Valentina is an open source pattern drafting software tool, designed to be the foundation of a new stack of open source tools to remake the garment industry.[5] The program was named after mother of the founder Roman Telezhinsky, a cutter by profession, who gave him the idea for the project. The main idea of the software package for creating clothing patterns is in combining new technologies with old methods of designing of patterns. The main feature is the work with parametric patterns.[6]
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| Original author(s) | Roman Telezhinsky |
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| Initial release | 2013 |
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| Written in | C++, Qt (software)[2][3] |
| Operating system | Windows MacOS Linux[4] |
| Available in | Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and more |
| License | GPLv3 |
| Website | smart-pattern |
The project was started in 2013 by Roman Telezhinsky (Ukraine) and Susan Spencer (USA). The introduction of parametric design to software for end-users greatly simplified making adjustments, as well as refitting an existing design to a completely different person. The support for over 50 pattern-making systems made the project somewhat popular with designers of contemporary clothes as well as the historical recreation community, since a significant part of the supported systems cover Victorian tailoring, as well as garment cutting from even earlier centuries.
Small-scale production and custom production of clothing
editAccording to the authors, the production of small-scale and custom-made garments is essential for a long-term sustainable future, maintaining small and medium-sized textile manufacturers (weaving and spinning), enabling independent and small designers and entrepreneurs to expand production so that they can live decently, rebuilding local clothing areas and the reduction or elimination of slave labor.[2][7]
Division of the original project
editIt was in the second half of 2017 when the project was divided into two separated projects. The results of such development (new forks) are named Valentina and Seamly2D. They come from previously discovered differences concerning the development, the role of users, the amount of contribution to the project from community members and communication between the founders of the software.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Change Log". Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ^ a b c Prokoudine, Alexandre. "Valentina Fork Settles Down As Seamly2D, Valentina Goes On". Archived from the original on 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
- ^ Salvaire, Fabrice. "Design Notes Questions & Answers. What is my opinion on Valentina / Seamly2D ?". Retrieved 2022-04-02.
- ^ "Valentina Downloads".
- ^ "Valentina, an open source pattern drafting software". Retrieved 2017-12-15.
- ^ "About Valentina". Retrieved 2022-04-02.
- ^ Prokoudine, Alexandre (29 January 2021). "Revolutionizing garment-making in Italy with Valentina". Retrieved 2022-04-02.
This article incorporates text by Alexandre Prokoudine available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.