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GIMP 10th Anniversary Splash Contest Winner Announced

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the looking-good dept.

ghost_crab writes "Following up on this story, the winner for the 10th Anniversary GIMP Splash Contest has been announced. Concurrently, a birthday edition has been released to the mirrors. Many happy returns, Wilbur!"

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  1. Uhhh... what is it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It looks like some kind of rusty dial off the Titanic... only it's measuring.. years... which maxes out at.... 30.

    Umm...

    What?

  2. 0-4 ? by TheRealDamion · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why does it start at 0, get to 4 but mark it at 5? This also makes 15 not quite centred* at the top. (*I'm british)

  3. For their next contest... by bgfay · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Rename the GIMP so that people who aren't already devoted to it might have a clue as to what it does.

    There was another article a while ago about program names that made sense to me. If the Open Source programs had more recognizable names, they would have more traction. As it is, in my school, it is very difficult to get people to use things like the GIMP instead of Photoshop but much easier to convince them that OpenOffice is a good choice over MS Office.

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  4. This bodes ill... by DwarfGoanna · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I think its become painfully clear that very few graphic designers (not to mention graphic design students, who would normally jump on a contest like this) use the GIMP. This would get killed in a freshmen level critique, and rejected by all but the least design conscious clients........and it won the fucking GIMP contest.


    I'm not trolling, I love Free Software and have a soft spot for the GIMP especially, but this says a lot about the user base.

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  5. Re:Don't like it by Chazmati · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think it's the lettering on the dial ("The Gimp") that ruins it. That lettering looks way too sharp and dark to fit in with the rest of the picture. The lettering at the top isn't pleasant, but it sort of fits in contrast/color/intensity.