GIMP News

Google Summer of Code 2008

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:12:44 GMT

Here is your chance to join GIMP development: GIMP has been accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2008. Check the proposals, come up with your own ideas, talk to the developers on the mailing list or IRC, and sign up for work!

Libre Graphics Meeting 2008

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:35:30 GMT

The 3rd annual Libre Graphics Meeting will be held in Wrocław, Poland May 8 - 11. The conference brings together developers and users of free software graphics applications, such as GIMP, Inkscape, Scribus, Blender, Krita, the Open Clipart Library and more.

We are trying to raise USD$ 20,000 in the next 16 days before Friday, April 18th in order to support the conference and to help developers with travel and accommodation costs.

GIMP User Manual 2.4.1 released

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:48:58 GMT

A new release of the user manual is available:

new translations: Lithuanian, Polish
new content, spelling and grammar fixes for German, French, Italian, Norwegian, Korean, Spanish, Russian, English
updated quick reference translations: German, English, French, Russian, Swedish, Italian

The source files of gimp-help-2.4.1 can be downloaded from ftp.gimp.org. You will notice that the tarball is a lot smaller than the previous releases as we optimized the screen-shots.

Users should wait until this release has been packaged in a pre-compiled form for their platform. Find more information about our goals and how you can help at docs.gimp.org.

GIMP 2.5 Development Snapshot

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:34:44 GMT

GIMP 2.5.0 is the first release from the 2.5 development series. It gives developers and interested users a view into the current development towards GIMP 2.6. If you want to give this release a try, please make sure you read the Release Notes for GIMP 2.5.

GIMP 2.4.6 Released

Fri, 30 May 2008 07:26:32 GMT

GIMP 2.4.6 is a bug-fix release in the stable 2.4 series. Please see the NEWS file for a list of changes. The source can be downloaded from ftp.gimp.org. Binary packages should become available soon; please check the Downloads section.

GIMP 2.5.1 Released

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:19:32 GMT

GIMP 2.5.1 is another snapshot from the 2.5 development series. It gives developers and interested users a view into the current development towards GIMP 2.6. The changes in GIMP 2.5 are listed in the NEWS file.

If you want to give this development snapshot a try, please make sure you read the Release Notes for GIMP 2.5.

GIMP 2.5.2 Development Release

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:37:28 GMT

Getting closer to GIMP 2.6, the GIMP developers released another snapshot from the 2.5 development series. The NEWS file has a summary of the changes.