GIMP HISTORY 8

• 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.