Download GIMP 2.8.2

An update to version 2.8 of the open source photo editing program GIMP has been released. The name GIMP is an abbreviation for ‘GNU Image Manipulation Program’. The software is available for various operating systems, including Windows, FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris. The source code is already available for download, binaries for the different operating systems will follow soon. Version 2.8 includes improvements in the user interface, layers can now be grouped, the text tool has been greatly improved and gl almost completely integrated. This update mainly brings mainly bug fixes.

GIMP 2.8.2 Released

We’ve just released GIMP 2.8.2, the first update to the new stable version of GIMP. The update brings several dozens of fixes to various issues of all scales.

Most notorious bugs fixed are: not being able to remember JPEG saving options, slow canvas redraw, not showing page setup options on Windows. There’s also a workaround for the bug that used to cause showing incorrect file size values ​​on Windows. For the complete list of changes please see the NEWS file.

Additionally we did a lot of work to make a native build of GIMP for Mac a possibility. The official GIMP.app will be available soon. Windows installers of v2.8.2 will be available from the usual location shortly.

Beginning with this version we are also switching to a new versions numbering scheme. Final releases now always have even number of the micro version, and the versions in Git always have an odd number.

Gimp screenshot, click on the image for a larger version.