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HOW NOT TO CREATE A SPINNING APPLE IMAGE IN GIMP

Out of the GIMP Menu select and open a "New Image" file
Set the height and the width in pixels or inches
Select the background of the image out of the options given
Click okay and cancel out of the set-up of the options for the new image
From the GIMP Menu click on the circular tool selection
In the opened new image file create the contours of the future apple via the circle selection tool described above
From the tool Menu double click on the colours to select the desired shade of the future apple
Select the foreground colour from the options
Cancel out from the colour selection menu
Select the bucket icon from the GIMP menu
Go to your "New Image" and double click on the previously selected apple section of the image. This should colour the apple in the desired colour
Right click on the mouse
From the pop-up menu you will see go to "Layers"
Select "Flatten Image"
Right click on the mouse again
This time select "Script-Fu"
From "Script-Fu" go to "Animations" and select "Spinning Globe"
From the pop-up menu set frames to 10
Click OK and wait until the job is in progress. Do not interrupt, it may take several minutes
When the frames are created a new window will pop-up where you will see the apple as a 3D object (a sphere)
Right click on the new 3D apple object
From the new pop-up menu go to "Filters"
From "Filters" select "Animation" and then "Playback"
Guess what! You will see your apple there, spinning silently in space
You will see the apple spin and the "back side" of the apple sphere will be displayed. This is not a contingency or a mistake. It's the apple: the sphere cannot close and has remained white at the back.
Finally, a snapshot to the point:
Are you sure you really need a spinning apple on your page? Mother nature is always on the side of the hidden defects.