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Libreplanet 2021: Libre designers do exist (and survive)

21 March, 2021 by tatica Leave a Comment

A 45min talk exploring what is to be to find jobs as graphic designer using only free software, and a deeper talk on how to change things. Final words for posterity: Do not sacrifice what you believe in for what others expect from you. Never. Is not worth it. If you believe you're good enough [...]

Canva Vs. Inkscape

9 March, 2021 by tatica 9 Comments

I've been trying Canva since a few months ago, and truth is, it has blown my mind. HEY, I still LOVE inkscape, but when I started giving workshops to people who wanted to improve their social networks, reality was that my students were not experts on design, and tools like this became my allies. I've [...]

My Open Source meltdown, and the rise of a star

26 October, 2020 by tatica 4 Comments

There comes a time when you feel that you don't fit anywhere. Where your ideas, principles, motivation and struggles simply don't align with anyone else. For years, I felt part of something that was larger than myself, had the motivation to use a huge part of my free time to contribute to projects and in [...]

Fedora: Flock Budapest 2019

14 August, 2019 by tatica 1 Comment

It has been so long since I went to my last Fedora conference that to be honest, I was overwhelm. Having so many friends around who actually understand my love for open source and communities, was something that I needed. After 4 countries, I finally arrived to this lovely city that mesmerize me in every [...]

Ghost Picture – darktable + GIMP TimeLapse

15 July, 2019 by tatica Leave a Comment

A couple of friends were curious about how I did my ghost picture for my recent project. Just in case you have no idea what I'm talking, I started a small photo-project to explore light and shadows and as usual, tell stories... long time I didn't do it, right? I tried to record it 2 [...]

3 easy ways to sharpen skin with darktable

24 June, 2019 by tatica 5 Comments

I was mostly an avid user of the Sharpen and RAW denoise modules before LGM, but folks were kind to teach me another way to get my sharpening, and since I tend to forget stuff, here are my notes on that. Sharpen module: As its name says, might be the easiest way to add that [...]

LGM 2019 – Knowledge and Design at Saarbrucken, Germany

5 June, 2019 by tatica Leave a Comment

OpenSource is the kind of projects that can actually change someone's life. We use it in pretty much everything without knowing, cause technologies advance faster than ever, and better at single second. However, we kind forget that software, apps and all of that is made by humans and not machines. Having the opportunity again to [...]

Enabling Visual Composer again on WordPress

13 March, 2019 by tatica 2 Comments

If you have came back after a break wanting to write a post on your Wordpress with Visual Composer and everything has gone mad, don't worry, there's a simple solution. Since Wordpress version 5.0.1, a new editor has been add to all users called Gutenberg. For those who don't know it, this new editor allows [...]

Vectors for Godparents Request

9 January, 2018 by tatica Leave a Comment

Now that we have Daniel with us, it was time to look for Godparents for his upcoming Baptism, and since he has a designer mom what better way to make some nice Godparents Request Cards? I used a web design but change it to say what I needed. We asked a couple of best friends [...]

Darktable’s Liquify, direct Raw distortion

25 August, 2016 by tatica 2 Comments

If something is true when you edit photos, is that you try to capture your subject just as it is, but in a world saturated by "perfection" your clients always ask a bit of retouch; sometimes not even due the person insecurity, but more due symmetry. The truth is that the IWarp tool at GIMP had [...]