Monday, October 23, 2006

The Gimp 2.3.12 - Free Image Manipulation Software

gimpThe GIMP 2.3.12 (Windows, Open Source, 13.61MB) [dl via Filehippo] is a multiplatform photo manipulation tool. GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. The GIMP is suitable for a variety of image manipulation tasks, including photo retouching, image composition, and image construction.

The installer has been pretty much rewritten. It's recommended to uninstall previous GIMP 2.3 version before installing this one. Also, GTK+ is now included in the installer.

Recent changes:

  • merged the Perspective Clone tool
  • allow to pan the image view using the Space bar
  • show a thumbnail in the "Rotate JPEG?" query dialog
  • added file information to the Image Properties dialog
  • more work on the new selection tools
  • give immidiate feedback when tool modifier keys are pressed
  • added Lens Distortion plug-in
  • internationalize Python binding and Python plug-ins
  • improved internal message infrastructure, use the statusbar for warnings
  • added an URL loader backend based on libcurl
  • build a color-managed CMYK color selector if lcms is available
  • localize Script-Fu procedure descriptions
  • lots of user interface polishing
  • bug fixes and code cleanup

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