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Re: Logo contest - `MUST be manipulated entirely in the GIMP'



I think I'll make some comments here since I seem to be the one
responsible for starting this..

I was aware that the downside of doing a GIMP contest would be that the
logo was not vector-based. I missed the rule that every submissions has
to be entirely made using the GIMP, although I should probably have
guessed that.

However we have to realize that a GIMP contest is a good way to attract
the attention from a lot of graphics-people; I don't know of any others
means to assure a reasonably large number of submissions on a relatively
short time-span. 

Furthermore the rule about only using the GIMP is not enforcable since
you cannot check with which graphics program a picture was made (okay,
this is not entirely true for all graphics formats; you could put in a
comment in a gif-file for example). This means that it is possible to
make a nice vector-based logo, convert that into a bitmap and submit
that.

I will ask the gimp contest-people if they would mind removing the
obligation to use the GIMP exclusively, although I'm not too optimistic
about getting a positive reaction on that.

I also vaguely remember that there was a vector-plugin for the GIMP with
which you could produce vector-graphics. Does anyone know more about
that?

Wichert.

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