GIMP 2.9.6 Released

#1

Post by alxmdev » Fri, Aug 25, 2017, 5:00 PM UTC

GIMP 2.9.6 Released
gimp.org

Re: GIMP 2.9.6 Released

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Post by kozhevnikov » Fri, Aug 25, 2017, 5:19 PM UTC

Still no official macOS 2.9 build

https://download.gimp.org/mirror/pub/gimp/v2.9/

Re: GIMP 2.9.6 Released

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Post by eponeponepon » Fri, Aug 25, 2017, 5:21 PM UTC

I've been very impressed with Gimp lately - there was a time that it was clunky and crashy, Windows builds were difficult to find, and usually out of date, and I often felt like I was only persevering with it on principle. In recent years though, it's been wholly solid. Was there a change in project leadership, or something - maybe just a new development workflow? I've known plenty of seemingly-moribund projects spring to life just from someone spending a few days knocking up better build scripts...

Re: GIMP 2.9.6 Released

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Post by 120photo » Fri, Aug 25, 2017, 5:21 PM UTC

I curious as to who is using GIMP for serious work. I have tried it numerous time in the past but always end up going back to PS. As of late I been making a switch to Affinity Photo but have always been pulling for GIMP.

Re: GIMP 2.9.6 Released

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Post by bigmanwalter » Fri, Aug 25, 2017, 5:25 PM UTC

120photo wrote: post #4

I curious as to who is using GIMP for serious work. I have tried it numerous time in the past but always end up going back to PS. As of late I been making a switch to Affinity Photo but have always been pulling for GIMP.

I'm not the most advanced Photoshop user but after 12 years I've made the switch to Gimp for all of my personal and professional use. Unfortunately most designers are still on Adobe so I am stuck with Photoshop and Illustrator when working with others.

Re: GIMP 2.9.6 Released

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Post by samcheng » Fri, Aug 25, 2017, 5:25 PM UTC

As a casual user on a Mac, I've long since abandoned GIMP for Pixelmator + Imagemagick.

Has GIMP improved in usability in the past few years?

Re: GIMP 2.9.6 Released

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Post by prathiks » Fri, Aug 25, 2017, 5:28 PM UTC

eponeponepon wrote: post #3

I've been very impressed with Gimp lately - there was a time that it was clunky and crashy, Windows builds were difficult to find, and usually out of date, and I often felt like I was only persevering with it on principle. In recent years though, it's been wholly solid. Was there a change in project leadership, or something - maybe just a new development workflow? I've known plenty of seemingly-moribund projects spri…

I have always advocated for Gimp but people esp designers want to stick to photoshop. Hope they understand the power of this open source

Re: GIMP 2.9.6 Released

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Post by prathiks » Fri, Aug 25, 2017, 5:29 PM UTC

120photo wrote: post #4

I curious as to who is using GIMP for serious work. I have tried it numerous time in the past but always end up going back to PS. As of late I been making a switch to Affinity Photo but have always been pulling for GIMP.

like mr bigwalter i live by gimp. but i am not a designer.

Re: GIMP 2.9.6 Released

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Post by dkersten » Fri, Aug 25, 2017, 5:32 PM UTC

samcheng wrote: post #6

As a casual user on a Mac, I've long since abandoned GIMP for Pixelmator + Imagemagick. Has GIMP improved in usability in the past few years?

I recently installed a fresh version of GIMP (for the purpose of running the exporter script so I can import the layers from photoshop files into the Spine animation tool). I'm only using it as an elaborate runtime for that script, but my impressions are that the UI is basically the same as I remember it from 15 years ago. So, while it's features may have improved, the UI does not seem like it's improved at all.

Re: GIMP 2.9.6 Released

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Post by hughes » Fri, Aug 25, 2017, 5:32 PM UTC

bigmanwalter wrote: post #5

120photo wrote: post #4

I curious as to who is using GIMP for serious work. I have tried it numerous time in the past but always end up going back to PS. As of late I been making a switch to Affinity Photo but have always been pulling for GIMP.

I'm not the most advanced Photoshop user but after 12 years I've made the switch to Gimp for all of my personal and professional use. Unfortunately most designers are still on Adobe so I am stuck with Photoshop and Illustrator when working with others.

Would you say that switching to Gimp added to your professional toolset, or enabled you to do anything that you weren't able to before? Does it make you more competitive professionally?