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-Chapter 1.  Multimedia Workflow on GNU Linux 
  
-Table of Contents+====== Multimedia Workflow on GNU Linux ======
  
-What is a Workflow? 
-Monolithic vs Modular 
-What is a Workflow? 
-Sample Workflows 
  
-Slackermedia is a blank canvas. There is not one "​right"​ way to create your +Slackermedia is a blank canvas. There is not //one// "​right"​ way to create ​and use your Slackermedia system. While Slackermedia does divide packages into broad sets, there is no pre-set that says "​install this if you want to make music" or 
-Slackermedia system. While Slackermedia does divide packages into broad sets, +"​install this if you want to make videos"​ and so on. The quandry that a new user faces is knowing ​what major applications ​to install ​to meet their artistic needs.
-there is no pre-set that says "​install this if you want to make music" or +
-"​install this if you want to make videos"​ and so on. You need to know what you +
-want to do, and how you intend ​to do it, before building your system.+
  
-In other words, this chapter contains a bunch of advice, which, as the cliche +In other words, this chapter contains a bunch of advice, which, as the cliché ​goes, is the one free thing in this world that no one really wants. You don't really want to read this chapter; you want to get on with using Slackermedia. However, unless you've got experience as a production co-ordinator,​ this chapter will probably do you some good. Think of it as the green vegetables of Slackermedia and give it a read not because it's all that good, but because it's good for you.
-goes, is the one free thing in this world that no one really wants. You don't +
-really want to read this chapter; you want to build Slackermedia. However, +
-unless you've got experience as a production co-ordinator,​ this chapter will +
-probably do you some good. Think of it as the green vegetables of Slackermedia +
-and give it a read not because it's all that good, but because it's good for +
-you.+
  
-What is a Workflow?+==== What is a Workflow? ​====
  
-Different disciplines have different methods of creating content, and different +Different disciplines have different methods of creating content, and different people work in unique ways. However, there are common elements from any production to another, and the basic methodology of getting a production from idea to finished product is called the "​workflow"​.
-people work in unique ways. However, there are common elements from any +
-production to another, and the basic methodology of getting a production from +
-idea to finished product is called the "​workflow"​.+
  
-The term "​workflow"​ refers to the entire process of production, not just what +The term "​workflow"​ refers to the entire process of production, not just what happens in the computer system being used on the project. However, since so 
-happens in the computer system being used on the project. However, since so +much of modern production happens on a computer, the computer workflow is a often a determining factor in how the rest of the production will happen. It is important, therefore, to understand certain unique aspects of the Free Software
-much of modern production happens on a computer, the computer workflow is a +
-often a determining factor in how the rest of the production will happen. It is +
-important, therefore, to understand certain unique aspects of the Free Software+
 workflow. workflow.
  
-Monolithic vs Modular+=== Monolithic vs Modular ​===
  
-Much of the GNU workflow is defined by its inherent modularity. This is very +Much of the GNU workflow is defined by its inherent modularity. This is very different than the popular tendency to consolidate broad functionality into one "​one-stop shop" application. They are two different philosophies that are not really exclusive of one another; it makes sense to keep different tasks confined to specialized applications because this divides work among many applications and makes troubleshooting much easier, but it also makes sense to have an application designed to a specific goal to also include capabilities to complete all the steps required to achieve that goal.
-different than the popular tendency to consolidate broad functionality into one +
-"​one-stop shop" application. They are two different philosophies that are not +
-really exclusive of one another; it makes sense to keep different tasks +
-confined to specialized applications because this divides work among many +
-applications and makes troubleshooting much easier, but it also makes sense to +
-have an application designed to a specific goal to also include capabilities to +
-complete all the steps required to achieve that goal.+
  
-You may be used to the popular mega-applications ​that provide methods ​for +For instance, why include video ingestion and conversion components in a non-linear video editing application when it would make more sense to offer specific importing ​applications for each different ​kind of video that an editor might need to import?
-everything in a perceived workflow, and you may see the logic in that kind of +
-design, but consider the two approaches carefully:+
  
-Monolithic+On the other hand, including basic video effects in a non-linear editor makes sense, because basic effects are common, and they can require frequent adjustment, and their inclusion saves the need for a round-trip out to another application. ​
  
-The Video Editor+Same goes for photographic applications;​ if a photographer works in realistic photos, then watercolour emulation and fancy effects are just so much bloat.
  
