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4<!-- section history:
5  2009-04-01 ude: rewritten based on the German text
6  2009-02-17 j.h: reviewed for v2.6
7  2008-07-20 KoSt: added 'no'
8  2007-06-21 Added Spanish translation by AntI
9  2007-05-16: ude: German translation
10  2007-05-10: created by j.h
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12<sect1 id="customize-splashscreen">
13  <title>Customize Splash-Screen</title>
14
15  <indexterm>
16    <primary>Customize</primary>
17    <secondary>Splash-screen</secondary>
18  </indexterm>
19  <indexterm>
20    <primary>Splash-screen</primary>
21  </indexterm>
22
23  <para>
24    When you start <acronym>GIMP</acronym>, you see the
25    <emphasis>splash-screen</emphasis> displaying short status messages while
26    the program is loading all its components.
27  </para>
28  <para>
29    Of course, you can customize the splash-screen: Create a
30    <filename class="directory">splashes</filename> directory in your personal
31    <acronym>GIMP</acronym> folder
32    (<filename class="directory">/home/user_name/.config/GIMP/2.10/</filename>
33    on Linux, <filename class="directory"
34    role="html">C:\Documents&nbsp;and&nbsp;Settings\user_name\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.10\</filename>
35    <filename class="directory"
36    role="tex">C:\\Documents&nbsp;and&nbsp;Settings\\user_name\\AppData\\Roaming\\GIMP\\2.10\\</filename>
37    on Windows).
38  </para>
39  <para>
40    Copy your image(s) into this
41    <filename class="directory">splashes</filename> directory. On start,
42    <acronym>GIMP</acronym> will read this directory and choose one of the
43    images at random.
44  </para>
45
46  <tip>
47    <para>Make sure that your images aren't too small.</para>
48  </tip>
49</sect1>
50