From: David R. <da...@ry...> - 2012-08-01 11:38:45
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Hello, I hope all is well with you. In mid june I sent you an application for Synfig Studio. As we haven't had any confirmation from you I wonder if you recieved our application and if you find it interesting for your september review. Regards, -David Rylander on behalf of Synfig Studio. 2012-06-15 13:47, David Rylander skrev: > Hello. > We in the community of Synfig Studio are interested in coming under > your Software Freedom Conservancy umbrella. > > Synfig Studio is a 2D vector animation software. It is highly > competent and very versatile with a value node system where almost > anything can be animated. Different values can be connected and > complex math formulas can be used to create intricate relationships. > In this aspect it is very much up to par and rivaling with proprietary > 2D animation systems. Often even surpassing them. > > Currently the team behind Synfig Studio is a loose network of > volunteers from around the world without any formal organisation. We > count coding developers, design developers, animation professionals > and enthusiasts to our group. > Different aspects of the Synfig eco system heavily relies on the > presence of single key individuals and it could suffer much if any of > those few persons for some reason dissapears. > > We would like to join mainly to get stability to the project. We would > need some overhead organisation, gathering all of the Synfig > infrastructure like user accounts and passwords, web servers and > services, web stores, etc. > We also need someone to have an overall responsibility over the > economics, managing donations, etc. > In review Software Freedom Conservancy seems perfectly ideal for > Synfigs needs. > > Synfig is now seeing a quite active development. In recent years > several long time committed developers have started on the project. > We have several large features in the making; A migration of the > internal render engine to Cairo for a faster and more responsive > canvas is in development, GUI elements are being reworked for a better > user experience and better workflow, a bone system is planned, etc. > The future for Synfig is looking bright with interested developers, > new users coming every month and an ongoing work to create a better, > faster workflow and a more appealing software. > Our goal is to offer a serious f/loss alternative as a professional 2D > animation tool, much like Blender nowadays is a viable option in the > 3D animation field. > > > Regards, > The Synfig community though David Rylander, Sweden. > > Contacts: > Mail: ro...@sy... > Synfig developers mailing list: syn...@li... > IRC: #synfig on the irc.freenode.net IRC network > forum: http://synfig.org/forums/ > web site: synfig.org > -- David Rylander Rylander Animation Bergsrådsvägen 102, bv 12842 Bagarmossen. 0708-461978 da...@ry... www.rylanderanimation.se |