New GIMP 2.8.4: featuring lots of bug fixes and translation updates.
In fact GIMP 2.8.4 is a
release in the stable GIMP 2.8 series featuring lots of bug fixes and
translation updates.
Therefore the overview of changes from GIMP 2.8.2 to
GIMP 2.8.4 includes:
- Move the OSX
gimpdir to "~/Library/Application Support"
GUI:
- Better names
for the default filters in save and export
- Make tool
drawing (esp. the brush outline) much more responsive
- Remember the
"maximized" state across sessions
- Simplify the
splash image code a lot, makes it appear immediately again
- Allow the
text tool to start on an image without layers
- Various fixes
for text style attribute handling
- Set
unconfigured input devices to eraser if GTK+ says they are erasers
- Make language
selectable in Preferences on OSX
Libgimp:
- Make libgimp drawable
combo boxes aware of layer groups
- Make sure
plug-in windows appear on top on OSX
- Fix item
width in GimpPageSelector (used e.g. in PDF import)
Plug-ins:
- Better
default values in the Drop Shadow script
- Fix a whole
bunch of bugs in the BMP plug-in
- On OSX, use
the system's screenshot utility
Installer:
- Add
Brazilian-Portuguese translation to the Windows installer
Source and build system:
- Many
improvements to the OSX bundle build system
- Support
automake 1.13
