New GIMP 2.8.4: featuring lots of bug fixes and translation updates.


Pending the Pre-built binaries for Mac, since February, 05, 2013 GIMP 2.8.4 is ready.

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:

Core:

 - 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

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