*** News Release ***
CinePaint seeks new mascot!
Call for 3D artists to help create mascot for popular open
source program
BERKELEY, California - March 12, 2003 - CinePaint,
a free open source image retouching program used by several motion
picture studios, recently changed its name from Film Gimp. It's
time for a new look to go with the new name! CinePaint is seeking
a new 3D mascot and logo. Linux has the ubiquitous penguin
mascot Tux by Larry Ewing, and CinePaint needs its own new
and original mascot. Maybe some sort of robot or alien creature?
Looking for a fresh new look, unrelated to Tux or any prior
art. Any artist may participate. To give artists free rein, the
CinePaint project wants to avoid directing the ideas. It may be
an artist has a piece of portfolio art already that could be easily
adapted, that there is no need to build something from scratch.
Artwork is to be released with this license: "Permission
to use and/or modify this image is granted provided you acknowledge
the artist [name] and CinePaint if someone asks". This is
similar wording to Larry
Ewing's Tux artwork license.
Judging from some early entries, a challenge for artists
is achieving elegant simplicity. Artists are advised to avoid
designs too cluttered to be suitable for a simple program icon.
The art needs to work as an icon (32x32 @ 16 colors), a banner
(160x40 @ 256 colors), a splash screen (420x240 @ True Color),
and as larger art. These could all be cropped/resized images from
just one larger piece of art. Any tool may be used to create the
art -- SoftImage, Houdini, Maya, and other 3D tools -- or even
claymation with film!
Any tasteful mascot concept is fair game. Robots or alien
creatures are just suggestions. But no penguin, fox or dog-like
images -- because those would lack originality when compared to
Linux Tux or to the Wilber
GIMP mascot we had before.
Be innovative. Create something wild!
CinePaint is free software. The generosity and commitment
of its developers, users and sponsors make CinePaint possible.
* Pricing and Availability
- Free at http://filmgimp.sourceforge.net,
available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and other *nix platforms.
Download version 0.16 or higher (about 6mb).
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Download location:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=57007
* Further Information
- www.CinePaint.org
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- Robin Rowe, project leader, 510-235-2397, Robin.Rowe@MovieEditor.com
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- Full rez screenshots http://cinepaint.sourceforge.net/press/screenshots.html
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- Press clippings: http://cinepaint.sourceforge.net/press/
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Questions to rower@movieeditor.com
Created March 12, 2003; updated March
12, 2003