When will GIMP 2.8 be released?

[Ludwig]

Hello!

For those who are interested.
Here is a brief article to the publication date of the GIMP 2.8
It will take a bit longer.
http://www.gimpusers.com/news/2010-01-12/when-will-gimp-2-8-be-released.html

Greetings

[JohnB]

I was really hoping for something a lot sooner. I started thinking maybe the Gimp project was beginning to go defunct. Glad to see they're still developing it.

In the meantime, I'm glad I have Lightroom and Photoshop at my disposal... There will always be a special place in my life for the open source stuff, especially as a programmer. It intrigues me. I still have Linux on my desktop, but, I confess that I haven't logged into it in a few weeks. Since I installed Windows 7 and moved my photography workflow over to Lightroom, I don't do much that warrants using Linux for. Most of my time on my computer is spent playing games, browsing the web (can do that from any OS) and checking my e-mail or photography.

[Ludwig]

I started thinking maybe the Gimp project was beginning to go defunct.
That is something that I can not even imagine! :shock:



Since I installed Windows 7 and moved my photography workflow over to Lightroom, I don't do much that warrants using Linux for.

You can use GIMP also on Windows 7.
And there is also a x64 version!http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html
Windows 7 should still have something good, too. ;)
I still use Windows XP but not Linux. Linux is too much Open Source to me. :?

[JohnB]

I use Gimp on windows... At work, that's all I have access to as I'm just a programmer. Occasionally I need to do something simple and it works great. For over a year, the Gimp and the open source RAW converters, such as RAW Studio and RawTherapee, were all I used along with GThumb for image management. I needed something more streamlined, so I downloaded the Lightroom trial and fell in love with it.

I'll probably install Gimp on Windows 7, but it will probably never get used. Photoshop integrates very nicely into Lightroom.

[jrome]

John - Did you get converted to a Windowsian? Or is that Windows-ite?

[JohnB]

Not really... I use Windows 7 regularly, but I do still have Linux on my machine. Microsoft finally developed a useful operating system, so I'm using it.

[jrome]

I agree!

[Steve Paxton]

Microsoft finally developed a useful operating system, so I'm using it.

It's about time! The Vista era is finally drawing to a close! I am loving Win 7 too! It's fast, responsive and snappy!

[Ludwig]

I never liked Vista! Therefore I still have XP. And I just do not change times too!
But the next PC has in any case, Windows 7 and that is good.

I will probably get Lightroom next Time. But before I will still look what RawTherapee 3.0 does http://www.rawtherapee.com/.

[JohnB]

I never liked Vista! Therefore I still have XP. And I just do not change times too!
But the next PC has in any case, Windows 7 and that is good.

I will probably get Lightroom next Time. But before I will still look what RawTherapee 3.0 does http://www.rawtherapee.com/.

I was using RawTherapee before moving to Lightroom and it does a great job. I'm not sure if it was at 3.0 the last time I used it... I'll check it out again.

[Ludwig]

I was using RawTherapee before moving to Lightroom and it does a great job. I'm not sure if it was at 3.0 the last time I used it... I'll check it out again.

RawTherapee 3.0 s still in development stage. So I will wait and see!

BTW: Some News from GIMP developer Martin Nordholt's Blog. http://www.chromecode.com/2010/01/multi-column-dock-windows-and-28.html
It seems, that we must wait till the end of this year for GIMP 2.8.

But here is a comment:
He is keen to point out in his blog post that this release date is by no means set in stone, stating: "if we have an estimated release date it will surely be misinterpreted as a definite release date, and if we don't meet it, people will be annoyed".
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/01/single-window-gimp-coming-27th-december.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29

So we will wait in joyful expectation. :)

[JohnB]

So much for their smaller, more frequent updates! :)

Oh well. I'll try to be patient.