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A First Look At The GIMP 2.0

Posted by timothy on from the yummy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Brice Burgess has given everyone a good peek at what's coming in 2.0 for the GIMP in his review over on NewsForge. Don't like the old UI? It's gone. All new. There have also been megawumpus improvements in the text tool. Brice says he sees some room for improvement still, but overall he is "very impressed."" (Slashdot and NewsForge are both part of OSDN.) The new text tools are a big step up, though the interface as a whole remains a love-it-or-hate-it thing.

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  1. And still... by jdray · · Score: 5, Funny

    And still at the same low price! How do they do that?

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    1. Re:And still... by Rand+Al'Thor · · Score: 5, Funny

      Volume, baby. Volume.

    2. Re:And still... by ozbird · · Score: 5, Funny

      Why that? What can you do with Photoshop that you can't do with the Gimp?

      Prevent forgery of bank notes?

  2. Re:Flame me if you want... but... by petabyte · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are any of these features NOT copied from PhotoShop?

    I believe they were unable to copy the pricetag.

    I've been using 2.0pre for awhile and I really like it. Has some firework-esq features and it was really easy to make up graphics for my website :).

  3. ..megawumpus improvements.. by burgburgburg · · Score: 5, Funny
    There has also been megawumpus improvements int the text tool

    Wake when there are gigawumpus improvements.

    (Did I use that properly? Should I be ashamed?)

  4. Re:Worst screenshots ever by skinny.net · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why show the whole desktop (complete with terminal windows and task bars) that is 66% dead space when showing off one app that isn't a task bar or a terminal window?

    Unfortunately, they couldn't figure out how to use the new selection tools.

  5. Toilet Paper Template by Iron+Monkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ha! on this screenshot, I notice that they have the all imporant toilet paper template... a must have. :)

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