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Film Gimp Chalks Up Another Studio

Posted by timothy on from the hey-fellas-this-one-is-free dept.

Robin Rowe of the Film Gimp project has a piece running on NewsForge (also part of OSDN) that says "Film Gimp has recently been adopted by ComputerCafe, the fourth motion picture studio to use it in making feature films." Check out this recent post about Film Gimp to see some great screenshots of behind-the-scenes use. (And Rowe is also hoping you can get to the Linux Movies Track at Creative Cow West 2003, starting Tuesday in Los Angeles.) Update: 02/17 04:04 GMT by T : Brain rebooted, so I added the missing link.

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  1. Re:So... by jericho4.0 · · Score: 5, Informative
    It's just that all the usual answers apply, it's free, it works, it scales, it's multi platform and if you're trying to get the maximum performance out of your aplication, having access to the source is a huge help.

    In many respects, IRIX is the better choice. IRIX is loaded with features that make it great for film work. But in the end, the high price of hardware and software loses out to linuxes strengths.

    --
    "A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing" - Alan Perlis
  2. Classic commercial open source by sammyo · · Score: 5, Informative

    FilmGimp started as a hacked up version of Gimp to solve a particular problem that had no solution. Instead of making that a propriatary product R&H went open source. FilmGimp is more specialized buy very handy for some extgreme image processing. very cool

  3. Apples & Oranges by tweakt · · Score: 5, Informative

    Your comparing people who make movies with those who's business is to invest, finance, and eventually profit from them. The people using this software only care about quality and creating spectacular effects, and use the best tool for the job be it OSS or not.