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Film Gimp Released For Mac OS X

Posted by pudge on from the now-i-can-make-my-own-sequel-to-the-matrix dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Film Gimp, the most popular open source tool in feature motion picture work, has released its first Macintosh version. Film Gimp is now available for Mac OS X, Linux, and SGI Irix. Film Gimp is a frame-by-frame retouching tool used by motion picture studios as an alternative tool to Adobe Photoshop. Film Gimp was used on the movies Scooby-Doo, Harry Potter, Stuart Little, and other productions."

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  1. Re:Photoshop Trolls by foo12 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There is a professional and sophisticated use for The Gimp as a high-end tool, which doesn't require proprietary colour-space models, or CYMK matching printed output.

    Except to my understanding GIMP != Film GIMP. They may share a common lineage but are targetted at entirely different markets. The fact that Film GIMP is fantastic for its userbase doesn't change the fact that plain-old GIMP, while very useful for RGB work, is effectively useless for even basic prepress work.

  2. Re:Photoshop Trolls by Alan+Partridge · · Score: 2, Insightful

    why use Photoshop when you can use Commotion?

    this whole story baffles me, film GIMP is a Commotion competitor, not a Photoshop competitor.

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