With the new year, I've taken the opportunity to update the community guidelines; from now on, anyone can create and add tags when posting here. This makes it hopefully a bit easier for everyone to tag their posts with appropriate tags, but please take a look at the existing tags before creating a new one. Also, administrators and moderators - just me at the moment - reserve the right to rename, merge and remove tags whenever deemed necessary.

Welcome also to all the new members and subscribers who joined this community in the last couple of weeks. Users of all levels and experience are welcome here, so ask/post away if you have any questions and please take a moment to read the community guidelines. You might also want to fill out the poll I posted a while ago which is intended to be a community resource, a reflection of the community's 'mind & skill state' so to speak. Useful resources, tips and tricks can be found via the community's tag list and link collection.

Feel free to say 'Hi' in the comments if you're new here and also feel free to share any resources etc. you think could be useful for others :)

I think it's high time to get to know each other a little bit, that is, how you use GIMP and/or Inkscape, how much you know about these tools etc. This makes it also easier for everyone involved to know what you would like to see here. For instance, making a tutorial is always a bit of a shot in the dark if you don't know anything about the people who watch this community. So, don't be shy and talk to us :)

( Poll this way )

I'm sure most of you have already heard about the DW anniversary party that's organized by three_weeks_for_dw and that starts Monday, April 26. My question is what awesome things we could or should do here at gimp_gate to join the festivities. Any ideas or suggestions? What would you like to see here during the fest?

I'm aware that lots of communities would love if you'd create content for the fest and I can see how the whole thing might get overwhelming fast... So, no pressure here. Also, you're more than welcome to post here even if you don't want your content to be "DW only".

GIMP Gate can now also be found on delicious (as previously noted here). I've created an account and a few bookmarks are already 'live', but the (still private) bookmark collection is quite large and it might take a while to sort it, especially since I don't have much spare time at the moment. Anyway, if you have comments or suggestions regarding the link collection, please let me know :)

GIMP Gate on Delicious

GIMP Gate is a project that's been simmering for a long time in the back of my mind; the initial idea was to create a simple website that would help people, who are fairly new to The GIMP (and image manipulation), get started. Having to wade through countless websites and (often unsorted) link collections can be quite frustrating, especially if you are a beginner and don't know yet what exactly you are looking for. But then I realized that such a website - without any social networking and collaborative tools - wouldn't be flexible enough, and in the end not very helpful either. Which brings us here...

EDIT: Inkscape, an open source vector graphics editor application, similar to Adobe Illustrator, has been added to the community based on users' choice/interest.

What GIMP Gate is about

In this community, people can share tips & tricks about GIMP/Inkscape, they can ask other people for help, they can post (about) tutorials and resources, they can write meta-posts and/or image manipulation, they can pose challenges... The list is endless and all kinds of posts are welcome here as long as they're somehow related to GIMP/Inkscape (read the complete guidelines & rules).

In addition to this community, I'll also collect links on delicious, to make it easier for people to find external websites related to GIMP/Inkscape and other useful resources. External links will be periodically checked to ensure that they work. Of course, there are thousands of websites out there, of varying quality; many of them are already listed on delicious. The goal with the link collection is to point people in the right direction, and to help them see through the trees in order to get a better view of the GIMP/Inkscape forest. The intention is not to list all websites out there...

How to help, how to join

If you know of good websites that you think should be in the link collection on delicious, please tell me by commenting on this entry here. All comments will be screened to avoid unnecessary spam or advertising.

Last edited: May 30th, 2010