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

Thanks for the Cinepaint link. I've heard good things about it and
that was the reminder that I really do need to check it out. I'm off
to snag the PC Linux OS version now.

On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Mark Krenz <mark@slugbug.org> wrote:
> 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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