-    You are an editor who has footage ​on harddrives delivered to you each week. +As you can see, there are many times when the modular approach makes more sense than the monolithic. There is an immediate convenience sometimes with the monolithic; depending ​on how well-structured your workflow is, you may find yourself confounded when you suddenly ​have to find a new application to do a task that you'​d ​never had to do before. While in a monolithic application, ​the solution to that may be found in a sub-menu of the sub-menu of a menu, in the modular approach you may be faced with no hint or indication of where to turn. 
-    You have no deck, camera, or other capture device and you will probably +
-    ​never need to capture footage into your non-linear editing solution. Why +
-    then does your NLE of choice feature eight different ways to capture +
-    footage but no way to do something simple like color code the video regions +
-    ​in your timeline, and no capability to understand divx or wmv or flv, much +
-    less xvid or theora?+
  
-The Photographer+However, these are mere growing pains that are eliminated once you've found the solution; they tend to happen only once: the first time you are faced with the issue that requires a new solution. And in the mean time, you have no need to deal with bloated software with more menus and features than you can ever hope to either understand or use.
  
-    You are a photographer who requires a digital darkroom for re-touching. You +===== Finding ​a New Workflow =====
-    do not need watercolor emulation in your brushes, you do not need to be +
-    able to open images from x-ray machines, you do not even need typesetting. +
-    Why does your bloatware digital darkroom application feature all of this +
-    and more in the main application when it could instead be included as +
-    stand-alone plugins or insertable plug-ins for those who do need these +
-    kinds of features?+
  
-The Graphic Designer+It's important that you approach your workflow carefully and deliberately when setting up your multimedia studio. Simply throwing together a collection of applications that are tagged as "​multimedia"​ or "​graphics"​ or "​audio"​ is not 
 +the correct solution in GNU Linux any more than it is on blackbox vendor software. ​The artists knows best what they need from a computer, so the 
 +artist should determine what should be on the computer in order to get the work done.
  
