Editing CinePaint

{{Short description|Free software for retouching bitmap frames of films}}
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'''CinePaint''' is a [[free software|free]] and [[open-source software|open source]] [[computer program]] for [[paint]]ing and retouching [[bitmap]] [[frame (film)|frame]]s of [[film]]s. It is a [[fork (software)|fork]] of version 1.0.4 of the [[GIMP|GNU Image Manipulation Program]] (GIMP).  It enjoyed some success as one of the earliest open source tools developed for feature motion picture visual effects and animation work.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://linuxmovies.org/software.html
 |title       = The Linux Motion Picture Pipeline
 |accessdate  = July 29, 2007
 |author      = Robin Rowe
 |date        = February 17, 2005
 |publisher   = LinuxMovies.org
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070716235520/http://www.linuxmovies.org/software.html
 |archivedate = July 16, 2007
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The main reason for this adoption over mainline GIMP was its support for high bit depths (greater than 8-bits per channel) which can be required for film work.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} The mainline GIMP project later added high bit depths in GIMP 2.9.2, released November 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ninedegreesbelow.com/photography/users-guide-to-high-bit-depth-gimp.html |title=User's Guide to High Bit Depth GIMP 2.9.2 |accessdate=December 10, 2015 |date=November 2015}}</ref> It is [[free software]] under the [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]].

In 2018, a post titled "CinePaint 2.0 Making Progress" announced progress,<ref>{{Cite web|title=CinePaint {{!}} CinePaint 2.0 Making Progress|url=http://cinepaint.org/cinepaint-2-0-making-progress|access-date=2021-03-01|language=en-US|archive-date=2019-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220062235/http://cinepaint.org/cinepaint-2-0-making-progress|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> but, {{as of|2025|lc=y}}, version 2.0 has not been released. Development seems to have stalled entirely, as no new 1.x updates have been released since May 2021.

== Main features ==
Features that set CinePaint apart from its photo-editing predecessor include the frame manager, [[onion skinning]], and the ability to work with 16-bit and [[floating point]] pixels for [[high-dynamic-range imaging]] (HDR). CinePaint supports a 16-bit [[color management|color managed]] workflow for photographers and printers, including [[Lab color space|CIE*Lab]] and [[CMYK]] editing. It supports the [[Cineon]], [[DPX]], and [[OpenEXR]] image file formats. HDR creation from bracketed exposures is easy.

CinePaint is a professional open-source [[raster graphics editor]], not a [[video editor]]. Per-channel color engine core: 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit. The image formats it supports include [[BMP file format|BMP]], [[Cineon|CIN]], [[DPX]], [[OpenEXR|EXR]], [[GIF]], [[JPEG]], OpenEXR, [[PNG]], [[TIFF]], and [[XCF (file format)|XCF]].

CinePaint is currently available for [[UNIX]] and [[Unix-like]] OSes including [[macOS|Mac OS X]] and [[IRIX]]. The program is available on [[Linux]], [[Mac OS X]], [[FreeBSD]] and [[NetBSD]]. Its main competitors are the mainline [[GIMP]] and [[Adobe Photoshop]], although the latter is only available for Mac OS X and [[Microsoft Windows]]. Glasgow, a completely new code architecture being used for CinePaint, is expected to make a new Windows version possible and is currently under production. The Glasgow effort is [[FLTK]] based.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinepaint.bigasterisk.com/WhyMigrateFromGTKToFLTK|title=CinePaint Documentation: Why Migrate from GTK to FLTK|accessdate=March 10, 2008|archive-date=April 9, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040409163504/http://cinepaint.bigasterisk.com/WhyMigrateFromGTKToFLTK|url-status=dead}}</ref> This effort appears to have stalled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinepaint.org|title=cinepaint.org}}</ref>

CinePaint version 1.4.4 appeared on [[SourceForge]] on 6 May 2021,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/cinepaint/files/CinePaint/|title=CinePaint 1.4.4 Windows version released 2021/5/6|accessdate=May 7, 2021}}</ref> followed by CinePaint 1.4.5 on 30 May 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/cinepaint/files/CinePaint/|title=CinePaint 1.4.5 Windows version released 30th May 2021|accessdate=June 12, 2021}}</ref>

== Movies ==
Examples of the software's application in the movie industry include:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinepaint.org/more/about.html|title=Old CinePaint about page|access-date=2011-06-11|archive-date=2015-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923203556/http://www.cinepaint.org/more/about.html|url-status=dead}}{{Dubious|date=February 2012}}<!-- Come on, a disinterested source, please. --></ref>{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}
* ''[[Elf (film)|Elf]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]'' (2003)
* ''[[League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Duplex (film)|Duplex]]'' (2003)
* ''[[The Last Samurai]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Showtime (film)|Showtime]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Blue Crush]]'' (2002)
* ''[[2 Fast 2 Furious]]'' (2003)
* The [[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]] series
* ''[[Cats & Dogs]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Dr. Dolittle 2]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Little Nicky]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)|The Grinch]]'' (2000)
* ''[[The 6th Day]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Stuart Little (film)|Stuart Little]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Planet of the Apes (2001 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Stuart Little 2]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]'' (2002)

Under its former name '''Film Gimp''', CinePaint was used for films such as ''[[Scooby-Doo (film)|Scooby-Doo]]'' (2002), ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' (2001), ''[[The Last Samurai]]'' (2003) and ''[[Stuart Little (film)|Stuart Little]]'' (1999).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cinepaint.bigasterisk.com/TheHistoryOfCinePaint |title=The History of CinePaint |date=February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222005650/https://cinepaint.bigasterisk.com/TheHistoryOfCinePaint |archive-date=22 December 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[Comparison of raster graphics editors]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|cinepaint.org}}
* [https://gitlab.com/robinrowe/cinepaint GitLab project site]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/cinepaint Sourceforge project site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070807080947/http://cinepaint.bigasterisk.com/CinePaintDocumentation CinePaint Wiki] and downloads
* [http://behrmann.name/cms/cinepaint/bildbearbeitung/cinepaint_ccorrection.html 16-bit imaging. From digital camera to print] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322233917/http://www.behrmann.name/cms/cinepaint/bildbearbeitung/cinepaint_ccorrection.html |date=2023-03-22 }}, a colour management tutorial
* [http://www.linux.com/articles/43337 Basic color management for X] (linux.com)
* [http://www.linux.com/articles/50413 High Dynamic Range images under Linux] (linux.com)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091229042746/http://film.gimp.org/gimp.pdf GIMP and Film Production]

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