Eckhard M. Jäger

Gimp 2.8 first release

Monday, August 17, 2009 7:32:39 PM

image editor, xcf, gnu image manipulation programm, configuration, GIMP, imageing, setup, easyGIMPkit

The first development snapshot of Gimp 2.8 is available: Gimp 2.7.0. There are a lot of nice, new upcoming features:
* a reworked, much more flexible text tool
* new saving/ export option
* export plugin for X11 mouse cursors and JPEG2000 file format
* rotation of brushes and additional enhancements to the brush dynamics engine
* tagging for resources
...and much more.
Check out the release notes too.

But there are much more interesting things we can await in Gimp 2.8:
* Finish merging of the GSoC 2006 vector layer stuff
* Merge the GSoC 2009 projects for brush dynamics and improved SIOX.
* Add a better set of default resoures
* Provide default tags for the default resources

Gimp 2.6.7 updateWebcuts.09 - 14 Days up to the Submission Deadline

Comments

Anonymous # Monday, August 17, 2009 8:59:59 PM

Anonymous writes: Do you know if there are .deb files available for this?

Anonymous # Tuesday, August 18, 2009 4:59:58 PM

Anonymous writes: Latest Gimp 2.7.0 deb packages for ubuntu jaunty can be found at GetDeb.net http://www.getdeb.net/release.php?id=4685

Anonymous # Tuesday, August 18, 2009 5:04:59 PM

Ziyaretçi writes: Good news.. will we see The GIMP in a single window?

Michałmmiicc # Tuesday, August 18, 2009 6:35:07 PM

Originally posted by anonymous:

Anonymous writes:

Latest Gimp 2.7.0 deb packages for ubuntu jaunty can be found at GetDeb.net
http://www.getdeb.net/release.php?id=4685

It's 2.6.7 not 2.7

Anonymous # Tuesday, August 18, 2009 11:01:07 PM

Anonymous writes: https://launchpad.net/~matthaeus123/+archive/mrw-gimp-svn

Anonymous # Friday, August 21, 2009 8:20:58 AM

Mette writes: This looks SO good - but I'm not too comfortable running the unstable releases. Impatience might convince me though... Does anyone know a tentative release date for the stable 2.8?

Anonymous # Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:11:43 AM

rAX writes: Hey, I don't know if I should ask YOU this or not, but, aren't they going to change that UI to some more effective and professional one? I mean come on, I don't want to see GIMP copy the CS3 or CS4 UI, but there's plenty of ideas, professional doesn't mean CS3, I know they don't want it to become PS, but a childish splash and 3 icons in the task bar aren't helping either.

Eckhard M. Jägerarea42 # Friday, September 11, 2009 4:45:37 PM

Since 2.4 any GIMP version comes with UI improvements. The developer working at the moment on a real single windows implementation and implemented layer grouping too. Much more will come.

Anonymous # Saturday, September 12, 2009 8:42:15 PM

rAX writes: Thanks nice to hear that, I made a mockup for GIMP how can I send it to them? http://img2.pict.com/f2/d7/a9/1609506/0/gimpmockup.jpg

Eckhard M. Jägerarea42 # Sunday, September 13, 2009 2:25:01 PM

@rAX:
Didn't you know the GIMP brainstorm project:
http://gimp-brainstorm.blogspot.com/
Check it out! There you can submit your work too.