Re: [CinePaint] cinepaint vs Gimp

Hey, Frank, lighten up.  

I love open source.  My only concession to commercial ware is Vuescan,
which cost me USD20 a few years back and has a linux version.  

Some profiles can be produced using lprog or Vuescan in conjunction with
coloraid.   

Ron



On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 13:49 -0500, Frank Peters wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:49:55 +0000
> Ron Hickson <ron-H+SwEB6EEwZWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Fortunately I don't earn a living from photography, so, after three
> > paragraphs of chewing it over, I've decided I couldn't live with myself
> > as a Microsoft user.   So, on with the hair shirt and kid myself that
> > what I produce couldn't be any better if I had PS - and it's more
> > fun!   
> 
> There is nothing whatsoever that is intrinsically superior about
> PhotoShop.  Image processing can be accomplished just as competently
> with a do-it-yourself C program on a Linux box.  The only advantage
> to PhotoShop is that it successfully _integrates_ many facets
> of digital manipulation into one stable package.  This may be
> desirable for the majority of users but it is by no means
> always necessary.
> 
> The claim that simple Open Source tools are equal or
> even superior to PhotoShop is perfectly valid an undeniable.
> 
> I am also not a professional photographer, but I have been
> approached by someone in the photo business to create digital
> montages.  I will use Cinepaint for that purpose.  Already
> I prepare images to be used commercially for on-line 
> digital proofs.  For that purpose, I use Netpbm and shell
> scripts but Cinepaint is used initially to establish the
> basic parameters.
> 
> My results are equivalent to that from PhotoShop.  Why
> shouldn't they be?
> 
> The only problem is that the manufacturers of commercial
> photographic equipment will only release their specifications
> to "legitimate" enterprises and not to the Open Source community.
> Consequently, the needed color profiles are difficult to obtain.
> 
> Frank Peters
> 
> 
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