Hello once again class. Today we are going to learn about Splashscreens.

Example
(this was the final outcome of the tennis match between swmiller6 and myself. Some of it has been changed a little)



Are you tired of seeing the same old splash every time you open Gimp? Would you like to see your own, or possibly someone else's?

Well than this is the tutorial for you!

Creation of a SplashScreen

Ok first off we are not really creating one, but I will be showing you the general layout and how and where to save it.

A splashscreen is a png file the image size should be 400x300 and it needs to be saved as gimp-splash.png in your main Gimp directory. Not to tough to remember huh!

Layout Preview


I will explain the numbers!

1: This is the space that is open to put you beautiful art work in

2: Ok this is the space that the text appears when you are loading Gimp. You know the loading brushes, Loading Fonts, etc. This space should be left blank or a solid color that way the text is easy readable. The pink box is located in this area 140,255 to 255,255.

TIP: Here is an easy way to mark out "The Pink Box" goto Image>Guide a little dialog box will pop up.
Now choose Direction:Horizontal Position:255
This will create a Horizontial line accross th bottom of the splash.
if you want to you can create 2 more Verticaly at 140 and 255.



Once you have created your masterpiece save it to C:\\program files\\GIMP-2.0\\share\\gimp\\2.0\\images (or what ever drive you have your gimp dir installed to) as gimp-splash.png. Restart gimp and You should see it right away!

!!!!WARNNING!!!!
Before installing your new splash make sure you back up the old one or have a good friend who has a copy of it.

Well class that is about it. I hope to see your creations.

Quick Reference:
Image Size: 400x300
File Name: gimp-splash.png
Save Location: C:\\program files\\GIMP-2.0\\share\\gimp\\2.0\\images (or what ever drive you have your gimp dir installed to)

Download The Template xcf I created for this tutorial!
Splashscreen Template by Droz928

droz.. is that a ghost in the shell signature? it's pretty neat!

Why yes, yes it is. I love that show It is from GitS Stand alone complex

I hope it isn't to evil :h:

That look's excellent :l:

Very nice tut. I just finished my splash so I figured I'd show you seeing as you asked.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Zeeke/gimp-splash.png

Very cool. I like cars alot so I am a little bias. Thank you for sharing.

Here's my splash-screens:

Just a little note for linux users you need to put it in
/usr/share/gimp/2.0/images

Edit

My first try

mines not working do you have to restart your computer before it works

WOW this is really cool im gonna have a go later at making one!!

I cant find it... i go image>guides and there i have 4 to chose from?? what am i doing wrong?? im using 2.2.9 btw.

EDIT: ignore/delete this post, im stupid and it just took me a minute to find out wot to do :l:

i got a great idea but i wouldnt know how to make it do that >< on this game i have called Conquer Online their splashes always differ, they have several splashes and its randomly selected which one shows, it would be pretty nice to beable to have The GIMP randomly select a splash for each start up, so you dont have to keep changing it, but if i only could make this idea work out >.> my ideas usually end up in the "i cannot do this and nor can anyone else so its not gunna happen" file xD

i can't figure out where to put it on my Mac. There's no 'Images' folder.
EDIT: FOUND ITTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just bumping this so I can use the tutorial again after school...

(making a new spalshscreen) :w:

Heres mine :l:



Aww, mine sucks :s:

mine:

SHadow:Thats one badass sig you have!

(I love it!)

well here is mine!

hum, sorry to bump the topic but I wanted to show mine...



That was a cool tutorial! Thanks!

Woot! It works!

Mine:

This is pretty cool. Here's mine:

And another one!

Woot!
This is addictive

nice tut, heres mine(i know the black box on the bottom is big but i like it):



can we do this same thing for the gimp logo?

Well, I finally entered into the realm of Splash Screen creation. Here's mine: