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Film Gimp Project Renamed to CinePaint

Posted by timothy on from the frame-set-match dept.

ubiquitin writes "To avoid confusion with the GIMP, the Film Gimp project has renamed itself to CinePaint. The project is essentially a legitimate fork of GIMP, and is focused on image manipulations for moving pictures." We've mentioned Film Gimp several times lately; it'll be even handier as programs like Cinelerra and Kino grow more polished.

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  1. topic's by slug359 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Hard to believe GIMP has a topic of it's own, despite the fact this is the first story in the topic for over a year (see here), when overclocking (which I'd love to filter without removing hardware!)/individual BSD's/P2P (including the RIAA/MPAA/*AA)/and so on don't have topics!

    1. Re:topic's by cascino · · Score: 4, Interesting

      The same goes for Mac OS 9. Yes, there is a topic for OS 9. Five stories have ever been published in this category, one of which is entitled "Apple Drops Mac OS 9."
      On the other hand, Google is a topic-deserver: there's been five articles in the last month directly pertaining to it. And besides - we all use it, love it, and, as of recently, have made quite a bit of controversy about it.
      Can there be a vote on these things, or at least a call for feedback?

  2. Re:This is uber cool! by Mononoke · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Film Gimp (now SinePaint) has been used in tons of major motions pictures, such as the following:

    Scooby-Doo, Harry Potter, Cats & Dogs, Dr. Dolittle 2, Little Nicky, Grinch, Sixth Day, Stuart Little, Planet of the Apes, Showtime, Blue Crush, and The Fast and the Furious II.

    I'm sure the same could be said about NotePad.

    Impressive though, I suppose.

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  3. Why fork? by mcgroarty · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I don't doubt there are good reasons for it, but I'm curious no less...

    Why fork?

    Are there features going into CinePaint that aren't valid for GIMP? And the other way around?

    It seems like both projects might benefit by staying more tightly coupled.

  4. Good Name by Arc04 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I agree with them. CinePaint is definitely a much more professional sounding name than FilmGimp was and also more than the other suggestions.

    If it had a name like FilmStudio, it would sound to me like an amateur effort (My First Film Studio?!?!), which we know it is not and would not have the success it will most certainly have in the future.

    Well I like it anyway :P

    Arc

  5. Good change... The old name kind of sucked by LongJohnStewartMill · · Score: 2, Interesting
    That's a good name change. To be honest, I thought the old one made the software sound kind of wonky. I thought,
    "Hmmm... The Film Gimp. Well, I probably can't use this program unless my monitor is fuzzy or my mouse doesn't have any buttons... Or maybe it has a built-in doodle filter that scribbles all over your work after you save."
    Very confusing... This name change is a Good Thing I think...
  6. Should have called it CineGIMP by alpha17 · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Why break away from the gimp name if its a fork?

  7. Two paths by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Current path is due some people wanting to work in old GIMP Hollywood, and even trying to get the code in the main tree. Main coders had a different idea since before the others appeared, clean the tree, then make radical changes, and they kept it.

    Second path, which seems to have been discarded by CinePaint people, is pushing the GEGL library ignoring old code, make small test apps, and then merge with GIMP. A more parellel aproach.

    For GIMP people all is like in the past, no new hands helping, either with current project or with libraries for future one. For CinePaint they get a quick solution, but maybe a dead end. :(

    Oh, well...

  8. While were at it... by cybercomm · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Did anyone notice that the icon for gimp is ANIMATED (his eys move) is this me, or is this the FIRST animated gif on slashdot??

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  9. Project history? by whereiswaldo · · Score: 2, Interesting


    In a case such as this where the project name changes, what happens to the CVS module name? Does it change as well? Is everyone required to re-pull the source from a new name? And finally, how is the history preserved?

  10. But will it have by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    a usable UI, unlike its parent? If it does have a sane UI, would somebody please port it to the Gimp?