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Annotation of pkgsrc/graphics/cinepaint/DESCR, Revision 1.1

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        !             2: to work best with 35mm film and other high resolution high dynamic range images.
        !             3: It is the most popular open source tool in the motion picture industry - used
        !             4: in 2 Fast 2 Furious, Scooby-Doo, Harry Potter, Stuart Little and other feature
        !             5: films. CinePaint is used for painting of background mattes and for
        !             6: frame-by-frame retouching of movies. It is being extended to do film
        !             7: restoration. CinePaint is available for Linux, Macintosh OS X, Windows, and
        !             8: other popular operating systems.
        !             9:
        !            10: Animation renderers and 35mm film scanners are capable of creating greater color
        !            11: bit-depth than can be displayed on monitors (8-bit per channel) or can be
        !            12: manipulated in most programs. The 32-bit per channel color capacity of CinePaint
        !            13: appeals most to cinematographers and professional still photographers. However,
        !            14: CinePaint is a general-purpose tool useful for working on images for motion
        !            15: pictures, print, and the Web. CinePaint supports many file formats, conventional
        !            16: formats such as JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and TGA images -- and more exotic motion
        !            17: picture digital intermediate formats such as Cineon and OpenEXR.
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        !            19: CinePaint is free software. The generosity and commitment of its developers,
        !            20: users and sponsors make CinePaint possible.