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[Craig Ringer]

> How would you rate CinePaint nee FilmGIMP?
> 
>     http://cinepaint.sourceforge.net/
> 
> ....while it's targetted at moviemaking, it does actually address some of 
> your issues (e.g. CMYK, 16/48-bit colour etc).

I'll have a look, but the FAQ doesn't look promising:

http://cinepaint.sourceforge.net/user/faq.html
# What's the difference between CinePaint and Photoshop?

The base functionality is similar, but Adobe Photoshop doesn't include 
the special features that CinePaint has for working with motion pictures 
and film. CinePaint has higher color fidelity -- supporting 16-bit 
channels, plus a frame manager and a flipbook movie player.

Photoshop is more mature as an application, with a more pleasing user 
interface, support for color spaces, and CMYK. These areas are being 
improved in CinePaint.

# How does CinePaint do scanning, screenshots, and printing?

Those features aren't presently available. The GIMP plug-ins are being 
ported over. If you have other software to create 48-bit scans, which 
may come with your scanner, CinePaint is one of the few programs that 
can manipulate the resultant files.


Craig