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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. 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.

  2. 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

  3. 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?

  4. 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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