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GIMP 2.2 Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bring-out-the... dept.

wongn writes "Several weeks since the splash screen contest was first announced, the latest milestone release for GIMP has come about - GIMP 2.2.0 has just been officially released. Only the linux binaries and source have yet appeared. From the website: 'The GIMP developers are proud to announce the availability of version 2.2.0 of the GNU Image Manipulation Program. About nine months after version 2.0 hit the road, we have completed another development cycle and can bring a new stable GIMP to our users' desktops.'"

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  1. He's right... by realitybath1 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Gay, super-artistic, black beret wearing, wealthy right-wing apple photoshoppers uber alles!!! (right-wingers have great asses!!!)

  2. It's a stupid name regardless of who's offended by KalvinB · · Score: 0, Troll

    Apache's name came about because it was "a patchy" server. You actually have to do a bit of research to figure that out. The self deprication gets lost in the perfectly marketable name and pefectly unpatchy modern editions. Tortoise SVN is also a stupid unmarketable name. You have to use it find out that it's not actually slow like it advertises itself as being.

    Prior to 2.0 a user could fire up GIMP and realize immediately that it's aptly named after trying to figure out how to use the interface. Things have improved greatly but I still use the name as an adjective for the product due to it's poor interface design.

    I don't know who's the genious that decided you can't use the lighting tool and alpha channels on the same image. And you have to create a new image to define the gray scale lighting reference image for the primary image. Meanwhile Adobe Photoshop allows you to use alpha channels to define how the lighting will be applied which is actually logical. Alpha channels are not just for transparency. Gimp also doesn't allow you to go outside the bounds of a layer once defined, even if you move it around so the layer isn't lined up with the viewable canvas area and you want to paint to fill in the now transparent area. Another thing Photoshop has no problem with.

    Ironic self depricating names can be overcome if the product can overcome them. In the GIMP's case, it hasn't yet. It's still a bit gimpy.

    And that's why it needs a new name.

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