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GIMP 2.2 Splash Screen Competition

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the your-work-in-lights dept.

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)."

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  1. GIMP Splash Screens by the_mighty_$ · · Score: 4, Informative

    You can find out more about GIMP splash screens

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  2. Re:My Favorite Splash Screen by Meostro · · Score: 5, Informative
    As per the link in the mighty $'s post below, start gimp with
    gimp -s
    to disable the spalsh screen completely.
  3. Re:What's with the animated icon? by CvD · · Score: 3, Informative

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

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  4. Re:Name change by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    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.