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MacGimp Reviewed, Available For Easy Download

Posted by timothy on from the beats-photoshop-on-price dept.

Kelly McNeill writes "Now that a native X Window system (X11) comes as standard equipment on OS X Panther, osViews' Kelly McNeill thought that now might be the right time to review the latest (stable) version of of the GNU Image Manipulation Program -- version 1.2.5. Gimp reviews in the past have typically either been written from a non-technical perspective -- authored by graphic artists or by software developers -- having little understanding of the needs of graphic designers. Kelly McNeill is a self-proclaimed tech geek and a working graphic artist, which makes the review all the more interesting." And Durin_Deathless writes "A new open source company, Archei LLC , is sponsoring free downloads of MacGIMP. You can download here(1)(officially) or here(2) (no personal info needed). You could also use Fink to get GIMP, but if GIMP is all want, here you go."

2 of 80 comments (clear)

  1. Hrmm by ActiveSX · · Score: 3, Informative

    The 1.2 series is so crusty feeling compared to 1.3. Really, 1.3 is like a whole new GIMP.

  2. Re:Launcher my arse by amackeyuva · · Score: 3, Informative

    Slightly cleaner instructions (should work for more people):

    1. Don't use Find, but open:

    % open /opt/local/bin

    2. Use GetInfo as described to change ownership to current user

    3. Select "Open With" info tab, "Choose Other", find X11, click "Always Open With This" button

    4. Double click gimp to ensure it works (you'll have to go through Gimp setup).

    5. Quit Gimp and X11

    6. Change ownership back to system.

    7. Drag gimp icon into dock - no need to make an alias

    8. if you want to be able to open gimp from the shell, add this to your .cshrc/.bashrc:

    alias gimp open /opt/local/bin/gimp $@