I had recently submitted a bug in Bugzilla for Gimp Gui "presets" ( http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151538 ), with something like this in mind. Though I submitted the bug for presets in general, I was actually thinking of a "Paint" preset on one hand, and a simple photo tweaking preset on the other. Perhaps you can forward your suggestion to this bug, in the context of a "Paint" preset, or submit a new bug for a painting preset? You seem to have a pretty good idea of what a basic "paint" preset should look like, after all. If you can include a sketch of what your ideal layout should look like, so much the better. This and a help page aimed specifically at the preset (detailing preset shortcuts and such)would make Gimp much easier to use for people who just want to paint with Gimp, while allowing them to quickly switch to other presets in case they ever want to do other tasks... ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com