Frühstück is a morning professional meetup for people working in creative industries, held over coffee and croissants at Halle Tropisme in Montpellier. This session, titled How to Break Free from Tech Giants with Free and Open-Source Software, is given by Nicolas Dufresne and takes place in Salle A.
The talk looks at how free and open-source software can give creative professionals more independence from big tech companies. Dufresne, who has over 15 years of experience in animation cinema, co-founded the association RxLaboratorio, which promotes free and open-source software. His presentation draws on that background.
What the talk covers
- What open-source and free software are, and how they give users more control
- How to start using these tools in practice
- The advantages and barriers of adopting free software in a production pipeline
- Which free tools can compete with proprietary ones in audiovisual production
The session is open to everyone and is designed to encourage conversation between peers. Attendees can share concrete experiences of working with, or moving towards, free software, which suits people in audiovisual work and anyone curious about the subject.
Visiting
Halle Tropisme is the venue for the morning, and the event is part of its regular agenda. For details of this edition, the organiser's agenda page lists the session. Montpellier, the regional capital of Occitania in southern France, is the city in which the meetup takes place.