Fedora Design Suite

Summary

The Fedora Design Suite is a set of tools including well-selected applications from Design Team fitting a variety of use cases whether deciding to work on publishing documents, creating images, pictures, websites, basic animation and video editing or even 3D contents.

Previous Releases

Maintainer

Name: Luya Tshimbalanga
E-mail: luya at fedoraproject dot org
Design Software: design-sw at lists.fedoraproject.org
Website: https://labs.fedoraproject.org/design-suite

What's new for Release 43?

Update to Gnome 49 featuring improved support of High Dynamic Range (HDR), new video player and document viewer.
Blender 4.5.3 - New release with several improvements.
Gimp 3.0.6 - Latest stable release with several improvements and ports from 3.1.x developments.
Darktable 5.2.1 - Several improvements notably with rusticl OpenCL (optional as experimental).
Inkscape 1.4.2 - A new splash screen, providing a visual cue while Inkscape loads in the background.
Krita 5.2.13 with several improvements.
Scribus 1.6.4 fixes for PDF/X-4 export when attempting to use ICC profile unsuitable for output.
Xournal 1.2.8 with bug fixes.
Sparkleshare is removed from default installation.

Known issues

None

Download tab

For current downloads, see https://labs.fedoraproject.org/design-suite/download/index.html

Bundled Packages

A set of packages ranged from graphics to typefaces included in the Design Suite.

Graphic group

blender - 3D modeling, animation, rendering and post-production
- blender-luxcorerender - Blender export plugin to LuxCore Render
- YafaRay-blender - A free open-source raytracing render engine plugin for Blender
colord-extra-profiles - More color profiles for color management that are less commonly used
darktable - Utility to organize and develop raw images
dia- Diagram drawing program
entangle - Tethered shooting & control of digital cameras
fontforge - *the* editor for font files
gcolor3 - Advanced Color Picker
gimp - Image manipulation program
- gimp-dds-plugin - A plugin for GIMP that provides support for the DDS image format
- gimp-fourier-plugin - A simple plug-in to do fourier transform on your image
- gimp-gap - The GIMP Animation Package
- gimp-high-pass-filter - High pass filter for GIMP
- gimp-lensfun- Gimp plugin to correct lens distortion
- gimp-lqr-plugin- Content-aware resizing plug-in for the GIMP
- gimp-normalmap - A simple plug-in to do fourier transform on your image
- gimp-paint-studio - collection of brushes and accompanying tool presets
- gimp-resynthesizer - Gimp plug-in for texture synthesis
- gimpfx-foundry - Additional GIMP plugins
- gmic-gimp - GREYC's Magic for Image Computing plugin for gimp
GraphicsMagick - An ImageMagick fork, offering faster image generation and better quality
Hugin - Panorama photo stitcher
ImageMagick - *the* tool for batch-processing images
inkscape - Vector-based drawing program using SVG
- inkscape-psd - Inkscape PSD Importer
- inkscape-sozi - Inkscape extension for creating animated presentations
- inkscape-table - Table support for inkscape
krita - Digital Painting, Creative Freedom
mypaint - Fast and easy graphic application for digital painters
nautilus-image-converter - Nautilus extension for image conversion
optipng- PNG optimizer and converter
pdfarranger - PDF file merging, rearranging, and splitting
pitivi - Non-linear video editor
scribus - Desktop publishing application
shotwell - Photo organizer
synfigstudio - Vector-based 2D animation studio
xournalpp - Notetaking, sketching, PDF annotation and general journal

Audio and Video group

audacity - Multitrack audio editor
pitivi -Non-linear video editor

Typeface group

aajohan-comfortaa-fonts Modern style true type
adobe-source-sans-pro - A set of OpenType fonts designed for user interfaces
campivisivi-titillium - Sans-serif typeface family
julietaula-montserrat-fonts - Sans-serif typeface designed by Julieta Ulanovsky
lato-fonts - Sans-serif typeface family
open-sans-fonts - A humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Steve Matteson
overpass-fonts - Typeface based on the U.S. interstate highway road signal type system
rsms-inter-fonts - Typeface carefully crafted & designed for computer screens