Hi everybody. I think that the best name from names which have been proposed is «Imagine», but it hard to pronounce and harder to make verb from it than from GIMP (especially in Russian and Ukrainian).

Compare: «GIMP it» and «Imagine it».

GIMP is nice name. Not only books have been named in honour of GIMP, you forget about GTK. Furthermore for people who dont speak english natively word «gimp» not associate with something. Other meanings of this word I've known from this mailing list. In the other hand for many people who know something about this program «GIMP» associated with bad non professionl and not useful tool.

Chimp: GNU Image Manipulation Program (the acronym does not have to

match perfectly!)

Chimp: Charismatic Image Manipulation Program Chimp: Image Manipulation Program
Prima: Practical Image Manipulation Application Prima: Image Manipulation Application Image: Image Manipulation Application by GNU E* Imagine: Image Manipulation Application by GNU I* N* E*. Oriaa: Open Raster Image Alteration Application

Why it should be a abbreviation? Why other name should be in the same style that current name? Look on other styles too.

And I think that new name should start from «G» letter in honour of old name, GTK, GNOME and GNU.

PS: sorry for my English. If I've made some awful mistakes, please write me about it.

PIMP - The Photoshop-like Image Manipulation Program

That one gets my vote, but only if the acronym can stand for "Primary Image Manipulation Program." After all, the title should be as accurately descriptive as possible.

IMO the idea that GIMP is somehow "chasing after" or "trying to be" an Adobe product is very dangerous, and it comes straight from Adobe's marketing department. I happen to LIKE the difference, and by like I mean, the differences have a positive impact on my productivity.

Does Gnome try to "be" the latest Microsoft or MAC desktop interface? Does VLC try to "be" Windows Media Player, or Amarok aspire to "be" iTunes? Do the users of these tools feel compelled to name a commercial package that does roughly the same things every time they mention the tool they DO use?

Fully agree with that. Includes word «Photoshop» in name is big self disrespect

My vote:  leave it alone.

Also agree with you. However rebranding would not prevent.