GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program.

It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.

GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.

Google Summer of Code Student Application - GNU Image Manipulation Program

General hints for your application

• Quantity does not equal Quality
  Be precise about what you write, but please focus on the essential parts.
• Be honest
  Especially about your skills and about the time you can work on your project.
• Be responsive
  We might have questions, and we do expect answers.
• Subsribe to our mailing lists - at least gimp-developer and gimp-user
  http://www.gimp.org/mail_lists.html
• Join our IRC channel #gimp on irc.gimp.org
  http://www.gimp.org/irc.html

Please provide the following information

You

• Your name
• Your college, university, school, ...
• Short overview of your background
• IRC nick (see main IRC channel)
• Your native language (we might have mentors who are native speakers)

Your Software Development Skills

• Did you develop any software, either individually or in a group? Please describe the software and its purpose.
• What is your main development platform?
• What programming languages/tools do you use to develop software?
• Are you familiar with the C programming language, GTK+ and/or Glib?
• Have you been involved in other Free Software projects?

Your Image Manipulation Skills

• Do you use any image manipulation software?
• What's your level of experience?
• Do you know something about common algorithms that are used in image manipulation, or common problems that are encountered in this field?

Your GIMP and GEGL Skills

• Have you heard about GIMP or GEGL before?
• Have you used either of them before? Did you know that current versions of GIMP do use GEGL to some extent?
• Did you contribute to GIMP or GEGL?
• Do you build GIMP or GEGL or both yourself, do you try to keep them more current than your distro's packages?

Your SoC Project

• Have you partcipated in a previous Summer of Code?
• Why did you choose this project?
• What's the goal you want to achieve?
• How much time do you plan to put into the project (hours/week)?
• Are there any exams that will interfere with the project?