-    You are a graphic designer working on websites, promotional materials,​ +If you have never served as a producer (or in software terms, "​project manager"​) before, then this concept may be new to you, so we will review it
-    invitations,​ logos, and any other job you can get. Your needs are diverse +
-    and unpredictable. You are trying to choose between a few popular software +
-    titles but find that they are all major investments both in terms of money +
-    and their learning curve. While they all seem to do the same thing, it also +
-    seems that one specializes in photography,​ another specializes in materials +
-    emulation, another in design layout, and so on; you need a little of it +
-    all, but you want each part to be done well. +
- +
-Modular +
- +
-The Slackened Video Editor +
- +
-    You're a video editor who gets footage delivered to them on harddrives and +
-    will never need to capture footage. You find kdenlive, an application that +
-    edits video without enforcing logging, organizing, and capturing footage. +
-    It's sleek and fast, and even has a plug-in architecture for effects that +
-    you may or may not use (it's up to you!). +
- +
-    It also doesn'​t ship with 20gb of pre-fabricated motion graphic effects +
-    that you'll never use, but you know that there'​s blender or even Libre +
-    Office for that. You like that you're free to use ffmpeg or dvgrab for +
-    importing footage if you need to, or you can fall back on the user-friendly +
-    GUI of kdenlive if needed. +
- +
-The Slackened Photographer +
- +
-    You're a photographer with simple digital darkroom needs. You've taken the +
-    plunge and switched to GNU Linux, opting for Slackware with the +
-    Slackermedia tutorials helping you set it up. You find that darktable or  +
-    digiKam handles your digital darkroom needs and even allows you to upload +
-    instantly to a wide variety of sites, so you can deliver proofs to your +
-    clients quickly and easily, regardless of what vendor-specific sphere they +
-    happen to be associated with. It's lightweight,​ task-specific,​ and it +
-    doesn'​t try to manage your files for you with over-complex database +
-    backends that separate you from your data. +
- +
-    It also lets you do minor retouching, but knows that for serious retouching +
-    and compositing,​ you'll simply open the picture in an external image +
-    manipulation application. Because it it is designed to integrate with the +
-    KDE software suite, digiKam'​s interface is familiar and easy to use. +
- +
-The Slacker Graphic Designer +
- +
-    You're a graphic designer with diverse and unpredictable needs, depending +
-    on the job you've managed to pick up. You find that on GNU Linux, the +
-    applications are smaller and less feature-rich,​ and you like this. When you +
-    need paint-brush emulation, you launch Krita and plug in your graphics +
-    tablet and create the textures you require. You bring that layer into the  +
-    GNU Image Manipulation Program and do the integration of photographs with +
-    the textures from Krita. You bring a low-res version of that into Inkscape +
-    for elaborate vector-based layers and fanciful type-setting. You +
-    re-integrate all of that with GIMP, as needed. Depending on what the +
-    graphic will be used for, you pre-flight in Scribus or simply export +
-    straight from GIMP and upload to the client'​s server right from your  +
-    Dolphin file manager. +
- +
-    On a rare occasion, you find yourself in need of importing some rare +
-    formats that even GIMP will not recognize, but you find a plethora of small +
-    applications on sourceforge.net or Slackbuilds.org that will import these +
-    formats and convert them to something the other applications in your +
-    workflow will understand. +
- +
-As you can see, there are many times when the modular approach makes more sense +
-than the monolithic. There is an immediate convenience sometimes with the +
-monolithic; depending on how well-structured your workflow is, you may find +
-yourself confounded when you suddenly have to find a new application to do a +
-task that you'd never had to do before. While in a monolithic application,​ the +
-solution to that may be found in a sub-menu of the sub-menu of a menu, in the +
-modular approach you may be faced with no hint or indication of where to turn. +
-However, these are mere growing pains that are eliminated once you've found the +
-solution; they tend to happen only once: the first time you are faced with the +
-issue that requires a new solution. And in the mean time, you have no need to +
-deal with bloated software with more menus and features than you can ever hope +
-to either understand or use. +
- +
-What is a Workflow? +
- +
-It is important that you approach your workflow carefully and deliberately when +
-setting up your multimedia studio. Simply throwing together a collection of +
-applications that are tagged as "​multimedia"​ or "​graphics"​ or "​audio"​ is not +
-the correct solution in GNU Linux any more than it is on blackbox vendor +
-software. The artist knows best what s/he needs from the computer, so the +
-artist should determine what s/he must have on the computer in order to get the +
-work done. +
- +
-If you have never served as a producer (or in software terms, "​project +
-manager"​) before, then this concept may be new to you, so we will review it+
 here. here.
  
