Gimp 2.8 now available

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EDIT: Please use Athene's posted link below in post #2 to download Gimp 2.8.

The new Gimp 2.8 is now available, be sure and check out the release notes as this is a major release and there have been significant improvements over the previous Gimp.
 
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The stable and official GIMP 2.8 installer for Windows is at sourceforge and the GIMP website has now been updated with the link:
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html

It can be installed over the previous version of GIMP and it will remove said previous version, but note that it will NOT save or transfer brushes, patterns, plugins etc. which were installed separately by the user, so you may want to back up the above.

To activate the eagerly awaited single-window mode, go to "Windows" and select "Single-Window Mode."

Here's a picture of the GIMP splash screen:
 

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Anyone getting an error "twain.exe blah blah"? I had to remove that plugin.
 

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No - no problems with twain.exe over here, GIMP 2.8 installer and portable versions are working fine. However, you may want to drop a line about this issue to the GIMP people:
GIMP - Bugs

I think twain is related to scanners/scanning devices.

One issue I had was speed-related; I discovered that pulling handles from path nodes was taking ages (the display was lagging behind the actions) and that my computer was starting to howl because GIMP was hogging the computer resources; as per the advice in a GIMP forum (I unfortunately don't remember where exactly), I set the option "Mode of operation" to "No colour management" (under "Colour management" in "Preferences"). That solved the problem.
 

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meh i frekin hate gimp.. Worst UI ever
 

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Version 2.8 includes the long awaited single-window mode, which gives it more of a Photoshop interface look.
 

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event3horizon said:
meh i frekin hate gimp.. Worst UI ever
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This is mostly do to the non-native GUI toolkit they use, GTK I think. I've gotten use to it, but yeah ... it could be better if it was native looking.
 

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Greetings, do you need a specific file downloader to download Gimp from the link posted above. I can't download the file from sourceforge. The download just hangs. I've tried IE9, Firefox, Opera. What tool is needed to download from that website?
 

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saloei said:
Greetings, do you need a specific file downloader to download Gimp from the link posted above. I can't download the file from sourceforge. The download just hangs. I've tried IE9, Firefox, Opera. What tool is needed to download from that website?
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Welcome to the Seven Forums
Try Filehippo Download The Gimp 2.8.4 - FileHippo.com

Jerry
 

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Thanks but it didn't work. I've never had any luck downloading GIMP from any website. I've tried a download manager and no dice! There has to be a working link somewhere to download this program. Gimp.org has no Windows installer links.
 

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I'm never able to download from sourceforge.com. If someone has a solution, please share. I found a website -www.partha.com. I think the fellow is a contributing developer of GIMP. At his website he has opera 32 and 64 bit flavors and o/s versions. I downloaded form the website with no problems and am using GIMP.
 

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That's good saloel. It looks like a useful site.
 

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i read the thread title and thought it was a new mask
 

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