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GIMP 2.7.2 Released — Another Step Toward 2.8

Posted by Soulskill on from the slowly-but-surely dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The developers of GIMP have finally released a new development version on the way to GIMP 2.8. GIMP 2.7.2 includes a huge bunch of changes — but it is not intended for production use. 'The new release comprises layer groups (which were introduced after 2.7.1), an almost done text-on-canvas feature, the all-new brush engine and of course the new single window mode.'"

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  1. Re:Still in use? by nedlohs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Lots of people use gimp. But no it won't be worth your time.

  2. Re:One reason alone by JanneM · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Single window mode is all you need to know about why you should upgrade."

    As long as I can not use single-window mode I'm happy to upgrade. If it becomes the only way to use gimp, it's time to fork the code.

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  3. Wake Me When They Change The Name by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yeah, I know, Noble Open Source coders are supposed to be above the cosmetic issues and petty concerns of Man's World, but when you are looking for credibility amongst designers, illustrators, photographers and other arts professionals, would it really hurt -- would you really lose so much integrity -- to slap this thing with a flashier moniker than "G.I.M.P."?

    And if not, why GIMP? Why not just go for the gold in the shoot-your-own-snarky-foot Olympics, call it TARD or DOUCHE or FLACCID? I'm sure who ever came up with "GNU Image Manipulation Program" could just as easily reverse-engineer an acronym for HOMO or DICKLESS...

    1. Re:Wake Me When They Change The Name by serviscope_minor · · Score: 4, Insightful

      blah blah blah GIMP sounds funny blah blah blah

      Does anyone really care about this anymore? Everyone I know who has started using the GIMP had a chuckle about the name, then really forgot about the name and got on with editing photos.

      Basically, noone cares anymore.

      And also, language changes. Google "gimp". You have to get to the bottom of the second page before you reach an "urban dictionary" definition of the old meaning. The first two whole pages are about image manipulation.

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  4. Re:One reason alone by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    That's not an upgrade, there was never any problem with the Gimp UI that couldn't be solved by upgrading your window manager. The problem was apparently that there's a class of retard using an OS somewhat ironically entitled "Windows" that shipped with an unusable window manager.

    These people managed to repeat the lie often enough that GIMP devs finally decided to pander to these simple minded folk who couldn't deal with downloading a decent replacement WM and adopt the broken application model used by default on some crappy 3rd party proprietry OS.

  5. Re:One reason alone by Anrego · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I actually prefer the floating windows (in all applications, not just gimp) although I find gimp makes them fairly unintuitive. I have several (6) monitors, and being able to spread stuff out is nice. Not sure why people have this desire to have everything crowded in one window, I mean, I get that photoshop does it that way and can see why people looking for a photoshop replacement would want this... but the preference for single window over floating window appears to be moving through all applications.

    When did floating windows become a bad thing :(