Gimp Splash Screens

Kimba · **Posted:** Sat Oct 08, 2016 5:55 pm **(#41)**

Wallace, I think it's just right,personally.

Pat625 · **Joined:** May 12, 2015 **Posts:** 4693

I agree with Kimba.

RMDesigns · **Joined:** Mar 13, 2016 **Posts:** 83

A few splashes for Halloween!

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Wallace · **Posted:** Sun Oct 09, 2016 2:04 am **(#44)**

RMDesigns wrote:

A few splashes for Halloween!

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Halloween_Splash_1-5_2.8.zip

Nice looking Halloween splashes RMDesigns thanks.

Pat625 · **Joined:** May 12, 2015 **Posts:** 4693

Thank you, RMDesigns. I like them. Decorative and useful this time of the year.

SeriousTom · **Posted:** Sun Oct 09, 2016 9:47 am **(#46)**

Thanks everyone, I didn't know I could make my own.
I made one with as a gif and didn't like how it changed the gradient.
Reading through the forums I found a mention of APNG Anime Maker that lets you make animated png's but
to do that you need to export all the layers to it. More reading in the forums I found a plugin called
export-layers-2.4
So here it is my first try, an animated png

Pat625 · **Joined:** May 12, 2015 **Posts:** 4693

I really like that, Serious Tom. It is very pretty, also. Unfortunately, not all browsers support APNG. I tried to use it previously and could not get it to work. Maybe. . . .someday. With the fireworks, it would be good for the 4th of July!

Pat625 · **Joined:** May 12, 2015 **Posts:** 4693

I attempted a second Splash Screen. Since it will soon be Halloween, I did one for that. Included the .xcf if anyone wants to play with it. Improvements welcome!

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I made this one quite large so easily seen when loading.

Pat625 · **Joined:** May 12, 2015 **Posts:** 4693

Wallace, or whoever can help. When I had only one image in my Splash folder, it worked and appeared every time I opened Gimp. Now that I have several, it keeps going to the default from the system. Any one know why, and what I can do about it?

Wallace · **Posted:** Sun Oct 09, 2016 6:39 pm **(#50)**

Pat625 wrote:

Wallace, or whoever can help. When I had only one image in my Splash folder, it worked and appeared every time I opened Gimp. Now that I have several, it keeps going to the default from the system. Any one know why, and what I can do about it?

The folder should be named "splashes" (without quotations) and be in your Gimp user folder.
Is this how you have it set up?

Pat625 · **Joined:** May 12, 2015 **Posts:** 4693

Yes, that is how it is set up. It worked well at first until I started adding few more to it. Sometimes it works well with random choices from my user folder and then it will start using the default one again.

RMDesigns · **Joined:** Mar 13, 2016 **Posts:** 83

@Pat, Thanks for your comment. Very nice Pumpkin splash.
@Wallace, Thank you, your comment is appreciated. :nite

Wallace · **Posted:** Mon Oct 10, 2016 4:20 am **(#53)**

Pat625 wrote:

Yes, that is how it is set up.
It worked well at first until I started adding few more to it.
Sometimes it works well with random choices from my user folder and then it will start using the default one again.

I don't use a "splashes" folder,
because I'd rather have only one splash screen display when I launch Gimp.

However,
you could try naming the default splash something other then gimp-splash.png.
As I did in the screenshot below.
By just adding an extra letter to the default splash's name.

Doing this,
might force Gimp to use your splashes folder to look for a splash screen to display.

Pat625 · **Joined:** May 12, 2015 **Posts:** 4693

Thank you, Wallace. I'll do that.

RMDesigns · **Joined:** Mar 13, 2016 **Posts:** 83

Browsing through my photos today I decided a few needed to become Autumn Splashes! :mrgreen:

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Pat625 · **Joined:** May 12, 2015 **Posts:** 4693

Pretty images, thank you for sharing.

trandoductin · **Posted:** Sun Oct 16, 2016 9:57 pm **(#57)**

The cross mirrored crossed sidewalks makes me feel like an autumn walk :hehe

RMDesigns · **Joined:** Mar 13, 2016 **Posts:** 83

@Pat, You're welcome...thanks for your comment! (-:

@Tin, You might want to stay away from that street on Halloween! :hehe

Wallace · **Posted:** Mon Oct 17, 2016 11:29 pm **(#59)**

Hey RMDesigns, nice autumn splash screens. :bigthup

trandoductin · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:14 am **(#60)**

Here's an idea, what if you make a splash for each script that produces some visual result.

So that every time GIMP loads up, it'll remind you that you have that plug-in/script
and you might go "Hey, yeah, I haven't used that script in a while maybe i'll use it".

Here's my first one featuring Mahvin Camouflage and in Halloween-ish feel.

EDIT: And this second will remind us that we have Lyle Style Details featuring details zoomed in.