Sven Neumann

Sven Neumann is credited with keeping the GIMP software project going for many years. His [http://svenfoo.geekheim.de/index.php/about/ weblog says] : "Since I am a GIMP hacker, there will be quite a bit of GIMP talk here. But it’s my blog, so I reclaim the right to talk about whatever comes to my mind."

He is the author of [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1565927311 The GIMP Pocket Reference] . According to his [http://www.ohloh.net/accounts/3472 profile on ohloh.net] he has been active since 1998 or thereafter in a number of projects -- [http://www.ohloh.net/projects/43 GIMP] , [http://www.ohloh.net/projects/3760 GNOME] , [http://www.ohloh.net/projects/4491 Pango] , [http://www.ohloh.net/projects/4293 GTK+] , [http://www.ohloh.net/projects/4294 Glib] , [http://www.ohloh.net/projects/4594 gtk-doc] , and [http://www.ohloh.net/projects/5134 DirectFB] .

According to [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/591 OReillynet.com] "Sven Neumann studies physics at the University of Düsseldorf in Germany. He has used GIMP since 1997 and is one of its main developers." Michael J. Hammel, author of "The Artist's Guide to GIMP Effects", acknowledges in his introduction to his book, "The GIMP development team with special thanks to Sven Neumann for keeping the project going for many years...." [The Artist's Guide to GIMP Effects, Michael J. Hammel. No Starch Press, Inc, San Francisco. ISBN-10: 1-59327-121-2 and ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-121-3. In Acknowledgements.] :

In an interview with the German podcast "Chaosradio Express" Sven said, that he is living and working in Berlin. [ [http://chaosradio.ccc.de/cre054.html CRE054 GIMP - Chaosradio Podcast Network ] ]

External links

* [http://svenfoo.geekheim.de/ Svenfoo]
* [http://sven.gimp.org Sven's weblog]
* [http://chaosradio.ccc.de/cre054.html Interview with Sven at Chaosradio Express (Nov 2007 in German language)]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/tml/19509477/ Photograph of Sven] , Michael Natterer and Simon Budig from GIMPCon2000 taken by Tor Lillqvist

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