired…
Optimization report #3
A quick update on current state of things. 1. The software rendering of vector data got even faster. Right now rendering of our test image with transparent layers (see below)…
Native OSX build is available for testing
The native build of Synfig Studio for OSX is available for testing! All our previous builds of 1.x version for OSX had requirement to install XQuartz package, which was uncomfortable…
Optimization report #2
It's time for a quick update! Last days Ivan Mahonin was working on porting vector rendering algorithms into the new render engine of Synfig. By this moment he got the…
Optimization report #1
On September 1st we have started to work on optimization of Synfig - much thanks to everyone who contributed to our fundraising campaign and made this possible! It's time to…
Crowdfunding update: Win! The first goal reached.
It's 1st of September and I am happy to announce that our crowdfunding campaign has reached its first goal! That means our hired developer Ivan Mahonin starts working for full-time…
How to help?
Dear community, we need your help. When I am talking about possible ways to help Synfig, I am usually talk about contributing patches, writing documentation and donations. Of course, any…
Crowdfunding update: Full time development in September?
As you know, we have launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund the full time development in October and beyound. But here comes the interesting opportunity to consider. At this moment our campaign…
Crowdfunding update: Optimization roadmap
As I have already mentioned in my previous posts, optimization task is a non-trivial thing. It is really hard to make estimation about exact dates and predict all underwater rocks.…
Synfig Training Course released in French!
Ready? Steady. Go! The French version of the Synfig Training Course is finally released! Many thanks to BobSynfig for making it possible. New to the topic and wonder what the…