GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) 2.4.0 was released today. It has some cool improvements/addition. Here are some of the changes in GIMP 2.4.0.
- New Tango style icons across all platforms
- The tool options now include a brush size slider that affects both the parametric and bitmap brushes.
- The selection tools have been rewritten from scratch to allow resizing of existing selections.
- Selecting individual objects on images is easier now with a new foreground select tool.
- New Align Tool to align or distribute a list of layers, paths or guides.
- In the new version of GIMP, some menu entries have changed their names and position.
- Improved Zooming effect.
- Support for Photoshop ABR brush format.
- 16/32 bit bitmaps and alpha-channel support in BMP.
- 24 bit and Vista icons can be opened and saved.
- Full screen editing.
- GIMP now provides full support for color profiles.
- Printing has been largely improved.
- Auto-magic filter to remove red eye from your shots.
- A new Perspective Clone Tool has been added to GIMP.
For more detailed information, refer to the release note.
At the time of writing this blog, GIMP 2.4 was not ready for Windows. The source version was available.
Source: GIMP.
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