Date:     May 05/01/14 12:25 PM
Subject:  BLU Desktop GNU/Linux SIG Meeting - Free Software for Photographers - Weds, May 7, 2014
From:     Will Rico


When: Wednesday, May 7, 2014 6:30PM

Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA

Directions
    http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
    Also easily accessibly by T.

Notes

        1) To kickstart the meeting, we'll have a brief talk on DRM
            by FSF Licensing & Compliance Manager Joshua Gay.

        2) See the "More Events" section for a separate event
            on Tuesday for Day Against DRM.

        3) Please note the location is different from BLU's
           standard MIT meeting location.

        4) Akamai has generously agreed to provide space
           and 'free as in food' for this meeting.
           Thank you to our sponsor!
           http://www.akamai.com/

Summary

  Do you take photos? Do you ever need to enhance your photos?
  What about organize them?  If you answered "yes" to any of
  these, join us for part 2 of our series on Free Software for
  Photographers.

  Dick Miller is going to teach us Fotoxx, a free open source
  GNU/Linux program for photo editing and collection
  management. The goal is to meet most user needs while
  remaining fast and easy to use.

What you will learn:

  -- Index images and create photo collections

  -- Adjust brightness, color and gamma curves

  -- Sharpen, blur and reduce noise

  -- Anti-alias: suppress "jaggies" in low-rez images

  -- Apply special effects

  -- Much more!

  Bring your questions, your laptop, and even your photos if
  you'd like!

Transportation & Parking

  The Akamai office is a short walk from the Kendall Square T
  stop and other public transportation.

  Metered parking is normally available near our location.

More Events & Announcements

  Day Against DRM Tues May 6 at Best Buy Fenway
  http://meetu.ps/2kWnnq

  OpenCL: Parallel Programming Weds May 21 at MIT
  http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2014-may
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