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GIMP 2.8 Released

Posted on May 7, 2012 by dvs007

 GIMP is a powerful Open source image manipulation program available on Linux, Windows and Mac that closely resembles Adobe Photoshop in its features and functionality.

Added Features and Changes

layer groups

 New Keyboard Shortcuts

  Alt (Shift)click = Alpha from layer
  Ctrl+Shift+E = File / Export
  Ctrl+E: quick export
  Ctrl+Shift+R = Resize canvas to window size
  Ctrl+R = Resize window to canvas size

Save And Export
Save and export screenshot
A  new conceptual change is that saving and exporting images are exactly separated activities. Saving can be done only in the XCF format (GIMP’s native file format).
To export into other formats like jpg,jpeg,png…., user File->Export  used. This seperation makes it clearer wether all the available information is stored in a file, or not.

Gimp 2.8 for Windows

The official GIMP 2.8.0 build for Windows has now been released:
Get it from Here
Download GIMP 2.8.0 for Windows

GIMP for Unix-like systems

It’s very likely your Unix-like system such as a GNU/Linux distribution already comes with a GIMP package. It is a preferred method of installing GIMP, as the distribution maintainers take care of all the dependencies and bug fix updates.

Ubuntu, Debian

Ubuntu or Debian users can simply run apt-get install gimp to get the latest stable release of GIMP.

openSUSE

SUSE users can install GIMP by running yast -i gimp or zypper in gimp, depending on the distribution version.

Fedora

Similarly to the above, Fedora users can install the latest stable GIMP by running yum install gimp.

Mandriva

Mandriva Linux users can install the latest stable GIMP by running urpmi gimp.

BSD

GIMP is also available for the BSD family of systems such as FreeBSD and OpenBSD.

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6 thoughts

  1. May 18, 2012 at 9:26 pm

    Nice……

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  2. May 19, 2012 at 5:46 pm

    Hi, I wanted to stop by and visit your blog and see what you are blogging about. You are doing a great job. I'm using Snagit now, have you talked about it here? Thanks for the Gimp post.

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  3. May 19, 2012 at 7:41 pm

    Hi,
    Thanks for visiting my blog.
    I am currently focusing on open source softwares usually used for Linux.
    So,Snagit is not specified yet…
    But you can expect articles and tips on Windows and Mac Softwares.. 🙂
    Thank You..

    Reply
  4. May 20, 2012 at 4:21 am

    Hi Dhan, there is one open source software that I use all the time and that is Audacity. I love that one. Hope you plan to cover it!

    The other one I have is called VLC media player but I've only used it once or twice.

    Thanks!

    Reply
  5. May 20, 2012 at 11:36 am

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  6. May 20, 2012 at 11:41 am

    Hi,
    Check My new post on VLC

    Thanks!

    Reply

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