*** News Release ***
CinePaint, Linux Movies Group, Open Source Programmers,
and SpectSoft at NAB!
Popular open source motion picture image editing program
holds birds-of-a-feather meeting at National Association of Broadcasters
convention and demonstrations on show floor
HOLLYWOOD, California - April 3, 2003 - CinePaint,
a free open source image retouching program used in more than
a dozen feature films including Harry Potter and Scooby-Doo, will
have a birds-of-a-feather meeting on Monday, April 7th, 2003,
from 4pm to 6pm in Room N241 of the Las Vegas Convention Center
at the NAB convention (nab.org).
The meeting will be held in conjunction with the Linux Movies
Group (LinuxMovies.org)
and Open Source Programmers (OpenSourceProgrammers.org).
CinePaint is available for Linux, Macintosh OS X, Windows, and
other popular operating systems. Keeping with the spirit of free
open source software, this meeting is free and open to all.
"This is a great opportunity for those interested in
CinePaint or in the Linux and open source phenomena generally,"
says CinePaint project leader Robin Rowe. "We're lucky to
have this venue and appreciate the National Association of Broadcasters
helping to make it possible." Rowe will lead the meeting
with an overview slide presentation, then hold a Q&A session
taking questions from the floor to help stimulate discussion.
Much of the meeting time is planned as a mixer, with discussion
in small groups. "Everyone can have more fun talking with
their peers than just listening to me," says Rowe.
CinePaint for Linux will be on display at NAB in the SpectSoft booth (SL2519), which
is located adjacent to the Adobe booth. SpecSoft will be demonstrating
CinePaint in conjunction with DDR/EDIT, its new 10-bit uncompressed
video disk drive recorder for standard and high definition. A
plug-in for CinePaint outputs images to DDR/EDIT for use as a
framestore or alpha channel keyer. The DDR/EDIT plug-in, created
by SpectSoft's Jason Howard, adds {File}{Export to Card} to the
CinePaint menu interface.
CinePaint is free software. The generosity and commitment
of its developers, users and sponsors make CinePaint possible.
* Pricing and Availability
- Free at http://cinepaint.sourceforge.net,
available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and other *nix platforms.
Download version 0.16 or higher.
* Further Information
- www.CinePaint.org
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- Robin Rowe, CinePaint project leader, 818-243-0339 or Robin.Rowe@MovieEditor.com
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- Jason Howard, SpectSoft, 209-847-7812 or jason@spectsoft.com
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- National Association of Broadcasters Convention www.nab.org/conventions/nab2003/
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- Full rez CinePaint screenshots http://cinepaint.sourceforge.net/press/screenshots.html
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- CinePaint press clippings: http://cinepaint.sourceforge.net/press/
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Questions to rower@movieeditor.com
Created April 3, 2003; updated April
5, 2003