GIMP 2.2 Splash Screen Competition

Lalakis writes "The GIMP 2.2 Splash Contest is now officially open! Competition entries should be attached to the live.gnome.org wiki before midnight next Sunday. Submit your work and get the glory (there may be a small prize sponsored, too)."

GIMP Splash Screens

[the_mighty_$]

You can find out more about GIMP splash screens [gimp.org]

Re:My Favorite Splash Screen

[Meostro]

As per the link in the mighty $ [slashdot.org]'s post below, start gimp with

gimp -s

to disable the spalsh screen completely.

OpenOffice.org

[Uukrul]

OpenOffice.org it's seeking a new Splash Screen too. (Splashscreen for OpenOffice.org 2.0 Wanted [slashdot.org]
One Splash Screen, two opportunities to win.

And remeber to make it really evil [slashdot.org].

Re:What's with the animated icon?

[CvD]

Slashdot's topic icon for the GIMP is animated (the only animated icon). Watch his eyes. :-)

Re:What would be better

[Lalakis]

The pending 2.2 release will add previews for most filters. Unsharp mask included... You can find a list of what's new in this release here [gimp.org].

Re:Name change

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't think the problem is necessarily the association with Pulp Fiction's character, 'Gimp' ... but rather that the word gimp actually means 'disabled'.

Why not just call it:
'NotAsGoodAsPhotoshop' and see if that helps the adoption. Using your logic, it shouldn't matter, as it's not the meaning the words currently have, but instead the ones you want to give them.

Seriously, the name GIMP makes it sound like the software knows that it will make you unproductive and is warning you ahead of time.

Disclaimer:
I'm not saying that the GIMP actually is bad ... but the name makes it sound like it is.

Re:how about...

[Lalakis]

Unfortunately, there isn't a formal roadmap at the moment for gimp 2.4, but you can find a lot of info about what you should expect from gimp 3.0. Look here [mail-archive.com] and search google for more.

What's the problem with text layer tools? Everyone seems very happy with them and you shouldn't expect a change anytime soon...

Re:What would be better

[BigSven]

You should consider to setup X to have two screens then. GIMP supports this quite nicely and will remember on which screen you want it's windows to appear. It also allows you to move windows between the screens (which is a functionality that the WM should offer actually).

Re:how about...

[BigSven]

It's coming. Text transformations are definitely on my list of things I want to do for 2.4. And now that Pango offers this functionality, it should actually be rather simple to implement.

Re:What would be better

[FooBarWidget]

I occasionally work in Gimp for about 4 hours a day. And no, the interface is not plain horrible.