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Title:
[new-upstream]GIMP 2.8
Status in “gimp” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in “gimp” package in Debian:
Fix Released
Bug description:
On upstream they released GIMP 2.8. This is the changelog:
GIMP 2.8 Release Notes
Introduction
GIMP 2.8 is the result of three years of hard work and collaborative
development. This version of GIMP is equipped with a wealth of new features,
including some highly requested ones. Keep reading to find out exactly what
GIMP 2.8 has to offer you in areas such as the user interface, tools, and
plug-ins.
User Interface
Single-Window Mode
Single-window mode screenshot
GIMP 2.8 introduces an optional single-window mode. You can toggle between
the default multi-window mode and the new single-window mode through the
Single-window mode checkbox in the Windows menu. In single-window mode, GIMP
will put dockable dialogs and images in a single, tabbed image window. The
single-window mode setting is of course preserved if you quit and start GIMP
again. Single-window mode removes the necessity for users of having to deal
with multiple windows. Developers: Martin Nordholts, Michael Natterer
Interaction Architect: Peter Sikking
Multi-Column Dock Windows
Multi-column dock windows screenshot
GIMP 2.8 allows dockable dialogs in a dock window to be placed in multiple
columns. To create a new column in a dock window, drag and drop a dockable
dialog on the vertical edges of the dock window. This is an appealing feature
for multi-monitor users where one screen can have a big dock window with all
the dialogs and the tools, while all images are on other displays. Developer:
Martin Nordholts Interaction Architect: Peter Sikking
More Screen Real Estate For Dockable Dialogs
Removed docking bars screenshot
The docking bars have been removed and replaced with overlaid highlights. The
dockable drag handle has been removed and the dockable menu button has been
moved up to the tabs. A new Automatic tab style has been added which makes
dockable tabs use the available space. Developer: Martin Nordholts
Save And Export
Save and export screenshot
A rather big conceptual change is that saving and exporting images now
are clearly separated activities. Saving an image can only be done in
the XCF format which is GIMP's native file format, able to save all
kinds of information necessary for works in progress.
To export into other formats File->Export... needs to be used. This
distinction makes it clearer if all available information is stored in a file,
or not. There are some optimizations for alternative workflows such as opening
a jpg, polishing it, and quickly exporting back to the original file. This
conceptual change has also allowed us to get rid of the annoying dialogs that
warned about the flatting of images when saving to non-layered formats.
Developer: Martin Nordholts Interaction Architect: Peter Sikking
Layer Groups
Layer groups screenshot
For complex compositions, a flat layer structure is very limiting. GIMP 2.8
lets users organize their compositions better through the introduction of layer
groups which allow layers to be organized in tree-like structures. Layer groups
are fully scriptable through the GIMP plug-in API. Developer: Michael Natterer
Tools Drawn With Cairo
Tools drawn with cairo screenshot
All tools rendering on canvas have been ported to Cairo to provide smooth
antialiased graphics and make GIMP's look and feel match modern users
expectations. All but a few plug-ins have been ported over to Cairo as well.
Additionally all tools now use an on-canvas progress indicator instead of the
one in the statusbar. Developer: Michael Natterer
On-Canvas Text Editing
On-canvas text editing screenshot
Text editing with the Text Tool is now performed on-canvas instead of in a
separate window. The editing on-canvas is rather sophisticated: apart from the
usual text formatting features like font family, style and size selectors you
get numeric control over baseline offset and kerning, as well as the ability to
change text color for a selection. You can also use a combination of Alt and
arrow keys to change baseline offset and kerning. This feature was originally
developed during Google Summer of Code 2008 and heavily improved since.
Developers: Daniel Eddeland, Michael Natterer
Keyboard Shortcut Changes
Since the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+E and Ctrl+Shift+E have been repurposed for
the image export mechanisms, new keyboard shortcuts have been setup for 'Shrink
Wrap' and 'Fit in Window', namely Ctrl+J and Ctrl+Shift+J respectively.
