Originally Posted by Wombat
Keep an eye on the Gimp website. They're pretty close to launching 2.6, which will have 16 bit processing. We're all hanging out for it. In the meantime you can always use Cinepaint, a Gimp fork that does 16 bit. And I agree, it's not that complicated. I've never used Photoshop but I'm told that's a steep learning curve.
Entropy, the healing tool is in the toolbox - looks like a couple of Bandaids crossed over each other.
Actually, from what I've seen, the 16 bit support will not happen with 2.6. They've only implemented the GEGL framework, which will allow them to add 16 bit support later (perhaps 2.8).