As promised, this time it didn't take another 3 years for a new stable GIMP version to be released. 8 months after GIMP 2.0 hit the road, GIMP 2.2 is almost done. The GIMP developers released 2.2-pre2 and unless any major problems show up, the GIMP 2.2.0 release is going to follow later this month.
Here is a list of major new features (complete what's new list can be found here):
* Previews for transform tools
* Previews for many plugins that didn't have them, and improved previews for many that did. Preview now can resize and contain a navig window like the imagewindow.
* Many user interface changes to improve layout of dialogs, and comply more closely with Human Interface Guidelines.
* Greatly improved drag-and-drop between GIMP and other applications.
* Improved ability to copy and paste between GIMP and other applications, including OpenOffice and Abiword.
* New file open/save dialogs. The open dialog does automatic thumbnailing, using embedded EXIF thumbnails if available.
* Much content covered by the help.
* A new script interpreter, Tiny-fu, which will eventually replace Script-fu. Shipped separately
* A new keyboard shortcut editor, allowing shortcuts to be defined for many more things than before, including many actions that don't have menu entries.
* Interface for controlling various parameters with a variety of devices. Allow keyboard, mouse wheel, MIDI controller, etc to be used as a GIMP controller.
* New plugins: neon, cartoon, photocopy, softglow, dog, retinex.
* Tools dialog lets you customize which tools are shown in the Toolbox, and their order. (You can add color tools to the Toolbox.)
The GIMP Gets Ready for 2.2
As promised, this time it didn't take another 3 years for a new stable GIMP version to be released....
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