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After 6 long years, GIMP has finally released version 2.10 using the Generic Graphics Library (GEGL) for high bit depth processing. This release comes with a brand new interface, better integrated color management, a new unified transform tool for scaling, rotating, and correcting perspective, and many other improvements and tools.
takyon: More detailed release notes and NEWS file.
High bit depth support allows processing images with up to 32-bit per color channel precision and open/export PSD, TIFF, PNG, EXR, and RGBE files in their native fidelity. Additionally, FITS images can be opened with up to 64-bit per channel precision.
Multi-threading allows making use of multiple cores for processing. Not all features in GIMP make use of that, it's something we intend to work on further. A point of interest is that multi-threading happens through GEGL processing, but also in core GIMP itself, for instance to separate painting from display code.
GPU-side processing is still optional, but available for systems with stable OpenCL drivers.
[...] Some of the new GEGL-based filters are specifically targeted at photographers: Exposure, Shadows-Highlights, High-pass, Wavelet Decompose, Panorama Projection and others will be an important addition to your toolbox.
The WebP lossy image format, which is now supported by GIMP, was updated by Google to v1.0.0 on April 2.
(Score: 2) by qzm on Saturday April 28 2018, @06:31AM (1 child)
Ah yes, the 'proper' way.
Just install a plugin, which also needs another plugin, which works on some version/OS combinations of gimp and tends to be somewhat touchy (the python stuff.)
Then use the rather 'interesting' hotkey remap to get it hooked, along with hacking some xml files to hide the old menus (optional of course).
Or they could have just given people the freedom to decide if they wanted to use xcf by not forcing save to it, and perhaps kept some of their developer base, and not taken
over half a decade to move up one minor version number.
Yes, I know, endless complaining about something, but when you put a ton of work into a project then see it hijacked by people who appear to hate their own community,
and insist on doing stupid things 'because they know better' it makes you bitter.
(Score: 2) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Saturday April 28 2018, @08:13AM
Not my first choice, but better than any of gimp's options. My point was that a quickly installed kludge is at least as good as what the current gimp developers provide.
This would have been my preferred Plan A.
I never contributed directly to the project (not a coder, never got experienced enough to help with documentation) but I did get a few people to start using it - despite the name; I don't recommend it to anyone any more.
I'd like to get away from it because of fearless leader's attitude, but Krita doesn't yet do everything I need (or I haven't found it yet).
It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.