The good news for the community of film and video production on Linux! With the OBS Studio-31.1.0-Beta 1 has been released for testing purposes, and brings a robust set of new features to the popular app’s recording and video streaming of the open-source code. The big news for Linux users, there is the long-awaited support …
The Linux audiovisual production community recently faced a significant blow with the news of Maxon’s acquisition of Left Angle. This event culminated in the abrupt and unexpected shutdown of Autograph‘s servers on June 5, 2025, rendering the software inoperable overnight. The disruption even affected users who had invested in perpetual licenses, generating a wave of …
In a new chapter of the Autograph discontinuation saga, a user details how they managed to get a full refund for their license by disputing the breach of the end-user license agreement (EULA), offering a possible solution for other aggrieved customers.
The era of machine-driven creativity faces its first major legal test in cinema. In a lawsuit that could redefine the future of image production tools, Hollywood giants like Disney and NBCUniversal have filed a federal lawsuit against Midjourney, one of the most popular text-to-image generation platforms. The complaint, filed in Los Angeles, accuses Midjourney of …
Despite the good news for Autograph users, the continuity of Linux support still worries the Penguin community.
In response to a plea about lost projects, the creative software giant ignores the problem and promotes its own products, confirming the community’s worst fears.
A piece of news hit the motion design and visual effects community like a bombshell last Thursday, June 5, 2025. Left Angle, the developer of the promising composition software Autograph, ceased its operations overnight. The company’s official website now redirects to a statement on the site of creative software giant Maxon, announcing the “transition” and …
Have you ever felt that the world of audiovisual production is a closed club, with doors open only to Windows and macOS users? If you’re an enthusiast of the penguin’s operating system, you’ve probably looked for solutions to run your projects and wondered if it was possible to have a 100% professional workflow on Linux. …
For those of us working in audiovisual production on Linux, the search for software that not only runs on our system but is also truly powerful and competitive is a constant journey. And in the field of motion graphics and compositing, one name had been shining with a rare intensity: Autograph, by Left Angle. This …