Create Project

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The Create Project is a web-based community focused on communication and sharing between Free and Open Source Creative applications.{{cite web | title = Sharing ideas and resources at create.freedesktop.org | url = http://www.linux.com/feature/48874 }}

Initially the project was created by freedesktop.org as a space for collaboration between free software creative projects, since then the project has become a full sub-project. Create now aims to develop and consolidate shared resources for creative applications.{{Cite web |url=http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/FAQ#What_is_the_Create_Project.27s_goal.3F |title=Create Project - Goals |access-date=2009-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090516032541/http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/FAQ#What_is_the_Create_Project.27s_goal.3F |archive-date=2009-05-16 |url-status=dead }} Several community-developed specifications have begun to be developed under the project such as OpenRaster and the Swatches colour file format.{{cite web | title = Article Explaining the Project | url = http://www.digitalartistshandbook.org/node/24 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090226151936/http://digitalartistshandbook.org/node/24 | archive-date = 2009-02-26 }}

Some of the many groups that come together under this project include Blender, GIMP, Inkscape, Scribus, Audacity, Open Clip Art Library, Open Font Library and the Aiki Framework which produce creative content, one of the major ways these groups come together is through the Libre Graphics Meeting which is hosted by the Create Project.{{ cite web | title = Libre Graphics Meeting 2007 Report | date = 13 May 2007 | url = https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7450 }}

Specifications

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Specification

!Status

!Purpose

OpenRaster

|In Development

|OpenRaster is a raster graphics file format for non-final images, the aim is to provide a file format for working images that can be used in many raster graphics applications.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20090422024416/http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Swatches_-_colour_file_format Swatches - colour file format]

|In Development

|Aims to provide cross application support for color files.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20090601232103/http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Unified_plug-in_API Unified Plugin API]

|Being Discussed

|A cross platform plugin API, so that raster graphics editors can share plugins.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20090715194330/http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/User_interaction_implementations User Interaction Comparisons]

|In Development

|A central location for information for projects that work together under the create project that would allow users to more easily switch between said applications.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20090601232047/http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Open_Color_Standard Open Color Standard]

|Being Discussed

|A possible future open color standard

[https://web.archive.org/web/20090516031545/http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/ResourceTagging Resource Tagging]

|In Development

|Cross application resource tagging

See also

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