I've started using GIMP a lot in the past 12 months, getting better as time goes on. Really like it, the more familiar I become with the functionality, the more I impress myself with it's capabilities.
Using GIMP 2.8.6 on a Windows 7 64 bit machine, and I probably have what would be considered "moderate" computer skills. Not writing code, nor compiling my own software, but I know my way around a machine and can usually work my way through manual installs where files have to be copied into specific directories, etc. Anyway, thought I'd give "themes" a try, and as you can see from the attached file have a number of themes present in the c:\Program files\GIMP 2\share\gimp\2.0\themes directory (as online sources state is necessary). And, in GIMP, if I navigate to EDIT>PREFERENCES>THEME all of those choices are selectable. BUT, no change results from selecting any of them and then clicking on "OK", it doesn't matter if I shut down GIMP or not. All I get is the default theme. Questions: 1. what am I missing/ doing wrong? Is there some *.dll file that I need to obtain and insert into a particular directory? 2. Are the Various and sundry GIMP themes that are available safe to use on my PC. The potential for malware concerns me since no add-on themes seem to be available from the gimp.org distribution. Are there gimp themes that are considered"trusted source" by the community? As a postscript, I need to mention that when I was trying to use an automatic installer ( the "GIMP THEMES 1.0" product) the install routine kept insisting that I use " C:\Program Files (X86)\GIMP 2" as the install-to location, when in fact there is no such animal on my machine, and manually changing the "install-to" location in the box provided to the correct location had no effect. The install routine created it's own directory in the C:\Program Files (X86) directory regardless of my efforts to change it. Thanks in advance for any help Attachments: * http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/206/original/GimThemeDirectory.png -- knuckledra99er (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list