- ​1. ​List all of the major tasks you are expecting to do on the computer system. +  -List all of the major tasks you are expecting to do on the computer system. Use general, broad terms here, such as "edit video",​ "​retouch photos",​ "​motion graphics",​ "clean up audio",​ and so on. 
-    ​Use general, broad terms here, such as "edit video",​ "​retouch photos",​ +  -Do a second pass of this list for the specific steps involved in each major task you wrote down for the first step. For example, a video editor might list: log footage, review ​all footage with video player with variable speed control and spreadsheet for notes, organize, organize ​by scene number and take number, edit, sync sound and color correction tools, print to full quality, re-edit, rinse and repeat. A separate list might expand this to include ​motion graphics: acquire specs fom director, create assets, animate, basic render ​for approval,beauty ​render for delivery, integration ​into final edit. A third list might detail the audio needs, a fourth the visual effects, and so on. 
-    ​"​motion graphics",​ "clean up audio",​ and so on. +  -Do a third pass of your list(s) and assign known software applications to each task, at least prospectively. 
- +  -Do some research to learn what application will address each list item. 
- ​2. ​Do a second pass of this list for the specific steps involved in each major +  -Make sure that everything you need to do can effectively be achieved with what is available to you. Be prepared for many different applications to surface in the Free Software world; due to the modular nature of its design, it's only natural that there will be a software application just capture video from a deck, or a separate application from your graphic design application just to change color space and compression settings, and so on. 
-    ​task you wrote down for the first step. For example, a video editor might +  -Take the time to //learn// the new software. Switching ​to a new OS (Linux or otherwise) in mid-production ​or when there are deadlines ​on the horizon ​is a **bad idea**. You are changing ​the tools and the operating system underneath those tools; ​you need time to spend in the new applications ​in order to learn them. 
-    ​list: +  -With the help of Slackermedia, build your Slackware GNU Linux system according ​to the requirements ​you have specified ​in your list.
- +
-    Edit Video +
- +
-    Log footage +
- +
-        Review ​all footage with video player with variable speed control and +
-        ​spreadsheet for notes +
- +
-    Capture +
- +
-        Capture video from tape or drive +
- +
-    Organize +
- +
-        Organize ​by scene number and take number +
- +
-    Edit +
- +
-        Video editor with sync sound and color correction tools +
- +
-    Print +
- +
-        Export ​full quality ​for director'​s approval +
- +
-    Edit +
- +
-        Re-edit, rinse and repeat +
- +
-    Motion Graphics +
- +
-    Spec +
- +
-        Get initial sketches from director +
- +
-    Create +
- +
-        Create graphic sources with graphic applications +
- +
-    Animate +
- +
-        Do first draft of motion graphics +
- +
-    Render, Export +
- +
-        Export low res version ​for approval +
- +
-    Render, Deliver +
- +
-        Do full quality ​render, deliver ​for integrate ​into final edit +
- +
- 3. Now do a third pass of your list and assign known software applications to +
-    ​each task. If you are familiar with only the mass-market blackbox +
-    applications, then list these. If you know some Free Software solutions as +
-    well, then list those. If you are uncertain what application addresses a +
-    list item, then do not make an assumption or guess; list it as something +
-    that requires more research. +
- +
- ​4. ​Do some research to learn what application will address each list item. +
-    Make sure that everything ​you know you need to do can effectively be +
-    ​achieved with what is available to you. Be prepared for many different +
-    ​applications to surface in the Free Software world; due to the modular +
-    ​nature of its design, it's only natural that there will be a software +
-    ​application just capture video from a deck, or a separate application from +
-    ​your graphic design application just to change color space and compression +
-    ​settings, and so on. +
- +
- 5. Look for ways to automate your workflow. If there are repetitive tasks that +
-    you may have had to do one-by-one in your old non-Free workflow, you should +
-    look at these tasks in a new light. Quite possibly there will be scripts +
-    that you can write (or find someone to help you write) that can be run on +
-    your Free Software system to automatically perform adjustments or +
-    processing without any intervention from you. +
- +
- 6. With the help of Slackermedia,​ build your Slackware GNU Linux system +
-    according to the requirements you have specified ​in your list. +
- +
- 7. Gather raw material. This is a step that is easy to overlook in Free +
-    Software because it is not often addressed, but the fact that many of the +
-    vendors providing the non-Free applications package gigabytes of extra +
-    content for you to use in your work means that whenever the artist needs +
-    something random like a cursive font or a paint brush shaped like an oak +
-    leaf or a bear paw print, or a music loop of South American drums, or a +
-    high-res sand-texture,​ and so on, the artist has it available to them +
-    within a few clicks. +
- +
-    Note +
- +
-    Free Software lacks the luxury of having gigabytes of licensed content to +
-    ship along with their software. Again, this is a double-edged sword that +
-    has the benefits of cutting download size by orders of magnitude, and also +
-    fights the pre-fabricated feel of art produced on Free Software as opposed +
-    to the off-the-shelf solutions, but means that when you do need some extra +
-    raw materials, you must go out and find the content yourself. +
