Gimp Hits 2.0

jf writes "Gimp 2.0 released! From gimp.org: "This release is a major event, marking the end of a three year development cycle by a group of volunteers and enthusiasts who have made this the most professional release of the GIMP ever. It is the first stable release that is officially supported not only on Unix-based operating systems, but also on Microsoft Windows and Macintosh OS X." Get it from ftp.gimp.org or from the mirror sites."

Sweet!

[SillySnake]

Now maybe I can figure out how to use the thing.

Re:Sweet!

[frs_rbl]

Now maybe I can figure out how to use the thing.

In Soviet Russia... nevermind

Gimp Hits 2.0?

[KodaK]

Is that on K-tel records?

Do I get one free if I order Mr. Microphone?

Re:Sweet!

[SillySnake]

Oh yeah!? Well back in my day we didn't have Soviet Russia.. We only had.. err.. Never mind

This is great!

[Anonymous Coward]

They finally introduced 16 colors and three new brush sizes!!!

I had a dream

[N8F8]

I had a dream that I woke up surrounded by windows floating around before my eyes. I knew what I wanted was in one of the windows -answer just on the tip of my tongue. As each window passed by, confusing icons flashed symbols -almost helping me figure it out.

Re:Windows?

[houseofmore]

Where's the nice little .zip with a setup.exe?

Right beside your colouring book and lunchbox!

Re:It's pretty good!

[_Sharp'r_]

I think your study may have had a flawed premise.

I mean, after all, anyone who can figure Photoshop out can probably figure out any other program in existence.

(Yeah, this is a backwards way of saying that I think Photoshop has always been the least intuitive program I've ever used, somehow managing to beat the various old DOS CAD/CAM software for that title.)

Re:Fantastic!

[irokitt]

The Gimp? Photoshop? Automation of tasks? Bah.

REAL nerds use a hex editor. Using a Dvorak keyboard!

Re:This piece of crap crashes on Windws for no rea

[Scutter]

This piece of crap crashes on Windows for no reason
Tried it, blew it off. Highly unrecommended.

Yeah, Windows has that tendency. Glad to see you've decided to switch to another OS. ;-)

Big Surprise

[Anonymous Coward]

First the Windows source gets leaked, and now all of a sudden every major OSS project suddenly supports the platform.

What a coincidence.

Re:Photoshop still rocks it

[MooseByte]

Photoshop still rocks it ... but can you edit your last night's girl picture [...]?

No doubt to mask the pronounced adam's apple and large knuckles that didn't seem nearly as apparent when s/he approached after the third beer.

Re:Windows?

[Anonymous Coward]

BullShit Authority?

Re:Gimp Hits 2.0?

[Diamon]

Hey good lookin' I'll be back to pick you up later!

Re:I had a dream

[mvdw]

You wrote:

I had a dream that I woke up surrounded by windows floating around before my eyes. I knew what I wanted was in one of the windows -answer just on the tip of my tongue. As each window passed by, confusing icons flashed symbols -almost helping me figure it out.

Then your sig states:

Real programmers don't comment! It was hard to write, It should be hard to read!

There's some irony in there, somewhere...

The real GIMP ...

[cpu_fusion]

... is the gimp.org server at the moment. ;-)

Re:Windows?

[BiggerIsBetter]

I use ecode tags because I'm such a fucking artist that I even care about how cool my text looks on Slashdot. Unfortunately, I'm not too bright so I'm still pasting into MSPaint on Windows to get my screenshots, instead of the Gnome Screenshot tool on Linux and saving directly to file. I secretly wish I was smart enough to learn The Gimp, but instead I'll just diss it. I also think that the way software looks is more important than what it does, so I'll keep using Photoshop for my fairly basic artwork - which takes some time, because I'm rather slow and because my Windows machine keeps crashing when I'm working on a big image.

Physically Challenged Hits 2.0

[AvantLegion]

What's that supposed to mean? Or are my content filters messing with stuff again?

Re:Sweet!

[gavinjolly]

My 14 year old daughter uses it with proficiency (better than my spelling). It took here about 1 hour to understand the stucture of the commands.

I could get her to write a simple tutorial in Open Office for you if you want. SXW or PDF?

Re:Missing the point of CMYK?

[mvdw]

I have read your post about three times, and what you are saying makes no sense.

Re:Gentoo

[_Sprocket_]

What has the world come to when you have "Professional Linux Installer" on your business card?

There's a snide remark about "MCSE" to be had here, but I'm not going to touch it. :P

Re:Excellent

[chunkwhite86]

I'm glad that this release improves the accessability to normal enthusiasts. A person pointed me to the Gimp once about half a year ago, and I couldn't stand to use it because of the god-awful interface that I encountered. I'll definitely give it a try.

I think the interface is teriffic! It's so intuitive and easier for every-day use than have some omnipotent menu bar at the top of the screen.

Re:It's pretty good!

[evilviper]

I don't really see how a drop of water represents Blur/Sharpen?

Good point... What would you recomend? Perhaps an icon of a few beers to represent blur?

Re:Windows?

[MrPoopyPants]

Which is why Lunix is doomed to a life of howling obscurity.

Yes. So obscure that there are Linux commercials on TV, penguins all over the place, and groups all over the country dedicated to promoting Linux.

Oh wait... you said Lunix. Never heard of that...

Re:Windows?

[houseofmore]

Well I doubt they're going to come out with a stable one for win32.