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<p>[QUOTE="mrbrklyn, post: 665242, member: 4381"]<a href="http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/</a></p><p><br /></p><p> <a href="http://www.gimp.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gimp.org/" rel="nofollow">GNU Image Manipulation Program</a></p><p> </p><p> <a href="http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/#main" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/#main" rel="nofollow">Skip to page contents</a></p><p> [ <a href="http://www.gimp.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gimp.org/" rel="nofollow">News</a> | <a href="http://www.gimp.org/screenshots/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gimp.org/screenshots/" rel="nofollow">Screenshots</a> | <a href="http://www.gimp.org/features/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gimp.org/features/" rel="nofollow">Features</a> | <a href="http://www.gimp.org/downloads/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gimp.org/downloads/" rel="nofollow">Downloads</a> | <a href="http://www.gimp.org/docs/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gimp.org/docs/" rel="nofollow">Documentation</a> | <a href="http://www.gimp.org/develop/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gimp.org/develop/" rel="nofollow">Get Involved</a> ]</p><p>[ <a href="http://registry.gimp.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://registry.gimp.org/" rel="nofollow">Plug-in Registry</a> | <a href="http://developer.gimp.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://developer.gimp.org/" rel="nofollow">GIMP Development</a> ]</p><p> [ <a href="http://www.gimp.org/donating/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gimp.org/donating/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.gimp.org/images/donate-sm.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> ] </p><p> <b>GIMP for Mac OS X</b></p><p><br /></p><p> <img src="http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/TiBookMacGIMP.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> <b>Getting and Installing GIMP</b></p><p><br /></p><p> There are various ways to obtain and install GIMP for your Macintosh. In addition to the source code distribution here on <a href="http://www.gimp.org" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gimp.org" rel="nofollow">www.gimp.org</a>, there are various alternative sources for packaged and even commercially distributed CDs, which aim to make installation and setup an easier task. These include: </p><p> </p><ul> <li><a href="http://gimp.lisanet.de/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://gimp.lisanet.de/" rel="nofollow">GIMP on OS X</a> provides application bundles of of GIMP 2.6 for Mac OS X users.</li> <li><a href="http://www.macports.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.macports.org/" rel="nofollow">MacPorts</a> provide an easy way to install various open-source software products on Mac OS X. They have GIMP 2.6 in the latest revisions.</li> </ul><p> <b>Requirements</b></p><p><br /></p><p> GIMP will only run on Mac OS X, not on version 9 or earlier of the Macintosh operating system. There are a number of reasons why it is unlikely that GIMP will ever run on older versions of Mac OS. In addition to Mac OS X, the following is a list of what you will need to run GIMP on your Macintosh:</p><p> </p><ul> <li>X Windowing Layer<br /> GIMP uses a separate windowing layer, the X11 windowing protocol, on Mac OS X, which must be installed first. The <a href="http://xquartz.macosforge.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://xquartz.macosforge.org/" rel="nofollow">XQuartz project</a> provides this functionality. There you can download the most recent version of X11.app.</li> <li>Graphics libraries and toolkits<br /> Unlike most GNU/Linux distributions, Mac OS X does not come with the open source libraries upon which GIMP is built. These are typically installed along with GIMP, but can be installed separately. If you want to compile GIMP from source, we suggest that you use <a href="http://www.macports.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.macports.org/" rel="nofollow">MacPorts</a> or <a href="http://finkproject.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://finkproject.org/" rel="nofollow">fink</a> to install the libraries it depends on.</li> </ul><p> <b>Help and Documentation</b></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><ul> <li><a href="http://www.gimp.org/docs/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gimp.org/docs/" rel="nofollow">GIMP Documentation</a></li> </ul><p> Gimper.net is the home of the <a href="http://gimper.net/viewforum.php?f=19" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://gimper.net/viewforum.php?f=19" rel="nofollow">wilber-loves-apple forum</a>, where you can find many useful information about GIMP on Mac OS X.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mrbrklyn, post: 665242, member: 4381"][url]http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/[/url] [URL="http://www.gimp.org/"]GNU Image Manipulation Program[/URL] [URL="http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/#main"]Skip to page contents[/URL] [ [URL="http://www.gimp.org/"]News[/URL] | [URL="http://www.gimp.org/screenshots/"]Screenshots[/URL] | [URL="http://www.gimp.org/features/"]Features[/URL] | [URL="http://www.gimp.org/downloads/"]Downloads[/URL] | [URL="http://www.gimp.org/docs/"]Documentation[/URL] | [URL="http://www.gimp.org/develop/"]Get Involved[/URL] ] [ [URL="http://registry.gimp.org/"]Plug-in Registry[/URL] | [URL="http://developer.gimp.org/"]GIMP Development[/URL] ] [ [URL="http://www.gimp.org/donating/"][IMG]http://www.gimp.org/images/donate-sm.png[/IMG][/URL] ] [B]GIMP for Mac OS X[/B] [IMG]http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/TiBookMacGIMP.jpg[/IMG] [B]Getting and Installing GIMP[/B] There are various ways to obtain and install GIMP for your Macintosh. In addition to the source code distribution here on [url]www.gimp.org[/url], there are various alternative sources for packaged and even commercially distributed CDs, which aim to make installation and setup an easier task. These include: [LIST] [*][URL="http://gimp.lisanet.de/"]GIMP on OS X[/URL] provides application bundles of of GIMP 2.6 for Mac OS X users. [*][URL="http://www.macports.org/"]MacPorts[/URL] provide an easy way to install various open-source software products on Mac OS X. They have GIMP 2.6 in the latest revisions. [/LIST] [B]Requirements[/B] GIMP will only run on Mac OS X, not on version 9 or earlier of the Macintosh operating system. There are a number of reasons why it is unlikely that GIMP will ever run on older versions of Mac OS. In addition to Mac OS X, the following is a list of what you will need to run GIMP on your Macintosh: [LIST] [*]X Windowing Layer GIMP uses a separate windowing layer, the X11 windowing protocol, on Mac OS X, which must be installed first. The [URL="http://xquartz.macosforge.org/"]XQuartz project[/URL] provides this functionality. There you can download the most recent version of X11.app. [*]Graphics libraries and toolkits Unlike most GNU/Linux distributions, Mac OS X does not come with the open source libraries upon which GIMP is built. These are typically installed along with GIMP, but can be installed separately. If you want to compile GIMP from source, we suggest that you use [URL="http://www.macports.org/"]MacPorts[/URL] or [URL="http://finkproject.org/"]fink[/URL] to install the libraries it depends on. [/LIST] [B]Help and Documentation[/B] [LIST] [*][URL="http://www.gimp.org/docs/"]GIMP Documentation[/URL] [/LIST] Gimper.net is the home of the [URL="http://gimper.net/viewforum.php?f=19"]wilber-loves-apple forum[/URL], where you can find many useful information about GIMP on Mac OS X.[/QUOTE]
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