- +
-    Sites like flickr.com , freesound.org , and openclipart.org ​are veritable +
-    bastions of free culture, offering Creative Commons content for easy +
-    download. +
- +
-    To further address this need, the Slackermedia project itself gathered +
-    supporters from around the globe to do an initial crawl of the Internet to +
-    find free raw materials for artistic endeavor (such as fonts, clip art, +
-    sound banks, ​and so on). The content can be found as a torrent file on the +
-    Slackermedia.info website. +
- +
-Sample Workflows +
- +
-Only you know your specific needs, but sometimes it helps to get an idea of how +
-other people work. Here are some sample workflows to get you going in the right +
-direction:​ +
- +
-Video Editing +
- +
-Log footage +
- +
-    Use Dolphin and Mplayer to review and use Dolphin to organize and name your +
-    footage; this gives you the advantage of having filenames that match their +
-    content, regardless of what video editing application the clips are being +
-    used in. +
- +
-Editing +
- +
-    Use Kdenlive for its robust editing features, transitions,​ effects, colour +
-    correction, and even basic compositing (chroma keying, etc). +
- +
-Titling +
- +
-    For quality titles, use Blender for its ability ​to integrate 3d space into +
-    motion graphics and titling and overlays. Its learning curve might make it +
-    impractical for quick and basic titling. +
- +
-    The animation program Synfig Studio will also do titles and effects, +
-    although a learning curve applies here as well. +
- +
-    If your titling needs are basic, use GIMP, Inkscape, or even Libre Office +
-    to create high-quality .png or .tif files and import ​them as images into  +
-    Kdenlive. +
- +
-Audio Correction +
- +
-    For minor corrections (lips smacking, pop removal, plosive softening, etc), +
-    open a sound file in Audacity and correct the problems. Your changes will +
-    update automatically in Kdenlive. +
- +
-Soundtrack, Soundmix +
- +
-    After you obtain picture lock, start the sound mix on either Ardour or  +
-    Qtractor. To do this, export each individual track from Kdenlive and import +
-    them into the DAW of your choice. When the mix is finished, export a final +
-    mix and re-import that into Kdenlive for final output. +
- +
-Visual Effects +
- +
-    Export scenes as image sequences and import them into Blender for some of +
-    ​the industry'​s most powerful compositing,​ particle emulation, 3d modeling, +
-    and other visual effects. +
- +
-Final Render +
- +
-    Kdenlive offers uncompressed output in the form of huffYUV/PCM, as well as +
-    compressed output to all major formats (xvid, mp4, ogg theora, webm, h.264 +
-    via x264, and more). For customized compression schemes, use ffmpeg +
-    directly. +
- +
-    Always export an uncompressed final version of your work first. View it for +
-    quality assurance. Upon approval, label it Goldmaster and then generate +
-    compressed versions as needed. +
- +
-Audio Production +
- +
-DAW +
- +
-    Use Ardour or Qtractor or Rosegarden as the main hub of the audio +
-    production. +
- +
-    Note +
- +
-    If you're doing basic audio editing, then Audacity may be all you really +
-    need. +
- +
-Waveform Editing +
- +
-    Use Audacity, which specializes in waveform editing, for cleaning audio, +
-    removing clicks and pops and plosives, and so on. If you edit the original +
-    file then the changes you make in Audacity will update automatically in +
-    your DAW. +
- +
-Effects +
- +
-    Effect packages include the Steve Harris LADSPA collection, the Calf suite, +
-    and Jamin. The Steve Harris set act as plugins ​to your DAW, while Calf can +
-    be used as plugins or as an external application,​ and Jamin is external +
-    only. +
- +
-Synths +
- +
-    Any DSSI software synth can be used as a plugin for your DAW, and synths +
-    like amSynth and QSynth are external synths that can be routed into your +
-    DAW. There are many soft synths available. +
- +
-Drum Machines +
- +
-    The premier dedicated drum machine on Linux is Hydrogen, which can be used +
-    as an external application routed into your DAW. +
- +
-Samplers +
- +
-    Linux Sampler is the primary sampling engine for Linux and can be routed +
-    into your DAW. +
- +
-Mastering +
- +
-    Once your sound has been mixed to near-perfection,​ plug Jamin into your +
-    master output channel. With Jamin'​s powerful compressor, ​you can adjust +
-    final output levels. With its customizable EQ, you can ensure optimal sound +
-    for different types of speakers. +
- +
-    Once you're finished mastering, export your work as final, uncompressed +
-    gold masters. +
- +
-Graphic Design and Print +
- +
-Layout +
- +
-    Use Scribus as the central hub for bringing together the different elements +
-    ​in a layout. Scribus is a powerful layout program, good for books, +
-    pamphlets, posters of any size, banners, single pages, album art, and +
-    anything else going out to CMYK printers. It is resolution-independent,​ can +
-    track and embed fonts and color swatches, produce reader and printer +
-    spreads, and much more. +
- +
-Graphics +
- +
-    Use GIMP to create or adjust rasterized (bitmap) images. It's not, in spite +
-    of the cliché, a Photoshop clone; it has a language and structure all its +
-    own, but once it's learned it is a powerful imaging environment. +
- +
-Illustration +
- +
-    Use Inkscape for vector-based graphics such as logos, illustration,​ +
-    sketches, or even page layout or over-all design, quick mock-ups, and much +
-    more. It can also embed or link to rasterized images, perform masks, and a +
-    number of advanced imaging functions that will tempt you to make it the +
-    center of your graphic production. +
- +
-    Krita is also vector-based but focuses more on materials emulation, making +
-    is a powerful tool for trained illustrators.+
  
