Free and open source software for the planetarium dome and other immersive environments.
And intro to open source astronomy software and a bit of an overview on Stellarium.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Stellarium https://stellarium.org
Stellarium web https://stellarium-web.org/
Waylena’s post on custom Stellarium landscapes https://fossdome.com/a-stitch-in-time-or-space/
Waylena’s post on using Stellarium remote https://fossdome.com/stellarium-remote-fun/
Hugin Panorama photo stitcher http://hugin.sourceforge.net/
This week I talk about how I got started using Blender and ways to go about learning it if starting today.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Darkfall Cosmic Shaders https://darkfallblender.blogspot.com/ , https://youtu.be/vbj20u53uW8
Blender https://www.blender.org
Waylena’s inexplicably popular 8-second video https://youtu.be/PICxEYvYT-
Blender online user manual https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/
Blender Fundamentals playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa1F2ddGya_-UvuAqHAksYnB0qL9yWDO6
Waylena’s Blender for Fulldome Workshop Materials https://github.com/waystar/2019-Blender-Workshop-Materials
Ron Proctor’s Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/RonProctorProfile/featured
This week I list 10 things I use GIMP for in my planetarium work.
Links mentioned in this episode:
GIMP https://www.gimp.org/
NASA Photojournal https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/
Using Gimp to Slice Images https://fossdome.com/using-gimp-to-slice-images/
In this debut, I briefly go over some of my favorite open source packages and what I typically use them for.
Links mentioned in the episode:
Blender https://www.blender.org/
GIMP https://www.gimp.org/
Inkscape https://inkscape.org/
Krita https://krita.org/en/
ImageMagick https://imagemagick.org/
G’MIC https://gmic.eu/
Audactiy https://www.audacityteam.org/
Scribus https://www.scribus.net/
LibreOffice https://www.libreoffice.org/
OpenShot https://www.openshot.org/
