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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. Mouse pointers? by Negatyfus · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So, does it finally have mouse pointers like Photoshop, that are the size of the currently selected brush so that you can actually see how big an area you are affecting?

  2. Re:And still... by notque · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's close enough to photoshop that instead of spending the time to crack it, i'll just use gimp instead.

    It's helping people stay legal.

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  3. This could finally kill my last dependence on M$ by stry_cat · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I've been using 1.2 for a while now (almost 3 years). Now that it has CMYK I can cut in half (or maybe more) the number of times I have to boot to M$ Windows and use Photoshop. Of course I'm a little worried by:
    Admittedly, the current rendition of CMYK in the GIMP is far behind that of commercial offerings
    What exactly does the author mean by this?
  4. Re:That interface... by optikSmoke · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Indeed, I've been using a 2.0 pre-release for awhile, and the improvement is cosmetic mostly. The dockable tool windows are great, but a functional MDI would be much more useful. Why? Window management is fine on linux with virtual desktops (one of mine is dedicated to gimp), but (a) it doesn't really work if you need GIMP on windows, which even with virtual desktops added has clumsy window management, and (b) more importantly, it is impossible to have windows automatically and intelligently resize themselves "around" the toolbars. MDI can do this easily and well, I and see no reason for this constant MDI-phobia (or is it SDI elitism?). Apps like Kdevelop have already proven that MDI can be done well, and the GIMP's SDI is the first complaint I get from people who might consider switching from Photoshop.

  5. One thing Photoshop has that The GIMP doesn't.. by graphicartist82 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    is the "Healing Brush".. That's my single favorite part of Photoshop; especially when touching up family photos from a digital camera.