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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. Cool. Any other replacements? by eingram · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm willing to give anything a try. I recently got into creating my own short Star Wars films and used Photoshop to add in the lightsaber effects frame by frame.

    Can Film Gimp load any kind of movie files? The problem with Photoshop is you have to (or as far as I know) use something like Adobe Premiere and convert the film to a .FLM file, then load it into Photoshop. When you do this, you lose all audio (which can be easily added back in, but that is just an extra step in a already long process). Will I need to convert it into something Film Gimp can read?

    What about editing software for OSX, Linux, etc? Something similar to Ulead Video Editor? I'd love to make more movies and actually use legit (read: free) software and not be scared to post them.

    And yes, I know I can Google for these answers, but it is better to have answers from people who have used the software and know what is good and what works (versus the company telling me it is good and works).

    1. Re:Cool. Any other replacements? by UberLame · · Score: 3, Interesting

      FilmGimp only loads sequential frames. Like:
      frame0001.tiff
      frame0002.tiff
      frame0003.t iff ...
      And of course, all audio is lost.

      I don't know how hard it would be to write a macro to make the task easier once loaded. Do you at least have a macro to let you select two points and have it draw the saber in between?

      By the way, there is no company behind FilmGimp. The closest is Rhythem & Hues who have a developer or two on staff. But they don't control the project.

      --
      I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me.
  2. Re:Photoshop Trolls by ip_vjl · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I love Photoshop, but I wouldn't really consider it for this type of work. It really works best with single images - not working on a video sequence.

    Even though I wouldn't trade Photoshop for (regular) Gimp, I wouldn't have any qualms about using FilmGimp if that's the tool I needed for the job.

    I don't know why so many people are so passionate and interested in the tools other people use. Using the same tool doesn't make somebody a good designer/director/programmer/etc. When was the last time you went by a nice house being built and said "Say, nice work. What kind of hammer you using?"

    - vin