Installing Windows software on LinuxOctober 22, 2025 Linux Tutorials Linux-IntroductionAs already announced at the end of the last article, in this article I would like to show you some ways of trying to get Windows software to run under Linux. Unfortunately, I have to phrase it this way, as not all Windows software runs on Linux. The reasons for this vary greatly, but at least I feel that things have improved in recent years. Even if software manufacturers do not specifically create their own Linux versions, I have seen on occasion that they are at least making an effort to ensure compatibility with Wine.
Installation of native Linux softwareSeptember 24, 2025 Linux Tutorials Linux-IntroductionWe now have a working Linux system thanks to the last article. The next logical step for me is to take a closer look at software installation. Since there are various options available, as is usual with Linux, this article will primarily focus on installing native Linux software. But of course, this is not just an analysis for its own sake; as before, we are taking a goal-oriented approach.
Basic installation of the Linux distributionSeptember 18, 2025 Linux Tutorials Linux-IntroductionAfter covering the general basics of Linux in the first article, this article will finally deal with the installation. However, to keep this article from becoming too long, it will only cover the basic installation. I will begin by explaining why I chose this particular distribution. I will then explain the necessary preparatory work before discussing the most important options during installation.
Linux? What the penguin!?September 15, 2025 Linux Tutorials Linux-IntroductionHopefully everyone is aware that as of October 14, 2025, there will be no more free support for Windows 10 and therefore no more free security updates. This means that security vulnerabilities still present in Windows 10 will no longer be fixed, making computers even more vulnerable to security risks. I would even go so far as to say that criminals are currently hoarding the security vulnerabilities they have found so that they can exploit them for longer after free support ends.
Export image sequences with Substance 3D DesignerAugust 13, 2025 Misc Substance 3D Designer 2D Materials DownloadsAs you may have noticed by now, I have taken a liking to Adobe Substance 3D Designer. During my final project, I already experimented a bit with flipbook animations that I created in Designer. I remember how much effort it took to render the image sequence, and I was glad to have come across SpriteIterator by Jonas Olesen, even though its use had a few limitations.
UberBlendJune 17, 2025 Tutorials Substance 3D Designer 2D Materials DownloadsAfter my first article on blending-modes, the topic somehow stuck with me, so I got pulled down the associated rabbit hole. To process my experiences on the journey back to reality, I created an “almighty” 😉 node for blending layers. It contains 47 different blending modes for grayscale and RGB(A) and three additional blending modes specifically for NormalMaps. However, so that you don’t lose track of how the various blending modes work, the rest of the article is intended as a reference work.
An introduction to the Pixel Processor nodeMay 3, 2025 Tutorials Substance 3D Designer 2D MaterialsIn the article about blending modes I also described some blending modes or showed the results of blending modes that are not part of Substance 3D Designer. Perhaps some of you have wondered how I did this. The answer is: “With the Pixel Processor!” (Any other answer would probably have been confusing given the title of this article 😉) And in this article, I would like to show you exactly how I did it.
Opacity with blending modesApril 24, 2025 Tutorials Substance 3D Designer 2D MaterialsIn the last article on blending modes, I had initially excluded the topic of opacity in order to look at it again separately, but unfortunately I forgot this separate consideration before publication. So this consideration is a bit more separate than I originally meant 😉
Blending ModesApril 22, 2025 Tutorials Substance 3D Designer 2D MaterialsAnyone who has ever worked with layer-based images, for example in Photoshop, Affinity Photo or Gimp, or wanted to merge two nodes in Substance 3D Designer, will have stumbled across blending modes. But what exactly is behind them, how do they work and which mode is suitable for which application? That’s exactly what I’m trying to answer in this post.