-    MyPaint lies somewhere between Inkscape and Krita, with a dynamic brush set +===== Sample Workflows =====
-    that interacts nicely with tablets.+
  
-    Finally, the Gimp Paint Studio set of mods for GIMP will provide material +<WRAP info> 
-    ​emulation for GIMP, but as rasterized images only.+**TL;​DR**\\ 
 + Not sure how to start with all your new applications?​ There are sample workflow ideas available at [[http://​slackermedia.info/​workflows]] 
 +</​WRAP>​
  
-Conversion+Habits are notoriously hard to break. If ever that was true, it's true in computing. Computer history is rife with deprecated technology being forcibly prolonged well past their natural life spans. As users, we tend to cling to not just the application that we know best, but even the //way// we do specific tasks. After all, why would anyone willfully use a new application where it takes them a minute to complete a task when their old familiar application could do it in ten seconds?
  
-    For colorspace or format conversion, or batch processes ​that you repeat +Of course, the answer is that new technology is an investment. At first, learning even the landscape of multimedia on Linux will slow your productivity,​ to say nothing of learning each new application ​that you adopt. However, ​to use it is to learn it, and once you have learnt the applications,​ your productivity does not just reach the same level as before, but skyrockets past anything you thought possible, and in many new directions.
-    frequently in your workflow, the command line application ​Image Magick (or +
-    its variation Graphics Magick) is priceless. It can be complex but the +
-    website and the internet at large offer enough recipes and examples ​to make +
-    most common tasks trivial ​to learn.+
  
-Font Management+That said, the initial steps are confusing, since even if you know what applications are available for you to use, you probably don't know which ones will actually work for you.
  
-    Font Matrix activates, deactivates, sorts, and previews your system'​s +While Slackermedia itself will help you find many great multimedia applications, and the very contents of [[http://​slackbuilds.org]] and [[http://​studioware.org]] will suggest applications to try, there are also package lists for multimedia distributions like [[https://​wiki.ubuntu.com/​UbuntuStudio/​PackageList|Ubuntu Studio]], which will at least give you ideas of applications that you should investigate ​and try for yourself.
-    fonts.+
  
-Photography+Certainly. the ultimate answer to "what applications should I use?" is best answered by using applications. Try the ones that appeal to you, whether from recommendations and reviews, or by screenshots,​ or from examples of works completed within those applications. ​
  
-Digital Darkroom+The harder question to answer is //how it all fits together//​. ​
  
-    Professional photographers may use Digikam as a photograph manager ​and +As with building Slackermedia itself, there'​s no right way to //use// the applications within your studio. However, having no idea of what is possible is a lot different than having a clear picture ​and choosing to modify it; before you can get creative ​with how applications ​fit together ​to help you create great art, you need to know how they'​re meant to fit together. 
-    digital darkroom ​with the usual powerful set of features associated with +
-    most KDE applications. The Kipi plugin set adds to its features. And yes, +
-    it does RAW, too.+
  
-    For HDR photography, there is Luminance HDR (formerly qtpfsgui), which +To this end, there are sample workflow ideas available ​at [[http://​slackermedia.info/​workflows]].
-    creates an HDR file from a set of images of the same subject taken at +
-    different exposures. Supports basic editing of images plus tonemapping.+
  
-Everything Else+<WRAP download>​ 
 +Download the [[http://​slackermedia.ml/​downloads/​workflows.tbz|PDF versions]] of sample workflows for offline viewing. 
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-    See the Graphic Design list for tools relating to image re-touching,​ 
-    design, and presentation. 
  
