changes:
The CinePaint versin 0.19-1 is a minor release.
Overall stability has improved. Instant colourmanaging is more convenient.
Memory handling for plug-ins is better. Portablility has improved and many bugs where fixed.
Some plug-ins where added to the release:
The print plug-in utilises Gutenprint for throughout 16-bit colourmanaged printing. Note Gutenprint will be colour stable once it lefts behind beta status.
The collect plug-in allows for selecting a number of images with the same bit depth and building a layered image from them.
The new ICC Examin plug-in allowes visualisation of actual ICC profiles tags.
The new ICC Watch plug-in allowes viewing image colours in the actual colour gamut. Note the last two plug-ins need the "ICC Examin" application downloadable from www.behrmann.name .
The 'zoom in' shortcut has changed from '=', which was not available for many non us keyboard layouts, to '+' .
to work best with 35mm film and other high resolution high dynamic range images.
It is the most popular open source tool in the motion picture industry - used
in 2 Fast 2 Furious, Scooby-Doo, Harry Potter, Stuart Little and other feature
films. CinePaint is used for painting of background mattes and for
frame-by-frame retouching of movies. It is being extended to do film
restoration. CinePaint is available for Linux, Macintosh OS X, Windows, and
other popular operating systems.
Animation renderers and 35mm film scanners are capable of creating greater color
bit-depth than can be displayed on monitors (8-bit per channel) or can be
manipulated in most programs. The 32-bit per channel color capacity of CinePaint
appeals most to cinematographers and professional still photographers. However,
CinePaint is a general-purpose tool useful for working on images for motion
pictures, print, and the Web. CinePaint supports many file formats, conventional
formats such as JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and TGA images -- and more exotic motion
picture digital intermediate formats such as Cineon and OpenEXR.
CinePaint is free software. The generosity and commitment of its developers,
users and sponsors make CinePaint possible
