When you start GIMP, you see the splash-screen displaying short status messages while the program is loading all its components.
    Of course, you can customize the splash-screen: Create a
    splashes directory in your personal
    GIMP folder
    (/home/user_name/.config/GIMP/2.10/
    on Linux, C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.10\
    
    on Windows).
  
Copy your image(s) into this splashes directory. On start, GIMP will read this directory and choose one of the images at random.
| ![[Tip]](images/tip.png)  | Tip | 
|---|---|
| Make sure that your images aren't too small. |