Developer: Martin Nordholts
Simple Math In Size Entries
Math in size entries screenshot
Enhancements have also been made to the size entry widget, which is used for
inputting most of the x, y, width, height parameters. For example, in the scale
dialog it is now possible to write '50%' in the Width field to scale the image
to 50% of the width. Expressions such as '30in + 40px' and '4 * 5.4in' work,
too. Developer: Fredrik Alströmer
Minor Changes
Added 'Windows→Hide docks' menu item that does what 'Tab' does and also
displays its state, which is now persistent across sessions, too.
Added infrastructure allowing to embed user interface elements on the
canvas. This is currently used for text styles in the text tool, and
(experimentally) when a color correction tool is invoked while the canvas is in
full-screen mode.
To make dock window titles manageable, only show the active dockable in
the dock window title.
The layer modes have been rearranged into more logical and useful groups
based on the effect they have on compositing of a layer. Layer modes that make
the composite lighter are in one group, layer modes that make the composite
darker in another group, and so forth.
You can now Alt+Click on layers in the Layers dialog to create a
selection from it. Add, subtract and intersect modifiers Ctrl, Shift and
Ctrl+Shift keys work too. This makes it easy to compose contents of a layer
based on the contents of other layers, without detours.
New docks are created at the pointer position.
Removed Toolbox from list of Recently Closed Docks, handle that directly
in the Windows menu.
Allow closing the toolbox without closing the whole application.
Default to non-fixed-aspect in Canvas Size dialog.
In the Preferences dialog, only have one setting for the window hint for
both the toolbox and the docks.
Support arbitrary affine transforms of brushes.
Got rid of the Tools dockable and move toolbox configuration to
Preferences.
A question that often arises is how to change the UI language in GIMP,
which has traditionally been a bit cumbersome. Not any longer, it is now
possible to change the language in Preferences.
Added 'Lock content' button to the layers, channels and paths dialogs,
made the lock buttons more compact.
Allow renaming list items with F2.
Allow binding arbitrary actions to extra mouse buttons.
Developers: Michael Natterer, Martin Nordholts, Alexander Jones,
Alexia Death, Sven Neumann
Tools & Plug-ins
Brush System Improvements
Brush system improvements screenshot
The brush dynamics engine has been expanded considerably, making
almost all aspects of the brush engine drivable by a multitude of
inputs, all of them configurable with their own response curve.
Because of the expansion, dynamics were separated from tool options and
converted into a resource in their own right. The Google Summer of Code 2009
Advanced GUI for Brush Dynamics project was the start of its development.
Developers: Alexia Death, Michael Natterer, Zhenfeng Zhao
Tool Preset Improvements
You can now save existing state of any tool as a preset and give it a
meaningful name. The presets are accessible from a new Tool Presets
dockable dialog and additionally can be tagged so that you can easily
manage a lot of presets.
This new feature completely replaces the previously existing tool presets
system to a new level of accessibility. It also makes it possible to distribute
tool presets just like any other resource because each preset is saved as an
individual file. Developers: Michael Natterer, Alexia Death
Cage Transform Tool
Cage transform tool screenshot
A completely new Cage transform tool has been added thanks to the excellent
work of one of our Google Summer of Code 2010 students. The tool implements an
innovative approach to free transformation and makes it possible to easily warp
parts of objects using an adjustable user-defined polygonal frame. Developer:
Michael Muré
File Plug-Ins
A plug-in for loading JPEG2000 images has been added, as well as plug-
ins for X11 Mouse Cursor files and fundamental OpenRaster (.ora)
import and export support. Added RGB565 support to the csource plug-
in. Developers: Aurimas Juška, Takeshi Matsuyama
A Cairo based PDF exporter was implemented. While being somewhat
simplistic the exporter saves text, embedding fonts into the final PDF
file, and attempts to convert all flat filled areas to vector objects.
Developer: Barak Itkin
Last, but not least, a Web-page plug-in was added to render any web page into
an image using Webkit. Developer: Mukund Sivaraman
For Tablet Users
For stylus users screenshot
A new experimental widget was added to meet the requirements of
graphic tablets users. The widget combines a slider, a label and a
numeric value control which simplifies adjusting a value using a
stylus, better visualizes the current value and provides a more
compact UI. It is now used in the Tools Options dockable dialog for
opacity control and most options of brush based tools.
