Re: [CinePaint] cinepaint vs Gimp

"Nathan Fisher" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.video.cinepaint.user
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I would say that both programs have their place right now, but the user
has to be aware of their strengths and limitations. I always have both
Gimp and Cinepaint installed. I do ALL color adjustments in Cinepaint,
and then for retouching/painting/other effects I save as an 8-bit tiff
and open the image in Gimp. Gimp has the nicer features as far as
painting, retouching, and interface go, but I would never work totally
in 8-bit for any kind of print work.

You also have to remember that Cinepaint has a totally different intended
audience. It's just coincidence that it has features that appeal so
much to still photographers.

Nathan

On 1/10/2007, "Mathew Yeates" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I guess what I was wondering was whether it would be possible to modify
>the current gimp to  handle floating point images. Much as what was done
>with the original film-gimp. Right now I'm comparing cinepaint with
>gimp1.2 to see what the code changes were.
>
>Mathew
>
>
>Frank Peters wrote:
>> On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:14:41 -0800
>> Mathew Yeates <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi all
>>> I just installed the latest cinepaint for use with viewing floating
>>> point data. Very nice view of the Kodak Cineon test image. But I'm
>>> curious about something. I noticed that cinepaint appears to be based on
>>> pre 2.0 Gimp. What is missing in cinepaint that can be found in Gimp
>>> 2.2.13?? There are so many developers over there in Gimp land. It  would
>>> be a shame if the improvements to Gimp over the years havent found there
>>> way into cinepaint.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Well, since the GIMP is still limited to only 8-bit images,
>> I would claim that any improvements to the GIMP over the years
>> are essentially meaningless -- unless one is interested in
>> designing exclusively for the web.
>>
>> Digital imagery has taken a giant leap over the past decade,
>> and unless software can address higher bit levels and color
>> management it becomes nothing more than a moot exercise.
>>
>> Being dependent on volunteer developers, Open Source projects
>> tend to be less capable than commercial endeavors, but the
>> fact that Open Source has produced what it has already,
>> namely Cinepaint, LittleCMS, Image/GraphicsMagick, and Netpbm,
>> et al, is, in my opinion, nothing short of remarkable.
>>
>> Frank Peters
>>
>>
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