[Openexr-user] Re: Clarification on Open EXR and Photoshop

[JK]

The Windows and OSX versions are not stable as suggested by the Cinepaint web 
site, lots of bugs.  Stability, plus the robust tools of Photoshop make it the 
editor of choice for me, retaining the quality remains the question. 

JK

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> From: address@hidden
> Date: 2004/08/22 Sun AM 03:27:45 EST
> To: JK <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Openexr-user] Clarification on Open EXR and Photoshop
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> why do you think you have to convert to Linux to use Cinepaint?
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> Cinepaint is available on Mac OS X and Windows as well.
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> Quoting JK <address@hidden>:
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> > Hello,
> >
> > I prefer to use Photoshop for adding special effects, and would like to film
> > out using OpenEXR.  (I am only adding effects to portions of the frame.)
> > Question: Since Photoshop is a LDR editor (8 bits only) what will happen to
> > the added effects when I convert back to OpenEXR in the 10bit floating
> > format? Will they look flat, pixelated, jagged?
> >
> > I ask this question since there isn't a consensus on these lists on using 
> > the
> > Photoshop plug-in for scanned film material.  It seems Cinepaint is the top
> > choice.  (Converting to Linux isn't an option at this time for users such as
> > myself, and After Effects doesn't have the image editing tools I need at 
> > this
> > time if I wanted to go the Cineon route)
> >
> > Any suggestions? Remember, the key issue is quality, and if the
> > Photoshop/OpenEXR combination can retain the quality, this is the first
> > preference, but any other recommendations are welcome.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > JK
> >
> >
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