GIMP HISTORY 8

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  • spencer kimball and peter mattis
    creator of GIMP
  • General Image Manipulation Program
    former name of GIMP
  • GNU Image Manipulation Program
    new name of GIMP
  • University of California, Berkeley
    This is the university where Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis went and wrote the GIMP.
  • The two wrote an image manipulation program instead of a compiler in scheme/lisp.
  • The two wrote an image manipulation program for Professor Fateman.
  • The two wrote an image manipulation program under the subject CS164.
  • No
    Do both of them have graphic arts experience?
  • Professor Forsythe
    This professor encouraged them to implement some new features.
  • They worked on it for a quite a while before letting it anyone else have a crack at it - probably about 9-10 months by current estimates.
  • By their first public release, they had a functional product.
  • GIMP VERSION 0.54
    What is the first version of GIMP?
  • January 1996
    When was the GIMP VERSION 0.54 released?
  • Undo feature
    This feature was found in GIMP but was not found in any other image manipulation program.
  • a lot of neat stuff, basic tools for drawing, undo feature, mailing list for developers (feedback/updates)
    GIMP 0.54:
  • July 5, 1996
    When did gimp-list split into gimp-user and gimp-developer?
  • Gimp-list split into gimp-user and gimp-developer
  • Zach Beane (Xach)
    started making tutorials for GIMP
  • Federico Mena Quintero (Quartic)
    He authored a page pointing to all known GIMP resources. His page also featured some pretty snazzy artworks.
  • Larry Ewing
    He got GIMP some early publicity by creating his now famous Linux Penguin in GIMP 0.54.
  • Tux
    name of the Linux Penguin
  • GIMP Toolkit and GIMP Drawing Kit
    GIMP VERSION 0.60:
  • What version did a name change occured for GIMP?
    GIMP VERSION 0.60
  • GIMP VERSION 2.10
    Latest version of GIMP.