Removing GIMP logo from the application background

[unalignedcoder]

In order for this to look and feel like photoshop, that annoying, over-sized logo peeking at the user from behind the active windows should really, really go.

[jayp76]

If i interprete the source code to Gimp correctly, this logo is embedded to the gimp binary. So you would substitute this logo with a blank one and recompile the binary. In my opinion this could be out of scope of PhotoGimp.

[unalignedcoder]

I am not sure this is the case. I did find an old photoshop-like theme for gimp which eliminates the logo. It's an instruction somewhere in the theme files.

[jayp76]

Care to share this old theme?

[douglas-gitnoob]

@jayp76 I found the theme here! https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/09/msg00268.html
And it still works.

[unalignedcoder]

Care to share this old theme?

Here it is on the wayback machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20160213025658/http://rgb4u.com/share/gimp-theme-project.zip
Can't remember how I got there in the first place.

[jayp76]

Thank you both.

Here is an example how you can add it to PhotoGimp.
Locate your "gtkrc" file. In Windows for example it is located in the "C:\Users#USERNAME#\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.10" folder. Please change it to your username accordingly. Edit the gtkrc file with a texteditor. I used Notepad++ in Unix LF mode.
Add following to the end of the file, save and restart Gimp. Hopefully i have the colour codes picked correctly.

#######################################################
######## GimpDisplay = Main GIMP Window - with Big Wilber
########################################################

style "gimp-display-style" = "gimp-default-style"
{
bg[NORMAL] = "#2d2d2d" # Main Window BG
bg[PRELIGHT] = "#2d2d2d" # Unknow
bg[SELECTED] = "#2d2d2d" # Unknow
bg[INSENSITIVE] = "#2d2d2d" # Unknow
bg[ACTIVE] = "#2d2d2d" # Unknow
}

widget "GimpDisplayShell." style "gimp-display-style"

########################################################
######### Big Wilber in Main-Window
############################################
style "gimp-display-style" = "BigWilber"
{ fg[NORMAL] = "#333333"} # 333333 = 2d2d2d +2 to B(rigthness) in HSB color value
widget "GimpDisplayShell." style "BigWilber"

[jayp76]

Additionally i made a pull request.