Hi,

David Neary writes:

Splash screens should use jimmac's splash screen template http://primates.ximian.com/~jimmac/blog/GIMP/GimpSplashTemplate/ and be mailed to the GIMP user list.

As far as I know the mailing-list doesn't accept attachments and IMO this should not be changed. Even if sending the splashes to the list was a possibility, it would still be a bad idea. Can we please come up with a different solution for this?

Please spread the announcement around! I would like to see this on gimp-rf.org, gimp.hispalinux.es, gug.sunsite.dk, art.gnome.org and any other related sites.

Please hold your horses until we figured out how the submission process is supposed to work.

Sven

Hi,

I had taken down your news entry about the splash this afternoon but in the meantime I have put the news about the splash contest back up on gimp.org. But so far it doesn't include any info on how to submit the entries. I've also created a page for the contest. More info can be added here then:

http://www.gimp.org/about/splash/contest/index.html

I would suggest that we use the GIMP Wiki as the way to submit entries. Does our Wiki allow images to be uploaded? If so, we just need to setup a page with a template entry as an example and people can add their submissions themselves. A few people should have an eye on the page then to make sure that everyone's playing fair but I don't think that will become a problem.

Does that make any sense?

Sven

Hi,

David Neary writes:

The contest runs until next Sunday, Midnight. Splash screens should be the same size as jimmac's logo and have a pale band across the bottom roughly the same size. Otherwise, knock yourselves out!

Actually, the band at the bottom doesn't necessarily have to be pale. GIMP 2.2 checks the color of the bottom area of the splash and chooses a suitable level of gray for the text overlay. The area at the bottom should however not have too much contrast or the text will become unreadable. Your best bet is that you try to use your image as a splash with a GIMP-2.2 pre-release. http://www.gimp.org/about/splash/ tells you how to do that.

Sven

I followed exactly the create profile instructions on the page but I couldn

So what should i do?

From: Steve Stavropoulos
To: Jozsef Mak
Subject: RE: [Gimp-user] Re: 2.2 splash screen competition Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:16:58 +0200 (EET)

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Jozsef Mak wrote:

I followed exactly the create profile instructions on the page but I couldn

Hi,

"Jozsef Mak" writes:

So what should i do?

Wait a bit. Unfortunately this story ended up on slashdot and perhaps it wasn't such a good idea to use a Wiki for this since it obviously can't handle the load. My apologies for suggesting the Wiki in the first place. Either the Wiki will come back to live in a day or two or we will establish other means of submission.

Sven

David Neary wrote:

Hi all,

Hi Dave,

My message is slightly off-topic, but somehow not completely. On the wiki page, I have seen you ask the following question about the vitruvian (for those who do not know, the vitruvian man is a drawing of Leonardo Da Vinci):
"Is the Vitruvian man in the public domain?"

This question is very interesting to me since I had done some images with Leonardo Da Vinci paintings and Wilber some years ago (http://gug.sunsite.dk/gallery.php?artist=58).

So I made a google search (which is worth what it is worth... in other words, I am not a copyright lawyer). I found some interesting hints for the answer:
On this page is discussed the consequences of a trial between a museum and Corel about the copyright to the reproduction of old paintings: http://www.englishhistory.net/tudor/art.html

Other links Someone already asked your question on google answers it seems: http://www.answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=257190

Here is a little bit of information about the subject, stating that Mona-Lisa is in the public domain (*): http://www.drloriv.com/advice/publicdm.htm

And there are quite a load of links on the topic here: http://www.vhostdomains.com/domain-resources/public-domain-photograph.html

I think it would be bad to have a splash screen violating copyright, but it would also be sad to eject from the competition any work having a old painting in the public domain ;) (I notive several Mona Lisa splash screen proposals too).

Best regards,

Olivier.

Can anyone explain why I cannot create an account for the contest page? I tried every variations possible but nothing happens other than the same page reappears over and over again asking to create an account.

jozsefmak

From: David Neary
To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu CC: gimp-announce@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu, gimp-developer@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu Subject: [Gimp-user] Re: 2.2 splash screen competition Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:34:04 +0100

Hi all,

After a false start, the GIMP Splash Contest is now officially open!

The contest runs until next Sunday, Midnight. Splash screens should be the same size as jimmac's logo and have a pale band across the bottom roughly the same size. Otherwise, knock yourselves out!

Competition entries should be attached to the live.gnome.org wiki page at http://live.gnome.org/GnomeArt_2fGimpSplashContest - you will need to create a wiki account. We will definitely have some kind of (small) prize sponsored, details will follow during the week (but the real reason you are doing it is the glory, right?)

Good luck to everyone! And don't forget, spread the news!

Cheers, Dave Neary.

--
David Neary,
Lyon, France
E-Mail: bolsh@gimp.org
CV: http://dneary.free.fr/CV/

On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 11:03:08AM +0100, David Neary wrote:

Hi Joszef,

Jozsef Mak wrote:

Can anyone explain why I cannot create an account for the contest page? I tried every variations possible but nothing happens other than the same page reappears over and over again asking to create an account.

Once you have entered the details, the same page is redisplayed - it is your preferences page as well. You know you have successfully created an account when the top right corner says "JoszefMak" and not "UserPreferences". If you visit other pages then, you can modify them.

Don't bother with this, use: http://www.gimp.org/contest/contest.cgi

-Yosh

On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 03:34:04PM +0100, David Neary wrote:

Hi all,

After a false start, the GIMP Splash Contest is now officially open!

The contest runs until next Sunday, Midnight. Splash screens should be the same size as jimmac's logo and have a pale band across the bottom roughly the same size. Otherwise, knock yourselves out!

Competition entries should be attached to the live.gnome.org wiki page at http://live.gnome.org/GnomeArt_2fGimpSplashContest - you

This has been moved to:

http://www.gimp.org/contest/contest.cgi

Current submissions can be seen at:

http://www.gimp.org/contest/gallery.cgi

-Yosh

My favourite so far is the colourful paint pots by Metin Amiroff:

http://www.gimp.org/contest/gallery.cgi?display=image&name=20041202090612748 6

Or maybe the paint tubes by Andreas Nilsson, I can't decide:

http://www.gimp.org/contest/gallery.cgi?display=image&name=20041202090610747 8

I think ones featuring the traditional artist's tools are some of the best, although some of the bold flower-based ones are good too, eg:

Brandon King's chrysanthemum against a desaturated background: http://www.gimp.org/contest/gallery.cgi?display=image&name=20041202094328970 6

Or Becky Cierpich's flower & digital background: http://www.gimp.org/contest/gallery.cgi?display=image&name=20041202094428993 6

The standard of entries is (by and large) very high; I'm impressed.

Austin

On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 01:49:39PM -0000, Austin Donnelly wrote:

My favourite so far is the colourful paint pots by Metin Amiroff:

http://www.gimp.org/contest/gallery.cgi?display=image&name=20041202090612748 6

Or maybe the paint tubes by Andreas Nilsson, I can't decide:

http://www.gimp.org/contest/gallery.cgi?display=image&name=20041202090610747 8

I found this (digital) interpretation of paint pots very nice: http://www.gimp.org/contest/gallery.cgi?display=image&name=200412020906377591

But after all, it will be hard to decide - a lot of good stuff.

Bye, Tino.