Acer to release Ubuntu Linux laptops -- might want to include CinePaint ...

Bryan J. Smith b.j.smith at ieee.org
Thu Aug 2 15:39:30 UTC 2007


On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 11:26 -0400, Karlie Robinson wrote:
> We're on the same page as you.

I figured as such, just wanted to [re-]point it out.

> You may want to check out a couple of 
> short articles we've written for our customer base at
> "Replacement Windows" (our internal play on words)- 
> http://on-disk.com/cms/index.php?wiki=Windows_Replacements
> SOHO - http://on-disk.com/cms/index.php?wiki=SOHO

Also don't forget to mention CinePaint (fka FilmGIMP) along with The
GIMP.  It does 16-bit/channel color (whereas The GIMP only does 8-bit),
and it's what you want to use for most RAW image editing.  That can save
hundreds upon hundreds of dollars.

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I'm a complete and absolute noob to photography.  But I've found the
included capabilities of CinePaint to be quite adequate.  It even has a
solid HDR plug-in.  CinePaint plus UFRaw (for importing/converting) my
12-bit color PEF (Pentax RAW) shots from my Pentax K100D (a $300+
uber-entry level dSLR) and $50-250 el'cheapo polycarbon lenses.  I'm not
even an amateur, I'm a novice, but CinePaint gets the job done well for
myself.

I'm going to try to take a nice bracket set of Pittsburgh the weekend
and use CinePaint to show off what you can do with an el'cheapo dSLR and
freedomware for under $500 in hardware.  I'll blog it when I have a
chance.
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