CinePaint
Stable release | 0.25
/ November 6, 2008[1] |
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Repository | |
Operating system | Unix-like |
Type | Graphics |
License | GNU General Public License |
Website | www.cinepaint.org |
CinePaint is an open source computer program for painting and retouching bitmap frames of films. It is a fork of version 1.0.4 of the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP). It is likely the most successful open source tool in feature motion picture work today.[2] It is free software under the GNU General Public License.
Under its former name Film Gimp, CinePaint was used for films such as Scooby-Doo, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, The Last Samurai and Stuart Little[3].
Features that set CinePaint apart from its photo-editing predecessor include the frame manager, onion skinning, and the ability to work with 16-bit and floating point pixels for high dynamic range imaging (HDR). CinePaint supports a 16-bit color managed workflow for photographers and printers, including CIE*Lab and CMYK editing. It supports the Cineon, DPX, and OpenEXR image file formats. HDR creation from bracketed exposures is easy.
CinePaint is currently available for Unix-like OSes including Mac OS X and IRIX.
Glasgow, a completely new code architecture being used for CinePaint, is expected to make a new Windows version possible and is currently under production. The Glasgow effort is FLTK based.[4]
Main features
CinePaint is a professional open-source raster graphics editor, not a video editor. Per-channel color engine core: 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit. The image formats it supports include BMP, CIN, DPX, EXR, GIF, JPEG, OpenEXR, PNG, TIFF, and XCF. Examples of the software's application in the movie industry include Elf, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Duplex, The Last Samurai, Showtime, Blue Crush, 2 Fast 2 Furious, the Harry Potter series, Cats & Dogs, Dr. Dolittle 2, Little Nicky, The Grinch, The 6th Day, Stuart Little, Planet of the Apes, Stuart Little 2, and Spider-Man[5].
The program is available on Linux, OS X, FreeBSD and NetBSD. Its main proprietary competitor is Adobe Photoshop.
See also
References
- ^ http://www.cinepaint.org/
- ^ Robin Rowe (2005-02-17). "The Linux Motion Picture Pipeline". LinuxMovies.org. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
- ^ CinePaint home page
- ^ CinePaint Documentation: Why Migrate from GTK to FLTK, Retrieved on March 10, 2008
- ^ CinePaint home page
External links
- CinePaint Web site
- CinePaint Wiki and downloads
- 16-bit imaging. From digital camera to print a colour management tutorial
- Basic color management for X (linux.com)
- High Dynamic Range images under Linux (linux.com)
- GIMP and Film Production