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GIMP 2.2 Splash Screen Contest Revisited

Posted by samzenpus on from the artist dept.

As reported here earlier, the GIMP team asked artists to submit their artwork to be used as the official splash screen for GIMP 2.2. The reaction was overwhelming. More than 666 splash screens have been submitted. You can look at the submissions in the gallery or download the movies, grab some popcorn and enjoy... Once you've seen all splashes, you may want to help the judges to pick the best splash by voting for your favorites.

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  1. Re:Who needs splash screens anyway? by wine · · Score: 2, Informative

    You should vote for this one then ;)

  2. It's a downside to Open Source by winkydink · · Score: 2, Informative

    What drives feature development with Open source isn't market demand or anticipated market demand, it's the whims of the individuals developing it, which may or may not be related to market wants/needs.

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    "I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey

  3. Re:Who needs splash screens anyway? by Guillermito · · Score: 4, Informative

    OpenOffice splash screen is not always-on-top anymore. Check the latest version.

  4. Re:More than 666? by lazybeam · · Score: 2, Informative

    RE Gimp: Haven't you seen Pulp Fiction? ;-)

    "Bring out the Gimp!"

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    no sig for you. come back one year.
  5. Number of Man by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Topic first: I say take a random sample of about 23.41 pictures and then use them randomly every time the GIMP starts up, a bit like Jext.

    OT: Interestingly 666 is also the number of man and was also code for Caesar Nero. There wasn't much free speech at the time. 666 is also 3/4 of 888 which is the number of Jesus in Greek [Iesous = iota (10) + eta (8) + sigma (200) + omicron (70) + upsilon (400) + sigma (200) = 888]. Hence man cannot save himself because 8 is the number of completion in the Bible, but Jesus Christ can save all men if they choose him. Remember, John 3:17, Christ came not into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. I think there's plenty of evidence that we don't need anyone to condemn us, we can do it on our own pretty easily.

  6. Re:Change the Name! by roye · · Score: 2, Informative

    I believe the .org part was added because of an existing product called Open Office. However, the first few pages in a Google search only reveal hits for Openoffice.org and related sites so I would assume that .org part would not matter any longer. On Topic: The GIMP name should be changed.

  7. Splash Screen Movie by SeanEParsons · · Score: 2, Informative

    To help distribute the load, I have mirrored the full movie on my website. Please go here to view it.

  8. Re:More than 666? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    A "score" is twenty. Hence "four score years ago" is 80 years.