Blender 4.3 beta is now available
What's new?
Better Grease Pencil, better EEVEE and brushes. Give it a try 
4. ElevenLabs .io
If you need premium text to speech or voice to voice abilities, this paid tool can help you a lot. The good thing is they have a generous trial too.
If you are testing the Woltlab Suite 6.1, the Beta 2 build is now available as an update. Grab it now 
Both Github repo and Void website does not offer any build to test at the moment. There is a Discord channel where you can keep up or enter your email to get notified when Void has a build ready for you to use.
Void is a free and open-source text editor for developers with AI features. It supports locally hosted LLMs as well as Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude.
Void comes with advanced AI features like auto code completion, in-line auto editing, sidebar where you can ask questions (something like in Android Studio)
Void calls itself an open-source alternative to Cursor, a paid AI-powered text editor which recently gained a lot of popularity. Void is a fork of VS Code and therefore has a strong base to rely on.
The popular online graphics tool Canva has reportedly increased the price for their " Canva Teams " plan significantly. As with every price hike, there is a lot of murmur about it on social media and a lot of people are not happy about it
https://www.canva.com/for-teams/pricing-changes/
But Canva justifies the changes citing that it is offering high-end AI tools as a part of their high end plans. Canva also suggests removing inactive team members or use the free version if the price hiking is affecting users.
Canva has been through some high profile acquisitions like getting Leonard AI and Affinity Serif onboard. These tools are now a part of Canva family and are offering great value addition to users. It is possible that these expensive purchases might have influenced the pricing structure of Canva.
2. Tortoise TTS
This is a free and open-source AI tool that helps you create voice from text. It supports multiple languages and you can choose from many voices.
I am sure that we all agree about the impact of YouTube videos in marketing our projects and making a solid income. But are you good at making quality videos that are YouTube ready? Videos that are at par with what your competitors are creating?
Let us discuss a few tools which can help you create stunning YouTube videos without actually spending too much. I would like to cover free tools first.
1. Kdenlive
Kdenlive is a video editor that works on both Windows and Linux. It has a Mac version too.
Apart from regular video editing tasks, it can effectively remove green screen using option like Chroma Key. It is as easy as dragging the effect into your desired video clip.
Lost Ubuntu while installing Windows? Use Boot Repair to fix it.
Boot-Repair - Community Help Wiki
Boot from Live USB, install Boot Repair and use it. It is simple and easy to use.
Make sure to turn off Windows Fast Boot while trying this option.
Also fixes a lot of uses cases where Grub is gone or Ubuntu is gone.
What do you like the most in Woltlab Suite 6.1?
RawTherapee is a free, open-source, raw image processing program that is available for Linux, Windows and Mac.
What the creators say about Rawtherapee
QuoteIt is designed for developing raw files from a broad range of digital cameras and targeted at users ranging from enthusiast newcomers who wish to broaden their understanding of how digital imaging works to professional photographers.
Do not use it production because seamless upgrade is not guaranteed at this point
QuoteAn update from any WoltLab Suite 6.1 Beta 1 to the gold release IS NOT guaranteed. The beta versions can be used until Oct 31, 2024 even if your license expires during that period.
System requirements for Woltlab Suite 6.1
QuoteWoltLab Suite 6.1 requires the following prerequisites to install and run the software:
- Webserver with PHP 8.1.2+, PHP 8.2 or PHP 8.3 (*)
- MySQL 8.0.30+ or MariaDB 10.5.12+
- Current Webbrowser
(*) PHP 8.4 is currently unsupported. We’ll add support after PHP 8.4 RC 1 is released, which is currently scheduled for Sep 26, 2024.
Want to try the Woltlab Suite 6.1? The pre-release version is now available
More details here
Waiting for a seamless upgrade to 24.04? Here is the official guide
https://ubuntu.com/blog/upgrade-your-desktop-ubuntu-24-04-lts
I like it too. Not hard, you know?
Sadly, GIMP has very few active developers. Even though millions use it. The good thing is, it is supported by the Gnome foundation which is capable of getting projects done.
Which anti-spam tool is most effective on forums? I think A combination of CAPTCHA and StopForumSpam works great.
