GIMP 2.8.0 Release Candidate

[gimpeRaven]

SOON IN THEATERS YOUR COMPUTERS...

XCF download for the above splash screen (the icon is made by w0iperdinger downloaded in Rocketdock website so it isn't mine)
Gimp Users News -> GIMP 2.8.0-RC1: 1st release candidate now available
News from the mailling list (I don't know which came first but after reading this mail I felt glad)
gimp-developer-list Digest, Vol 7, Issue 12

Today's Topics:

1. ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.8.0-RC1 released (Michael Natterer)
2. Re: ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.8.0-RC1 released (Jeremy Morton)
3. GSoC Shotgun Operation Patch (Isaac Wagner)
4. Gimp Splash Graphic (Jason Simanek)

Message: 1
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:48:03 +0200
From: Michael Natterer <mitch@gimp.org>
To: GIMP Developer <gimp-developer-list@gnome.org>, GIMP User
<gimp-user-list@gnome.org>
Subject: [Gimp-developer] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.8.0-RC1 released
Message-ID: <1333658883.23764.16.camel@localhost>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

Hi,

GIMP 2.8.0-RC1 has been released. This is the first release candidate
of the upcoming stable 2.8 release.

Running this release for the first time will create a new
~/.gimp-2.8 directory in your home directory, and will migrate your
GIMP 2.6 settings. Please report any issues you encounter during
settings migration, or later with the migrated settings.

For a complete list of changes since 2.7.5 please see the "Changes"
section below. Also see the release notes of the 2.7 series at
http://www.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.7.html

Happy GIMPing,
--Mitch


Download
========

GIMP 2.8.0-RC1 is available from:

ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.8/

and from the mirrors listed at:

http://www.gimp.org/downloads/#mirrors

The checksum of the tarball is:

134396e4399b7e753ffca7ba366c418f gimp-2.8.0-RC1.tar.bz2


Changes in GIMP 2.8.0-RC1
=========================

Core:

- Add our own GimpOperationBrightnessContrast because GEGL one is different


Plug-ins:

- Fix some GFig rendering issues


Source and build system:

- Depend on Babl 0.1.10, GEGL 0.2.0 and some other new library versions


General:

- Bug fixes
- Translation updates



Contributors
============

Alexia Death, Alexis Wilhelm, Martin Nordholts, Massimo Valentini,
Michael Natterer, Mikael Magnusson, Mukund Sivaraman, Sebastian
Pipping, Simon Budig, ?yvind Kol?s.


Translators
===========

Albert F, Alexandre Prokoudine, Carles Ferrando, Daniel Korostil,
Dimitris Spingos (Δημήτρης Σπίγγος), Fran Diéguez, Khaled Hosny,
Kiyotaka NISHIBORI, Marco Ciampa, Nils Philippsen, Piotr Drąg,
Praveen Illa, Rodrigo Padula de Oliveira,

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I will be waiting for the stable and exclusive Gimp 2.8 for GNU+Linux

[Rod]

I am currently using RC1 for Windows 32 bit.
It runs very nicely, and older plugins do work.
My own splash


You can download and use it if you wish.

[gimpeRaven]

I am currently using RC1 for Windows 32 bit.
It runs very nicely, and older plugins do work.
My own splash


You can download and use it if you wish.

That's not just a splash Rod, it's a whirlpool of coolness!

[Rod]

I was actually thinking of submitting it to the developers for a possible splash for the final release.
Thanks for your kind comments on it.

[Maffe811]

That's not just a splash Rod, it's a whirlpool of coolness!

+1

I was actually thinking of submitting it to the developers for a possible splash for the final release.

Dooo iiiiit!!!

[belocus]

Good news, after 2 long years in development the latest stable version of GIMP 2.8 has been released.
I'm ready tobe installed in Kubuntu 12.04 LTS http://goo.gl/Pikn8.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install gimp

And, magazines GIMP in digital format soon to be published http://goo.gl/UAHtn