Gimp 2.6 Released
Gimp 2.6.0 was today released on Gimp.org. Gimp as always been a nice alternative to Photoshop. It’s free, it’s opensource and it works, what else can we ask? Of course it’s not the powerhouse of Adobe Photoshop but it’s enough if you’re not a demanding professional or a photographer looking to retouch some photos.
GIMP 2.6 is an important release from a development point of view. It features changes to the user interface addressing some often received complaints, and a tentative integration of GEGL, the graph based image processing library that will eventually bring high bit-depth and non-destructive editing to GIMP.
This new version, released almost 1 year after 2.4.0 sees some improvements. It’s now more similar to how Photoshop operates.
GIMP 2.4.0 was released almost one year ago, but today this popular open-source image editing and graphics program has been replaced by GIMP 2.6. With GIMP 2.6, the toolbox menu bar has been removed and its functionality merged with the main menu bar, toolbox and docks are now a utility window, and there is now also the ability to pan beyond the image border. Additionally, the GIMP free select tool has been greatly improved, there is now brush dynamics capabilities, most color operations now use GEGL (the Generic Graphics Library), and many other changes. The GIMP 2.6 release notes can be found at GIMP.org. Checkout the GIMP homepage for additional information.
Source: Phoronix
Really worth trying it, who knows if you won’t become a changer? :)
Link: GIMP Website
Release Notes: Link
Download: GIMP 2.6.0 for Windows
