Talk:GIMP

Please help update pictures.

As some of the images on GIMP are getting crusty and old I'd like to ask you to spare a moment and update some images. Your time and effort will be appreciated by me. Gnepets (talk) 11:28, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Major re-arrangement of GIMP article

I've tried to reduce the number of sections and prioritise those that people have the least access to normally.

Reasoning.

features are easily accessible and better understood by simply using GIMP. Moved below.

Development. Few people have access or knowledge about the GIMP development process.

Merged User interface into development. This is really another form of development with a dedicated Usability / User Interaction team.

--Gnepets (talk) 07:10, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Etymology of GIMP

Does it have anything to do with Pulp Fiction? 216.249.143.5 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:51, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

Almost certainly, Pulp Fiction predates GIMP. If you wanted to confirm for sure though you'd need to dig through the old mailing list archives for the project, or more likely try to contact the original developer from Berkeley (note: the mailing list began as gimp-list and split into gimp-user and gimp-developer around '96). The hard part of finding confirmation is avoiding all the later discussions about the name. I don't believe anyone seriously doubts the origin of the name, but at the same time there isn't proof enough to add it to the article. -- 109.77.221.201 (talk) 01:49, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Found it, to my own surprise. Only because I thought enough to use Google Groups for the search. A message from 97 links to an interview on Zach's GIMP news website:

At the time, Pulp Fiction was the hot movie and a single word popped into my mind while we were tossing out name ideas. It only took a few more minutes to determine what the 'G' stood for.

-- 109.77.221.201 (talk) 01:49, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Google

The Google logo (sources in article) was created by Sergey Brin using the GIMP,

"it wasn't the look that meant the most to him. He was pleased that he had been able to teach himself how to use GIMP, free software that was tricky to employ," writes David A. Vise in The Google Story.

Are there are other notable instances of the cultural impact of GIMP? It doesn't seem appropriate to add this one case alone to the article. Maybe a "see also" link? Maybe someone else can think of an appropriate way to mention it in the article? -- 109.77.221.201 (talk) 01:49, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Pronunciation

shouldn't GIMP be pronounced /dʒɪmp/ because of /dʒɪnəɹəl/ /ɪmɪdʒ/ /mənɪpjuleɪʃʌn/ /pɹəʊɡɹæm/ (General image manipulation program)Zombiedude347 (talk) 00:42, 28 March 2014 (UTC)