Re: [BLUG] I don't think Linux will ever be ready for the Desktop

On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 03:05:37PM GMT, Erik Wallace [eriktwallace@gmail.com] said the following:
>
> But this isn't the show stopper. The show stopper is the fact that Gimp
> does not support
> more than 8bits per channel! I'm sorry but it is precisely this sort of
> shortcoming that
> separates professional photo software from non-professional.

In case you aren't aware of it, there is an 8-bpp version of GIMP
called FilmGimp that is now called Cinepaint. It was made by Hollywood
programmers who needed to use it in feature films like Little Nikki,
Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings even.

http://www.cinepaint.org/

Actually its a good eye opener to view the Linux in Hollywood PDF
presentation on that site because you'll probably be amazed by how many
films have used Linux extensively.

http://www.cinepaint.org/conference/denmark.linuxmovies.2008.pdf

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Mark Krenz
Bloomington Linux Users Group
http://www.bloomingtonlinux.org/
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