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First Look at GIMP 2.4

Posted by Zonk on from the he's-looking-at-me dept.

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."

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  1. To save everyone the trouble by jejones · · Score: 1, Troll

    The GIMP interface is teh suxxor! (But of course, I can't be bothered to tell you what would make it better.)

  2. GIMPing into the Future by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 1, Troll

    I'd like to see the GIMP libraries include window position/shape memory, intersession persistence. Groups of associated windows with their x, y, w, h params stored on disk. So I can open a workspace of multiple windows with a click, watch them spring back to their positions and sizes on the screen. Not just for the GIMP - maybe that feature will find its way to the general GNOME libraries, so all apps can do it. Then I might finally get multiapp window configs stored in a single config, opening multiple apps into useable multiwindow layouts by launching a single icon. This business of manually opening/dragging many windows on my desktop got old around 1985.

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  3. Re:Water, water everywhere.... by Hosiah · · Score: 0, Troll
    God I can't stand the fucking gall! You people know damn good and well you get shapes from right_click->Filters->Render->Gfig!!! Every goddamn thing you need to do is just that simple!

    I need to go into a Photoshop forum and bitch a blue steak about PS. Which seems to be missing the "M" in the middle, to listen to it's fans.