Short Summary
Hello, My name is Konstantin Dmitriev. I am running this campaign to fund the development of Synfig Studio - the free and opensource animation software.
This is already a third time I am running such campaign, so I'll try to save your time and outline the main differences we have now. If you want to know the full story, please read the description of our previous campaign.
So, the highlights of this campaign are:
- The goal is to fund our work in December 2013.
- This campaign is "all-or-nothing", so everyone gets their money back if we wouldn't reach our funding goal.
- Our monthly funding amount is $1300, but the goal is set to $1120 for two reasons:
- We have extra $80 collected from our previous campaigns.
- Also, this month we got an off-campaign donation of $100 from the person who prefer to stay anonymous.
- UPDATE 2013-11-06: In the very first day of the campaign another anonymous person puts a generous contribution of $300, but leaves the "Choose Priority" perk unclaimed, suggesting anyone a chance to beat his stake. See the updates tab for details.
Perks
"Choose Priority" perk
For
a donation of fixed amount (see the perks on the right) we offer to the donor an exceptional privilege to
choose a priority of development. We will spend next month working on the priority you defined. Of course, we can't promise any thing, so please select from the list below:
- Bones tools (continued)
- Frame-by-frame animation support (bitmap only)
- Sound support
EXAMPLE: As result of our earlier fundraising campaign, we got sold the "Choose priority" perk for October. The priority chosen by donor was "Single-window UI". You can see results in this video.
"Development OS" perk
By default we use Linux operation system (OS) for daily development (because we love Linux). As result, the Linux version of Synfig is the most polished, because it goes through daily proof.
But, for a fixed-amount donation (see the perks on the right) you can make us shift to other OS for next month. So, if we will use the OS of your choice in our daily development, then obviously the Synfig version will be especially polished to work on it: daily proof => more testing => less bugs => better stability.
No worries, this perk doesn't mean we drop support for other operation systems. It's just a question of choosing the OS for daily development.
At the moment the only OS available for choice is Windows.
"Tutorial Video" Perk
A tutorial video about Synfig for ANY given theme. Length is limited to 5 minutes. Languages can be English or Russian. Video will be publicly available for everyone.
"Report Sponsor" Perk
One of my weekly reports will be indicated as sponsored by you with an (optional) link to your website. The mention will look as "This report is sponsored by: ..." text at the top of the report text.
The Impact
With this campaign we provide a way to control the direction of development and support vitality of Synfig development at the same time. Users can choose the priorities and collected funds will go to support further sustainable development of Synfig. It's fair and benefit is for everyone - we all get better free animation software.
You can track the results of our work by reading my weekly reports.
Also, we are open to consider other models of funding for Synfig. If you are would like to sponsor the implementation of particular feature - please contact us (see the comments tab at the top).
Thank you!
