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Have you tried this Gimp derivative? It has support up to 32-bit.

Perhaps not The GIMP natively, but Cinepaint (a fork of GIMP used in the movie industry) supports ICC profiles, and deep colour, too (IIRC, 32 bits per channel). It's worth noting that the movie studios use Cinepaint because they generally consider Photoshop to not cut it for higher end work...

"GIMP - 8-bit paint Popular software for hobbyist photo editing, but criticized for its interface and lack of pro features Originally a student project at the University of California Berkeley, the GIMP website gave the impression of being led by founders Kimball and Mattis for years after they had left. The project was taken over by a group connected to the German Chaos Computer Club. Development was funded by the film industry from 1998 to 1999. Employed to add16-bit deep paint to GIMP, that development was abandoned in 2000 when the GIMP project announced the gegl vaporware. GIMP leadership is a Communist-style secret committee with no public leader. The developers list is a hostile shout-fest where using personal character attacks against dissenters is endorsed by the list "moderator"."
from :
http://linuxmovies.movieeditor.com/odd.software.ht ml

And the list of a REAL Linux software :
http://linuxmovies.movieeditor.com/software.html

"GIMP - 8-bit paint Popular software for hobbyist photo editing, but criticized for its interface and lack of pro features Originally a student project at the University of California Berkeley, the GIMP website gave the impression of being led by founders Kimball and Mattis for years after they had left. The project was taken over by a group connected to the German Chaos Computer Club. Development was funded by the film industry from 1998 to 1999. Employed to add16-bit deep paint to GIMP, that development was abandoned in 2000 when the GIMP project announced the gegl vaporware. GIMP leadership is a Communist-style secret committee with no public leader. The developers list is a hostile shout-fest where using personal character attacks against dissenters is endorsed by the list "moderator"."
from :
http://linuxmovies.movieeditor.com/odd.software.ht ml

And the list of a REAL Linux software :
http://linuxmovies.movieeditor.com/software.html

If you want deep colour, look here: http://cinepaint.movieeditor.com. And none of your 16-bit rubbish either. 32-bits is where it's at these days.

GIMP isn't listed; not because it isn't any good, but because it hasn't been vetted, or 'peer reviewed' by an industry for several generations.

Say what? Major movie studios use Cinepaint, a fork of GIMP.

Yes, apparently CinePaint is relatively popular for color images with between 24 and 96 bpp.

I think they are more than well aware that people want 16 bits per channel support. Too bad there's been too many hurdles on their way. You probably want to go for the FilmGimp/Cinepaint for 16bpc.

Also there'll be still no trace of color models other than 8bitRGB/Gray/Indexed. They were supposed to develop a whole new framework for colorspace management and port the GIMP to it, but apparently all of the developers who knew anything about colorspace stuff choked to death when they tried to pronounce the name of the framework, so the project's been in limbo for years. Man, I'd kill for L*a*b.

But at least they'll get good CMS stuff! I think GIMP already uses littlecms, just there's no GUI for it, but sweet that it's coming in next release =)

There's also http://cinepaint.movieeditor.com/ - a natural, if you're familiar with the Gimp.

• MainActor
• Kino
• Piranha
• ...

http://linuxmovies.movieeditor.com/studio/index.ht ml

a list of major motion picture studios and the movies that have been produced on linux.

but NOO, there are no tools for video on linux ;}

Exactly - almost all of the large movie houses use Linux for their rendering pipelines (see http://linuxmovies.movieeditor.com/software/index. html for more) and there is a LONG list of software available for pretty much every task you could ever want regarding creating / editing / processing video on Linux.

Many of these tools are easily commercial quality and/or created by commercial companies for use on linux - and many of them are 'linux-only' which blows the 'not for linux' argument out of the water.

ignorance is bliss ;}

Okay, I'll retract the 3D apps comment since the commercial apps all apperently are getting available by now.

Not even that is true. There is a lot of 3D software available for Linux, where you simply can't get a Windows or MacOS version. For example Massive (software requirements)

Just check the list.

You're obviously not up-to-date and I suggest, you should check the facts first, before you make statements like "where's the Maya/3DS/LW/Softimage alternative? It doesn't exist (dont be a bone head and suggest Blender here, its like comaring a 79' VW to a Ferrai). where's the video editing solutions? We have one decent one, but all with haggid no-useable interfaces (seen from a non-linux-fanboiii perspective)."

The selection of Software available for Graphic and Media are simply pathetic for Linux.

I won't argue with you about the quality of FCP compared to open source offerings, having never used it myself. From what I've heard I'm sure it is a stellar app. However, the grandparent was pointing out that "all but shafted as far as editing goes" is certainly an unfair assessment of the video editing capabilities on linux, even if high end commercial apps like those in the list above are taken out of the mix.

Kino is polished and easy to use. Although it has a very limited feature set, it is more than sufficient for something as simple as a conference or home video. Cinelerra is a little rough around the edges, but has a nice feature set and is easy to extend with plugins. Most of the difficulty in learning Cinelerra is because it is so full-featured. I can't speak to MainActor, as I have been too happy with the other two to fork out the money for it, but I'm sure it is a capable app. And all 3 of these are continuously getting better.

And do I even need to mention price? For $999, FCP had better be good. With Cinelerra I have made high quality videos with keyframe animation, color correction, nice transitions, excellent audio filtering, 5 channel surround, compositing to remove unwanted elements from a scene, anti-aliased truetype titling, and more. I have even set up a small renderfarm. I'm not saying FCP isn't a good investment, but for me if the end product doesn't look any different with an open source NLE, why should I spend the money? Maybe if it saved a lot of time, but I honestly don't see where any time could be cut from an experienced user of any NLE.

The software is there, as you can see in the fine article.
Even Apple Shake is available on Linux too.

"The only two movies that I know that are based on Linux are Toy Stories and Madagascar."

http://linuxmovies.movieeditor.com/studio/index.ht ml

And that list isn't even up to date.

Look at http://linuxmovies.movieeditor.com/software/index. html The list is what they can possibly use.

Most of them do and have for a while...and if not they are currently starting the switch.

Digital Domain, Disney, Double Negative, Dreamworks, Flash Film Works, Hammerhead Industrial Light & Magic, Pixar, Rhythm & Hues, Sony Pictures, Tippett, Weta Digital

Linux was also used on movies such as Harry Potter, Stuart Little, Scooby-Doo and many many more.

check out these links:
linuxmovies.org
movieeditor.com/linux.movies.html

any of these LJ artilces:
Robin Rowe LJ Articles