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MkFly

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From: Mars

Registered: 2009-12-10

Posts: 141

openSUSE-inspired splash screen for GIMP

I saw this (old) openSUSE splash screen for GIMP and quite liked it:

And so I created a new version of it, using Inkscape.  The PNG splash screen should be placed in $HOME/.gimp-2.6/splashes/ (or .gimp-2.7/ if you're using gimp-devel).  The font used is FifthLeg, which is based upon the font used in the openSUSE splash, and can be found in the AUR under otf-fifthleg: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23740.

The quick install (original version):

mkdir -p $HOME/.gimp-2.8/splashes
wget http://oi43.tinypic.com/s33fo9.jpg -O $HOME/.gimp-2.8/splashes/gimp-splash.png

Here is the SVG file, in case you want to scale it up/down or change anything for your usage:
http://www.mdn.fm/files/100696_f4f0h/gimp-splash.svg

Screenshot:

EDIT: Switched image hosting from ImageShack to TinyPic ... ImageShack has been very unreliable in the past few years.
EDIT: Updated links (TinyPic is forcing the extension to JPG for whatever reason, but the file itself is a PNG). SVG link is dead.

Last edited by MkFly (2015-05-27 15:33:01)

Soumyadeep

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From: kolkata,India

Registered: 2009-09-09

Posts: 218

Re: openSUSE-inspired splash screen for GIMP

nice man, looks very elegant

pillz

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Registered: 2009-08-20

Posts: 58

Re: openSUSE-inspired splash screen for GIMP

That looks pretty sweet, man.

JackH79

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From: Australia

Registered: 2009-06-18

Posts: 663

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Re: openSUSE-inspired splash screen for GIMP

That's awesome! Thanks very much for the work.

evot

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From: Finland

Registered: 2010-02-26

Posts: 96

Re: openSUSE-inspired splash screen for GIMP

I like this one.. looks elegant.

Roline

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2009-12-05

Posts: 207

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Re: openSUSE-inspired splash screen for GIMP

Wow, I like it alot! Thanks!

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Artificial Intelligence

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From: Denmark

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Re: openSUSE-inspired splash screen for GIMP

The link AUR (the links) to the fonts are dead. Can you upload them and post a link?

Thanks.

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demian

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From: Frankfurt, Germany

Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: openSUSE-inspired splash screen for GIMP

Installed it too, thank you.

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Xenokite

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From: Linden, NJ USA

Registered: 2009-03-14

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Re: openSUSE-inspired splash screen for GIMP

The link AUR (the links) to the fonts are dead. Can you upload them and post a link?

Thanks.

yeah same here .... are you using PACKER to install? Cause it timeout each time i try.

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MkFly

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From: Mars

Registered: 2009-12-10

Posts: 141

Re: openSUSE-inspired splash screen for GIMP

Glad you guys like it.

I was getting Connection Refused when I tried to install FifthLeg via clyde -- I figured it was only temporary and would be working by now ...

Anyway, I had downloaded them from here:
http://fr2.rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/opens … oarch.html

Extracted from the RPM and manually installed.

Artificial Intelligence

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From: Denmark

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Re: openSUSE-inspired splash screen for GIMP

Thanks ^_^

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Anonymo

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Registered: 2005-04-07

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Re: openSUSE-inspired splash screen for GIMP

But you used Inkscape to make it? 

MkFly

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From: Mars

Registered: 2009-12-10

Posts: 141

Re: openSUSE-inspired splash screen for GIMP

But you used Inkscape to make it? 

Yes, I appreciate the irony there.  I wanted it to be easily scalable, and I didn't want to make some gigantic XCF.

That and, I wanted to learn a little more about Inkscape.  The combination of the two (GIMP, Inkscape) is outstanding.

Last edited by MkFly (2010-05-17 15:58:34)

gtklocker

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Registered: 2009-09-01

Posts: 462

Re: openSUSE-inspired splash screen for GIMP

MkFly, is there any GIMP tut?

mh3rn4nd3z3

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From: USA

Registered: 2010-07-02

Posts: 50

Re: openSUSE-inspired splash screen for GIMP

thanks!
looks very clean

MkFly

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From: Mars

Registered: 2009-12-10

Posts: 141

Re: openSUSE-inspired splash screen for GIMP

MkFly, is there any GIMP tut?

Out there on the Internet, a Google search for "GIMP tutorial" is a good place to start:
http://www.google.com/search?q=GIMP+tutorial

I'm by no stretch of the imagination a GIMP (or Inkscape) expert.  All that I've picked up came just from using the program.  I have a lot of experience using Adobe Photoshop, but since switching full-time to Linux from Windows, I've been focusing on GIMP.