Another useful feature for users of advanced input devices such as
graphic tablets is a completely new dialog for input device
configuration which allows configuring per-device pressure curves to
compensate for hardware differences and personal per-pen preferences.
People with Intuos tablets and either Artpen or Airbrush styluses will be
glad to find that Airbrush wheel and Artpen rotation are available for driving
dynamics via the 'Wheel' input. Developers: Michael Natterer, Alexia Death
Resource Tagging
Resource tagging screenshot with brushes
It is now possible to tag GIMP resources such as brushes and patterns
to group them. The tagging is performed from the respective dockables
e.g. the Brushes dockable, and it is possible to filter resources
based on these tags.
The tags are saved to an XML file, external to the data files themselves. It
is possible to tag multiple resources simultaneously in the UI, but currently
only while being viewed as a list. This feature was developed during Google
Summer of Code 2008. Developer: Aurimas Juška Interaction Architect: Peter
Sikking
Resources
We have started overhauling the default set of resources and in this version
there have been some changes to the default set of brushes. The silly
'Untitled' title has been removed from unnamed palette entries. A wholly new
set of brushes for painting has been added and makes use of the new tagging
system. Developer: Martin Nordholts Artists: Johannes Engelhardt, Ramón
Miranda, Guillermo Espertino
Minor Changes
Allow specifying the written language in the Text Tool. This helps with
choosing an appropriate font, or appropriate glyphs for the selected language.
Moved 'Text along path' from tool options to the text context menu.
Add diagonal guides to the Crop Tool.
Support rotating brushes.
The Smooth Stroke feature from GIMP Painter was ported to GIMP.
Added 'Rule of fifths' crop guide overlay.
Added an icon for the Desaturate tool.
Support loading 16bit (RGB565) raw data.
Added palette exporter for CSS, PHP, Python, txt and Java, accessed
through the palette context menu.
Support printing crop marks for images.
Made the Pointer dockable show information about selection position and
size.
Replaced the brush scale control in tool options by a brush size one that
works in pixels, and does the right thing when the brush changes.
Improved the Free Select Tool on-canvas feedback.
Made it possible to use GEGL for scaling images.
Developers: Sven Neumann, Michael Natterer, Tim Jedlicka, Alexia Death,
Nelson A. de Oliveira, Jakub Steiner, Nicholas Doyle, Barak Itkin, Martin
Nordholts
Miscellaneous
Plug-in Development
GIMP 2.8 also further enhances its scripting abilities. For example, API
changes to support layer groups have been made. Here is a list of new symbols
in GIMP 2.8.
API Changes
A lot of GIMP APIs have been refactored to simplify developing new scripts.
License
The GIMP license has been changed to (L)GPLv3+.
GEGL
The projection code which composes a single image from layers has been ported
to GEGL. This includes the layer modes, as well as support for layer groups.
Also, preparations have been made for better and more intuitive handling of the
floating selection. Developers: Michael Natterer, Martin Nordholts
Roadmap
The GIMP developers now maintain a roadmap for GIMP development found here:
http://wiki.gimp.org/index.php/Roadmap
GIMP 2.8 Screenshots
First GIMP 2.8 startup
First startup of GIMP 2.8 on a 1280x800 desktop.
Known Regressions
GIMP 2.8 relies on a newer version of GTK+2 that unfortunately has
partially broken support for graphics tablets such as Wacom. If your
graphic tablet doesn't work in GIMP 2.8 as it should, we recommend
downgrading to 2.6 until we release GIMP 3.0 that relies on GTK+3
which has fully functional support for advanced input devices.
To address the needs to migrate from the old tools presets system to
the new one we provide a script in Python. However, the old tools
presets are not 100% convertible to the new tool presets. For
instance, brush scale from 2.6 can't be converted to brush size in
2.8.
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