First Look at GIMP 2.4

Liam30 writes "Newsforge (ed: part of the OSTG family) is running a story that gives a first look at the next version of GIMP." From the article: " A major update to the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), widely regarded as the leading free software raster image editing program, is scheduled for this month. The 2.4 release is expected to include a number of new features and enhancements to existing features ... The first thing most users will notice about 2.4 is the addition of three new tools to the palette: the Align tool, the Foreground Extraction tool, and a new 'Simple' Rectangle Selector. The Align tool lets you vertically and horizontally align image layers -- a task you had to perform manually before. You can align an image to any edge or the center, specify an offset in any direction, and adjust vertical and horizontal alignment separately."

Comments

Still no CMYK huh?

[No Salvation]

So when can I edit CMYK screenshots of Duke Nukem Forever in GIMP?

Re:GIMP is becoming a real threat for Photoshop

[StandardsSchmandards]

I think GIMP will become a real threat to Photoshop in the near future.

I think GIMP will become a threat to Photoshop when the following has happened:

• ...Adobe fire the all usability and QA people working with PS.
• ...Adobe outsource a complete rewrite of the PS UI to a bunch of crack-smoking monkeys who decide that "every UI component should just float".
• ...Adobe spam internet designer communities with false "switcher" posts who describe how they after 10 minutes managed to move to Product B for all of their "graphics needs".

Re:SIOX

[big.ears]

That 'SIOX' object selection stuff looks really really cute; you have to wonder if it would come in useful for machine vision/AI as well.

It presumably would, as long as machine vision/AI people have pictures of their bosses that they want to place on supermodels' bodies, or need to prove to their girlfriends that they really were at the ballgame and not at the strip club.