Linux is the only free creative platform with world–class free creative applications. You can be an artist without paying an entrance fee, but you have to learn how to use your tools. Free Software for Creative People is your university of 2D and 3D graphics, and of video–based art and web presentation. Everything is possible on Linux, but this book shows that all these applications work on Windows and Mac OS X.

So if you are a creative type who happens to use Linux, or if you are a Linux user who wants to learn how to be creative in your Linux space, this is the book for you! Find your multimedia creativity with the tools at your fingertips.

What you’ll learn

Become creative with Ardour, Audacity, Blender, the GIMP, Inkscape, Scribus, and other applications.

Chain these creative applications together and make them serve your larger creative vision.

Work cross–platform if you want to reach out beyond Linux itself in your creative journey.

Share your creative works with the world using Web 2.0 technologies.

Locate software development communities to connect with other creative types.

Configure GNU/Linux systems featuring these applications.

Daniel James is the director of 64 Studio Ltd, a company that produces a 64–bit GNU/Linux distribution designed specifically for creative users, and does custom development work for OEMs with multimedia products. He worked on LinuxUser & Developer magazine for around seven years, serving as editor from autumn 2005 until early 2007.

Over the last few years, his media work has expanded to include a long–held interest in sound recording, with several music and voice–over projects completed at his own studio. He also contributes regular articles on music recording and related technology to Linux Format and Sound on Sound magazines.