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[HingVista]

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a freely distributed program for photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything.

GIMP 2.7.0 is a first step towards GIMP 2.8, the next stable release.

Changes in GIMP 2.7.0
Download GIMP 2.6.7 for Windows
Gimp Homepage

Note: This is a development release! Binaries are not available.
(Thanks for the comments)

[ShadowCoder]

Gimp is nice, but I still believe personally that its got a long way to go before it will compete with the powerhouse of PhotoShop.

[M!W]

Gimp is nice, but I still believe personally that its got a long way to go before it will compete with the powerhouse of PhotoShop.

Name a few examples beside CMYK-Support (which should be fully supported by Gimp 2.8)

[ShadowCoder]

Gimp is nice, but I still believe personally that its got a long way to go before it will compete with the powerhouse of PhotoShop.

Name a few examples beside CMYK-Support (which should be fully supported by Gimp 2.8)

Like I said its personal reasons, I absolutely hate the gimp interface. I like everything in one window natively. The CMYK support was the other big thing, if they support it in the next version, I'll give it a try. I do have gimp installed and I do use it occasionally, but my wife loves it. Also the fact that PhotoShop has a huge support base and I love the Adobe CS. I don't know why, but every time I've ever used Gimp I felt like I was using something similar to MSPaint. I know that's not a fair comparison. I know it has much more functionality than that. But thats the FEEL I get when I use Gimp.

[gergux]

Gimp is nice, but I still believe personally that its got a long way to go before it will compete with the powerhouse of PhotoShop.

Name a few examples beside CMYK-Support (which should be fully supported by Gimp 2.8)

Like I said its personal reasons, I absolutely hate the gimp interface. I like everything in one window natively. The CMYK support was the other big thing, if they support it in the next version, I'll give it a try. I do have gimp installed and I do use it occasionally, but my wife loves it. Also the fact that PhotoShop has a huge support base and I love the Adobe CS. I don't know why, but every time I've ever used Gimp I felt like I was using something similar to MSPaint. I know that's not a fair comparison. I know it has much more functionality than that. But thats the FEEL I get when I use Gimp.

To say that gimp feels like MS paint is a Very unfair comparison, and Gimp has a HUGE support base as well. For me it was a learning curve and fee (Free) that brought me to gimp not features and popularity. Looking forward to the 2.8 Release!

[inurinternet]

Gimp is nice, but I still believe personally that its got a long way to go before it will compete with the powerhouse of PhotoShop.

I think with modifications, GIMP has a core potential to compete with PhotoShop, however the work flow and streamlining is nowhere on the same level.

[Ace Starr]

If its the interface that bothers you that much, you can use GIMPShop. It has an interface which is lot more like Photoshop. (Still not completely like it, but pretty good considering its free)

[Fraxtil]

The interface is really what bothers me. Whenever I try to alt-tab to a specific image, it puts a completely different image on top, and that image doesn't even have focus. I have to actually tab to another image in order to get to the one I want.

[pm_41]

Nice update! GIMP has always been a great Photoshop alternative.

[ShadowCoder]

Gimp is nice, but I still believe personally that its got a long way to go before it will compete with the powerhouse of PhotoShop.

I think with modifications, GIMP has a core potential to compete with PhotoShop, however the work flow and streamlining is nowhere on the same level.

The work flow and streamlining I think is what the most important difference is to me. I'll stick with photoshop, and I'll let my wife work with gimp. Either way I've got all bases covered.

[pcHuntqwerty]

Paint.net FTW!

[Villain]

Gimp is nice, but I still believe personally that its got a long way to go before it will compete with the powerhouse of PhotoShop.

Name a few examples beside CMYK-Support (which should be fully supported by Gimp 2.8)

Like I said its personal reasons, I absolutely hate the gimp interface. I like everything in one window natively. The CMYK support was the other big thing, if they support it in the next version, I'll give it a try. I do have gimp installed and I do use it occasionally, but my wife loves it. Also the fact that PhotoShop has a huge support base and I love the Adobe CS. I don't know why, but every time I've ever used Gimp I felt like I was using something similar to MSPaint. I know that's not a fair comparison. I know it has much more functionality than that. But thats the FEEL I get when I use Gimp.

Good thing i turned your wife on to the gimp then. go to my dA page ( http://solo-dev.deviantart.com) and find Gimp Grouper. With the exception of the toolbox window, it tames the art windows, puts them in to a multi-tab window, like how firefox does. The gimp on Tabs, basically.

I got tired of people whining about having to many windows open (I guess they never saw Visual basic 3 and 4 then...) so i made that.

Downloading 2.7 now, it will be interesting to see what is new.

And honestly, I done like photoshop because it seems like they shoved the kitchen sink in there, and it seems poorly organized to me.

but to each there own. Happy Gimping!

[coldemone]

love gimp since it is free, but photoshop is go-go since it has adocked interface unlike gimp's triple headache arrangement.

[MeToo]

Please don't create false expectations or false links.

This is a Development Release (and it should be clear on the news)
There is no build 2.7.0 for Windows (unless you know how to compile it yourself)!

Your link saying "Download GIMP 2.7 for Windows" points to downloads.sourceforge.net/gimp-win/gimp-2.6.7-i686-setup.exe

[ShadowCoder]

Gimp is nice, but I still believe personally that its got a long way to go before it will compete with the powerhouse of PhotoShop.

Name a few examples beside CMYK-Support (which should be fully supported by Gimp 2.8)

Like I said its personal reasons, I absolutely hate the gimp interface. I like everything in one window natively. The CMYK support was the other big thing, if they support it in the next version, I'll give it a try. I do have gimp installed and I do use it occasionally, but my wife loves it. Also the fact that PhotoShop has a huge support base and I love the Adobe CS. I don't know why, but every time I've ever used Gimp I felt like I was using something similar to MSPaint. I know that's not a fair comparison. I know it has much more functionality than that. But thats the FEEL I get when I use Gimp.

Good thing i turned your wife on to the gimp then. go to my dA page ( http://solo-dev.deviantart.com) and find Gimp Grouper. With the exception of the toolbox window, it tames the art windows, puts them in to a multi-tab window, like how firefox does. The gimp on Tabs, basically.

I got tired of people whining about having to many windows open (I guess they never saw Visual basic 3 and 4 then...) so i made that.

Downloading 2.7 now, it will be interesting to see what is new.

And honestly, I done like photoshop because it seems like they shoved the kitchen sink in there, and it seems poorly organized to me.

but to each there own. Happy Gimping!

I tried that once before remember? I just like PhotoShop better. Its a personal preference. I'm not saying their is anything wrong with Gimp. Its just not for me. Not yet anyway! Besides, Lil likes the split interface.