{"id":31,"date":"2004-02-09T20:11:56","date_gmt":"2004-02-09T19:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randomwire.com\/2004\/02\/09\/the-gimp\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T16:10:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:10:38","slug":"the-gimp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/the-gimp\/","title":{"rendered":"The GIMP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:11371,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.gimp.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251102025154\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.gimp.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 21:42:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-16 20:31:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-04 12:05:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-16 04:34:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-20 14:20:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-23 14:32:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-31 19:39:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-05 05:02:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-09 08:06:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-14 11:12:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-04 22:01:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-09 09:34:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-16 01:05:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-02 17:03:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 12:50:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-13 09:25:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-13 09:25:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>So begins the long week of work \u2013 First off we start with a small dose of Databases followed up by a shot of Function Programming then finishing off with a SEG Design deadline. Fun huh?! I doubt I\u2019ll be having much time this week to review any more wacky films although I have a few queued up for download later in the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Had a play with quite a useful program this week, namely <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gimp.org\/\">GIMP<\/a> (GNU Image Manipulation Program) which is basically the Linux answer to Adobe Photoshop. If you\u2019ve ever used Photoshop then you should be able to pick up the GIMP fairly quickly and for a free open-source effort it\u2019s excellent. It has many of the features Photoshop users have become accustomed to: the ability to create layers, add filters, feather, add text, and animate so is defiantly a viable alternative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So begins the long week of work \u2013 First off we start with a small dose of Databases followed up by a shot of Function Programming then finishing off with a SEG Design deadline. Fun huh?! I doubt I\u2019ll be having much time this week to review any more wacky films although I have a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,4,6],"tags":[1424],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design","category-tech","category-university","tag-seg"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24,"url":"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/this-and-that\/","url_meta":{"origin":31,"position":0},"title":"This and that","author":"David","date":"24th January 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Went on a bit of a photographic tour yesterday night, the intention being to get some nice pics of Durham Cathedral all lit up, but unfortunately, the lack of a tripod meant none of them came out very well :( Another opportunity might arise next week if the forecasted snow\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/photography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32,"url":"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/mess-mess-mess\/","url_meta":{"origin":31,"position":1},"title":"Mess, mess, mess","author":"David","date":"12th February 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Luckily most of this weeks horrible stuff is out the way now, all thats left is to finish of and submit the SEG Design document tomorrow. 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