Re: CinePaint Film Gimp plans

Alan Horkan wrote:

>> For some reason I can't quite figure out, software for
>> still and moving image manipulation on Linux is in a
>> very bad state (Blender excepted).  Cinepaint is
>> about the only hope for still image manipulation.
> 
> I assume you are only talking about raster graphics and video since
> Inkscape is doing rather well and Synfig is certainly interesting.
> 

Yes, I should qualify that, raster graphics not good, but encouraging
possibilities, video = hopeless (don't want to go any further off
topic, but that is a big rant for me).

>> Otherwise we either continue to wait, or we come up
>> with the money for Photoshop seats.
> 
> You mention Photoshop and Kai Uwe mentions the menu code is broken in his
> experimental GTK2 work and I cannot help but think of the possibility of
> using it as an opportunity to overhaul the menu layout.

I'm assuming that you are only referring to menu and
button layouts, names etc.  I've never looked at GimpShop -
have to go over and see what they did. I suppose it would
not be too difficult to re-arrange things, but one does have to be
a little careful about bumping into functionality.  At some point
you will run into architectural limits and then it becomes a big
job.  Where those lie ? - The answer is best left to those with the
experience.  I'm guessing that was part of the motivation for moving
to Glasgow and FLTK ?

I've thought about doing this several times for my own personal
use to fit my way of working, but not along the lines of Photoshop. 
Photoshop might be the 800 pound gorilla, but it is an ugly beast.
I'm hearing good things about Lightroom as a significant improvement
over Photoshop. That also might be worth a look.  It seems to be 
optimized for high volume work flows (e.g. what you get when you come
home with a pocket full of 4G flash cards).

Right now though, for Cinepaint, I think function might be as important
as form.

> GIMPShop, a experimental project/hack to make GIMP behave more like
> Photoshop gained a lot of attention but the idea was largely rejected by
> the GIMP developers.  This might be an opportunity for cinepaint.

If someone could explain to me what the hell those people are thinking
I would greatly appreciate it.  I saw a gimp review a few months back
entitled "Stick a fork in it".  Well, here we are....


Regards to all,

Brad Hare


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