-Web Design+===== Gathering Raw Materials =====
  
-Coding+Some vendors bundle their closed source applications along with gigabytes and gigabytes of extra content for their customers to use. While many of these kinds of assets you should be able to continue to use (after all, a font is a font, and a graphic is a graphic), if you don't have them then you aren't going to get them with an operating system and application set with no budget to bundle such things. However, the Internet is hard at work to solve this.
  
-    Use GNU Emacs or vim as your text editor; both are popular coding +  *The Slackermedia project gathered supporters from around the globe to do an initial crawl of the Internet to find free raw materials (such as fonts, clip art, sound banks, and more). The content can be downloaded from Slackermedia.info website as [[http://​slackermedia.info/​downloads|The Great Linux Multimedia Sprints]]. 
-    environments and each have a variety of modes that will do everything from +  ​*[[http://​freesound.org|Freesound.org]] offers Creative Commons (including [[http://​creativecommons.org/​publicdomain/​zero/​1.0/​|CC0]]) licensed sounds for foley, musical loops, atmospheres and environments, and much more. 
-    syntax highlighting to auto-completion ​and even rudimentary code +  *Get free artwork covering ​a wide variety of styles ​and topics at [[http://​openclipart.org]] 
-    ​validation.+  ​*Creative Commons hosts a search engine filter that searches the entire internet for works in the open culture commons at [[http://​search.creativecommons.org]]
  
-    Kate is a more traditional text editor, with a visual list of open +===== Future-Proofing Your Studio =====
-    documents, syntax highlighting,​ organization of code blocks, and more.+
  
-Previewing+Any application that you use in your studio deserves to be backed-up; this is, after all, a core strength of open source: the fact that you, yourself, as the user, own the very code for the tools that you use.
  
-    Between Firefox, Rekonq, ​and Chromium, there is little to be desired when +There are several free code hosting sites and several cloud-storage services, and hard drives are cheap. Do yourself ​a favour ​and download a copy of the code for the applications that you use. The SlackBuild system, as you have seen, makes this simple; after you install an application,​ put a copy of the source on a backup drive.
-    test-driving website designs. Rekonq has a user-agent switcher built-in ​and +
-    ​the other two have user-agent plugins available.+
  
-    Install the Firebug addon for Firefox to analyze how browsers are rendering +The same goes for assets involved in your project, like sound samples, synth banks, clip art, and other resources that enable you to go back to your work and deconstruct it or re-create it.
-    ​your code and to catch problems in your code's structure.+
  
-Graphics+The broadest workflow of most art in the computer age can be summarised with this:
  
-    See the Graphic Design list for tools when creating graphics for sites.+  - Discover 
 +  - Test 
 +  - Create 
 +  - Backup
  
-FTP+That is: find tools that inspire you, test them out and see what they can do for you, create great art, backup your art and your tools. It's the little-known secret to a long and happy artistic life, free of deprecated tools and broken projects.
  
-    Konsole is a one-stop shop for everything you need to push your changes to 
-    the web server. With ssh and rsync, pushing your latest code can be done in 
-    a single command. 
  
-    ncftp is a traditional FTP client, featuring bookmarks for locations,​ +===== Learning Everything =====
-    usernames, and passwords. If you do not have ssh access to the server, this +
-    is the next best thing.+
  
-    If you prefer ​a GUI solution, try FileZilla, a simple and convenient FTP +The biggest block to a successful artistic career is the fear to learn something new, whether it's a new medium, a new industry, a new way of working, new personal insight, or new technology. If you want to expand your artistic acumen and take control of your artistic process, then dive in, get serious, and learn what you need to learn. Whatever ​it leads to, you won't be sorry that you did.
-    application. Or just use Dolphin, which seamlessly integrates with remote +
-    servers as easily as it does your own computer!+
  
-Version Control 
  
-    Git, the version control system used for little projects like the Linux 
-    kernel, the KDE desktop, this book, and much more, can manage all of the 
-    changes you make to your codebase, and restore from old versions as needed. 
-    A powerful tool that is simply not even on the radar of any proprietary web 
-    coding solution. 
  
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