MacGimp Reviewed, Available For Easy Download

Kelly McNeill writes "Now that a native X Window system (X11) comes as standard equipment on OS X Panther, osViews' Kelly McNeill thought that now might be the right time to review the latest (stable) version of of the GNU Image Manipulation Program -- version 1.2.5. Gimp reviews in the past have typically either been written from a non-technical perspective -- authored by graphic artists or by software developers -- having little understanding of the needs of graphic designers. Kelly McNeill is a self-proclaimed tech geek and a working graphic artist, which makes the review all the more interesting." And Durin_Deathless writes "A new open source company, Archei LLC , is sponsoring free downloads of MacGIMP. You can download here(1)(officially) or here(2) (no personal info needed). You could also use Fink to get GIMP, but if GIMP is all want, here you go."

no registration link is broken...

[Anonymous Coward]

the link to download macgimp without registering takes you to a webpage that links to the registration form.

Buggy on my Laptop

[Anonymous Coward]

I tried downloading MacGimp's free version to my laptop, and when I started it up, I had to wade through several configuration screens before it would actually run. Then when it did start up, I got all kinds of errors in the message window about not being able to find various pieces.

My guess is that it is not yet ready for 10.3.

The Fink version is ready for Panther, and doesn't need you to configure it.

download links

[TimButterfield]

Since the original link did not appear to work, here are a couple more that might:

MacGimp [archei.com]
WinGimp [archei.com]

Hrmm

[ActiveSX]

The 1.2 series is so crusty feeling compared to 1.3. Really, 1.3 is like a whole new GIMP.

Launcher my arse

[pauldy]

I wanted to post this on macgimp if it wasn't for that registration thingy.
If you want to launch gimp like a regular program follow these simple steps after having it installed were you can at the very least run it from a terminal command line.

#1 go to find (command f) and search for gimp. Locate the file named gimp with a parent of bin. it should reside in /opt/local/bin With this file located select it and do a get info. Go to Ownership & permissions. Make sure the details are showing and select the current user for the owner. This should prompt you for the administrative password. Enter it and click ok.

#2 double click the application gimp. Select choose application. Find your X11 application and click ok. It will then tell you not enough information is available and ask if you would like to update the program click update.

#3 after gimp launches close out of it and shut X11 down.

#4 get info on gimp again and change the owner back to system. Close the get info box.

#5 make an alias to gimp by selecting the icon and pressing command+option while dragging the alias to its new home.

You can now close out of all the windows your new alias is now a launcher for gimp. YMMV on this as I just decided to try it out being a Mac user for so long I just figured this was the way it should be done and low and behold it worked without a hitch. System was 10.3 with the latest updates for both X11 and the security updates from apple. In addition you can add it to the dock but because it is a file not an application you have to place it to the side of the solid black line the trash can is on.

Re:Launcher my arse

[amackeyuva]

Slightly cleaner instructions (should work for more people):

1. Don't use Find, but open:

% open /opt/local/bin

2. Use GetInfo as described to change ownership to current user

3. Select "Open With" info tab, "Choose Other", find X11, click "Always Open With This" button

4. Double click gimp to ensure it works (you'll have to go through Gimp setup).

5. Quit Gimp and X11

6. Change ownership back to system.

7. Drag gimp icon into dock - no need to make an alias

8. if you want to be able to open gimp from the shell, add this to your .cshrc/.bashrc:

alias gimp open /opt/local/bin/gimp $@

Re:a month too late!

[PeeweeJD]

Fink is definitely the way to go... And you don't have to go through all this macgimp.org crap.

If you have problems with command line crap, try out Fink Commander [sourceforge.net] (which is a gui for fink). It makes installing stuff through fink even easier (you select what you want from a table and click install).

ps: the link in my sig is a bunch of pictures that I made with Gimp for Fark contests...