Re: [CinePaint] cinepaint vs Gimp

Kai-Uwe Behrmann <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.video.cinepaint.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Am 12.01.07, 10:50 +1100 schrieb Moritz Moeller:

> Mathew Yeates wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> We don't use either anymore. We switched to Krita, KOffice's imaging 

It is going to become a great app in its environment. Good to read someone 
is mentioning it in this thread. 

> app. It's geared towards paint, and unlike Cinepaint and Gimp, it is 

The paint core has many very nice features like water paint and different 
canvas media. Really interessting.

> actually usable by artists. And it has full OpenEXR support with color 

>>actually usable by artists<<: if you'd like to tell us more ...

> profiles and feels very 'Photoshoppy'

I had the impression the ICC <-> OpenEXR conversion was not yet taken over 
from CinePaint. But may be I am wrong. Would be nice one OpenEXR file 
appears the same in two apps ;-)
As well all fixes should be included as you requested. Multi layer support 
is coming. What is missing?

> People just plain refuse to use Cinpaint for its non-existent usability 

Hey Moritz,
there are various standards for useablity; such a statement 
without any detail is rough and leave only guesswork. The same way one can 
say linux/bsd is not useable: reason1, reason2 ... And many people say 
this with regards to other OS'es.

> and while Gimp is 'ok', it's far from Krita in usability and basically 
> ruled out, because it only supports 8bit.
> 
> No bashing, just the facts. :)

Nice to read you had found your favourite.

> Cheers,
> 
> Moritz
> 

kind regards
Kai-Uwe Behrmann
--
development for color management 
www.behrmann.name + www.oyranos.org + www.cinepaint.org


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