Is anyone else excited about the up coming version of Gnu Image Manipulation Program (2.8)?

Gnu Image Manipulation Program (a.k.a. GIMP) version 2.8 is getting closer to release. Many are speculating that it may be a close as next month some time (though we know not to hold our breath).

At any rate, there are many new features; Single Window UI, Warp Transform, Seamless Clone, &c. And also, it looks like version 2.10 will be skipped and version 3.0 will be the next release (though it might be under the guise of 2.10).

http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/what-hasnt-happened-to-gimp-2.8

Also, if a foundation such as e.g., Libre Graphics Foundation., would be try to support it? (cf. http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/NotesLibreGraphicsFoundation )

2012-01-24T08:08:09Z

@B K, I agree with you, I myself prefer the floating windows. As for the Libre Graphics Foundation, that was started in the comment section of the article provided. So that being said, it is something that was suggested for a way to help support the GIMP developers, and other open source projects that have to do with digital graphics.

B K2012-01-24T06:26:30Z

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Yes, but I don't care for the single window mode. I like the three windows better as I can position them where I want. But luckily there will be a choice to go single window, or keep it the same as previously.

To be honest I'm more exited about the updated brush dynamics, including the stroke smoothing features that Photoshop CS5 doesn't even have.

I have no idea if Libre Graphics support GIMP. Why not ask them. I'm not a mind reader.

@Carl there are ways around the lack of 16bit image support in GIMP. You can do your basic editing in RAW image editing software such as UFRAW, RAWTherapee or Photivo, for things like highlight and shadow recovery before you covert to 8bit in GIMP for pixel level editing. Even Photoshop doesn't fully support manipulation of 16bit images - half the filters and functions are grayed out for 16bit images. To do any real manipulation, you usually have to convert to 8bit in Photoshop in any case.

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carl2012-01-25T04:39:15Z

The Gimp is a really cool program and I used it back in college and have experimented with it over the years. However, until it supports manipulating 16 bit per channel images I still prefer Photoshop for editing photographs.

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