The Development of Software and Its Infulence on Digital Art

摘要

The development of computer technology not only made great contribution to the development of art disciplines, but also brought some new digital artistic practices. The Free and Open-source software are widely spread on the Internet nowadays. A large number of digital art practitioners downloaded them to use or modify according to their individual needs. In this paper, we examine the development of free and open-source software and its characteristic, summarize the advantages of free and open-source software technology that allow digital art practitioners to have more freedom and flexibility, emphasis the influence of its openness and cooperation design philosophy on the dispersion characteristics of digital art.