plug GIMP - a burning need.

[Paul Wilson]

I know absolutely nothing about GIMP, but it sounds interesting enough to
learn about.

I'd buy a CD certainly.

Paul

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> From: The Thought Assassin <assassin at sleepless.south.networx.net.au>
> To: plug at linux.org.au
> Subject: plug GIMP - a burning need.
> Date: 07 June 1998 0:36
> 
> How many of us out there are using the Gimp?
> It is an _exceptional_ tool for creating 2D artwork, fonts, animations,
> manipulating photos, and graphics and whatever else. Any serious Web
> designer should have it in their bag of tricks. For some web designers it
> is already the graphics tool of choice. So I wonder.... how many of us
> pluggers are using the GIMP?
> 
> My interest is threefold.
> 1.) A GIMP talk would go down very well, IMHO, though I'd rather an
> experienced artist rather than little-old-me presented it.
> 2.) I would love to share experiences, techniques, and artwork with other
> users, perhaps even work on some cool plugins.
> 3.) The big one. GIMP 1.0 has recently been released, and "Wilberworks"
> the company founded by the core GIMP coders to provide commercial support
> to the GIMP software, have announced a "GIMP 1.0 CD" with GIMP sources,
> binaries for various platform, a huge online manual, tutorials, FAQs,
> heaps of patterns, fonts, brushes, plugins, scripts, and free-to-use
> artwork....the lot, basically.
> 
> In the spirit of the big PLUG RH5 burn, how many of us out there would
> like to do a similar burn of the GIMP CD?
> The CD will be shipped as of June 18, and 20% off the price of %15US is
> given for orders postmakred prior to the 15th.
> 
> Well, let me know if any of you are interested, or if you think you can
> do a reasonable talk on the GIMP. 
> If you've used GIMP to successful ends, or think you could give a good
> tutorial on basic usage, (hell, if you can teach script-fu programming,
> no-one's gonna stop you:) that's great. Do your bit for PLUG:)
> Just as good might be a PLUG member that hasn't used the GIMP, but has
> done a bit of graphics and photoediting on other platforms, and would be
> prepared to learn (from me, from online help, or from someone else) how
to
> use the GIMP to accomplish the tasks with which they are familiar. That
> would be ideal for helping with the learning process for other
prospective
> GIMP-users.
> Either way, you would probably be looking at presenting the talk at DEC
> (nice big screen so we can see your pretty pictures:) in July or
> thereabouts.
> 
> I am still looking for a confirmation for this month's UWA meeting, and
> ideally I'd like to announce it at the meeting on tuesday.
> I have about three prospectives, namely:
> John Darrington, device drivers.
> Matt Kemner, initialisation scripts.
> David Bastow, topic undecided (probably can't make this date anyway)
> I would really appreciate if any of these people could firm up their
> proposal, or if anyone else can offer me a talk. (having been in the
> hotseat, I can assure you it is not as intimidating as it appears:)
> 
> If you are thinking about a talk you might be able to do, but have some
> reservation or concern, or some need for resources, tech-type help,
> someone to co-present, or just some reassurance that people are keen to
> hear your talk, then please contact me about these things, since I guess
> they fall under my general role as talkd. On the other hand, some of
these
> thing you could just post them to the list if you want to, whatever
suits.
> 
> I am going to repost the list of topics I wrote out many moons ago,
> because this has been requested by a few people on and off the list,
would
> people like to suggest other topics they would like to hear, or feel they
> could present?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Greg