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Re: BlinderKitten: Free lighting software

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Post by am_lu » Wed, Mar 08, 2023, 10:33 AM UTC

pabs3 wrote: post #11

gdtfmaster wrote: post #2

BlinderKitten is built on top of JUCE framework, with the OrganicUI. There are several open source DMX lighting consoles for desktop, this one seems particularly nice and with fresh controlling paradigm ideas.

Can you link to those other projects?

https://www.qlcplus.org

Re: BlinderKitten: Free lighting software

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Post by mnw21cam » Wed, Mar 08, 2023, 11:50 AM UTC

Does anyone else find it a little strange that the logo for Ubuntu is used in the download section against the Linux version, instead of Tux?

Re: BlinderKitten: Free lighting software

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Post by telekid » Wed, Mar 08, 2023, 12:33 PM UTC

mintplant wrote: post #7

This is like QLab [0], right? If so, it's fantastic to see an open-source solution pop up in this space. That was very fun software to play around in when I was using it for an immersive tabletop roleplaying game I ran. Is the goal to focus exclusively on lighting control, or will other types of effects (sounds, video, HTTP) be included eventually as well? [0] https://qlab.app/

If you have never used QLab, I recommend downloading it and tinkering for a little while. It is probably the best-designed native macOS app that I’ve ever come across, finely tuned by a handful of developers for something like 15 years. It’s a great reminder of what apps _could_ feel like.

Re: BlinderKitten: Free lighting software

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Post by berkes » Wed, Mar 08, 2023, 12:43 PM UTC

mnw21cam wrote: post #22

Does anyone else find it a little strange that the logo for Ubuntu is used in the download section against the Linux version, instead of Tux?

I don't. And I cannot see their stats, but I can imagine those clearly show that their Linux users almost exclusively run Ubuntu. And if that's the case, why not lean into it?

Re: BlinderKitten: Free lighting software

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Post by thih9 » Wed, Mar 08, 2023, 12:52 PM UTC

gdtfmaster wrote: post #14

SCUSKU wrote: post #5

Would love if the landing page had some screenshots, or if there were something in the navbar to link to a demo video. Looks cool though!

I have no connection to the project, but in the navbar is a link to their YT page.

Sample video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AFV0ez8TPQ

Re: BlinderKitten: Free lighting software

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Post by pabs3 » Thu, Mar 09, 2023, 5:46 AM UTC

fabrixxm wrote: post #20

pabs3 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmmm, I wonder what the license is for this.

GPLv3 https://github.com/norbertrostaing/BlinderKitten/blob/main/L...

That wasn't there before.

Re: BlinderKitten: Free lighting software

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Post by norbertRostaing » Fri, Mar 10, 2023, 10:17 AM UTC

Thanks for the sharing and your comments You can view interface of the software with the youtube channel I've updated the license with your comments and also the linux logo :)