Gimpbox Combines GIMP Image Editor’s Tools into a Single Window

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 1, 2010

“The free, open-source image editor, GIMP, uses multiple windows
for its tools and dialogs, but they’re getting combined into a
single window in a future release. Impatient types can combine
everything right now, though, with a Python script.

“Gimpbox is an alternative launching point for the GIMP editor
that locks the toolbox panel, layers, and brushes onto the main
window, leaving other tools to launch in separate windows.
Modifying the main GIMP to accept Gimpbox’s remix requires just a
small bit of command line work, and making Gimpbox the default view
for your editing is accomplished with a shortcut edit.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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