Re: [Gimp-gui] Suggestion about the loading window

[Jehan <jehan girinstud io>]

Hi,

On 2017-09-23 14:39, marty wrote:
> It seems a small percentage are worried about the professionalism of
> the appearance of Gimp when using it in specific settings.  Perhaps
> one of you could create a cloud directory with alternate splash files
> and concerned parties could simply overwrite the local splash
> directory with those contents.  Much the same could be done for other
> aspects like icons if the app file structure follows typical norms.
> Does licensing forbid this?  I doubt it, but don't know off hand.

Licensing doesn't forbid this, quite the opposite.

And we have code to allow this. For splash screens for instance, the 
link I gave earlier actually explains how you can already use any custom 
splashscreen on your installation: https://www.gimp.org/about/splash/

GIMP also allows anyone to install their own themes and icons, and have 
done so for years (just search the web for custom themes for GIMP, you 
have tons of these).

Only thing is that there is not much of a central place for these. There 
used to be the registry but it's down now because of spam and lack of 
maintainance. One of my project has been for years to create a "plug-in 
management" system, so that people can search for any kind of resource, 
be it plug-ins, extensions, brushes, themes, icons, patterns, scripts… 
and install, uninstall and update them in a single click directly from 
GIMP itself (and resource creators would have a place to upload their 
creation).

For the records, if I were to be able to work full-time on GIMP and Free 
Software (which is kind of a failed attempt for now), this would 
definitely be done by now. So I encourage anyone who want to see these 
kind of projects happen in GIMP to contribute to our crowdfunding (see 
below the Patreon and Tipeee links for ZeMarmot project). :-)

Jehan

> Rgds,
>
> Marty G
>
> On 09/23/2017 08:04 AM, gregory grey wrote:
>
> > Some stuff in https://www.gimp.org/about/splash/ [1] is just
> > atrocious. Pretending you don't see that yourself is just insulting.
> > You do realize that "fun" and "7 years old level of aesthetics" is
> > not the same? One of the things I dig about Darktable is that I can
> > show it to PS/LR users without being laughed at. It's the icons
> > story all over again.
> >
> > On Sep 23, 2017 2:37 AM, "Jehan" <jehan girinstud io> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 2017-09-22 16:29, Fulvio Massimo Mariani wrote:
> > Hello.
> >
> > For the record, I had to manually accept your email because you are
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> >
> > My name is Fulvio.
> >
> > I’ve been a Gimp fan since a lot of time ago (I’m a graphic
> > designer and I do not how to use Photoshop, consider this).
> >
> > I just downloaded the 2.9 version of the software and checked the
> > new
> > features and UI.
> >
> > All looks nice (and font loading is now much faster), but please,
> > and
> > this is the purpose of the post, consider to use a neat, minimal
> > Logo
> > opening. The actual loading window is not at the level of the
> > software
> > and its specs. Look for a designer to draw and compose a
> > minimal/material Design for your app loading screen, because of the
> > perception of the app starts from this screen (the actual loading
> > window is not goo, really).
> >
> > I assume you mean the splash image? What don't you like in it? That
> > it is not serious enough?
> >
> > Though in theory I don't really disagree that some kind of fancy
> > "simple/minimal" design can be nice, I don't believe this to be that
> > important. We had by the past people wanting to make GIMP a
> > "product", something "professional looking" and whatnot. And this
> > one experience I am thinking about was not a pleasant experience to
> > me, at all. In the end, I appreciate that some people can have some
> > fun while making GIMP (especially since it's done on most parts as
> > voluntary work) rather than making boring corporate images. As long
> > as the software itself is actually good, professional and does well
> > what it is supposed to do, does it really matter that the splash
> > image is usually a fun image contributed by various artists?
> > This is even more true for 2.9 which is a dev version (therefore
> > allows even more fun), but even stable versions used to have more or
> > less interesting/funny designs: https://www.gimp.org/about/splash/
> > [1]
> >
> > This being said, as I said, our splash screens are indeed
> > contributed by various artists and we definitely welcome more
> > contributions there. If you want to propose a splash for a next dev
> > version, please be our guest. Next splash could be yours. :-)
> > Yet know that it won't stop us from also accepting other funky
> > splash images when they will be contributed as well.
> >
> > Have a nice day.
> >
> > I just wanted to suggest something)
> >
> > Thanks for this. This mailing list is indeed the right venue to
> > propose a splash screen for a further version.
> > We look forward to any contribution from you or any artist
> > (painter, designer, photograph…) who has an idea for a nice splash
> > screen. :-)
> >
> > Jehan

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