Re: [CinePaint] cinepaint vs Gimp
jmak <[email protected]>
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On 1/25/07, Claus Cyrny <claus.cyrny-S0/[email protected]> wrote: > > Niall Flinn wrote: > > [ ... ] The only reason we have *any* workstations running Windows is so > that the matte painters, texture artists and concept art guys can run > Photoshop CS. If we had a stable, full featured, bit-depth-agnostic > replacement for Photoshop, we'd probably have no need for Windows. > As I discovered a few days ago, there actually *is* a software that > runs under Linux (among other OSes), which is practically identical > (ok, more or less) with Photoshop. It is being developed by a Polish > programmer, and it is named "Pixel". It has 32-bit/HDR, color > management, etc., but--judging by posts on the online forum--the > present version seems a bit buggy ("Unsharp Mask..."). The app > is commercial, although extremely inexpensive (USD 38.-; later > USD 100.-). The guy won't release it as open source, though (judging > by posts of his in the online forum). > Pixel has lots of promise. But it develops slowly because it is a one man show. It already has excellent features like layer effects cmyk support and a great user interface that I like a lot. I am using the free version but it is still very unstable. It crashes on me all the time. By the way the developer is Slovakian. Jmak -- 2007 Calendar http://www.lulu.com/content/512622 http://jozmak.googlepages.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV