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Popular open-source, cross-platform image editor GIMP 2.8.4 Portable<\/a> has been released for Windows PCs alongside the Mac binary of GIMP 2.8.4 FINAL<\/a>. The updates appear less than a week after the Windows and Linux binary builds were released<\/a>.<\/p>\n The update was a minor one, but many of the changes applied to the Mac build, including the moving of the program\u2019s gimpdir to the ~Library\\Application Support folder.<\/p>\n Those upgrading from GIMP 2.8.2 to 2.8.4 will need to open the Terminal application (it\u2019s under Applications\\Utilities) and type the following command before launching GIMP 2.8.4 for the first time:<\/p>\n mv ~\/Library\/GIMP ~\/Library\/Application\\ Support<\/p>\n Once done, you should be able to use GIMP with all existing preferences intact.<\/p>\n The portable build of GIMP allows Windows users to run the application without having to install it. It\u2019s accessible as a standalone portable build, or can be installed through the PortableApps.com Launcher<\/a>, a useful tool for organizing and accessing portable apps from a custom Start menu that appears above the Taskbar Notification area.<\/p>\n Those coming to GIMP for the first time may be put off a little by the app\u2019s use of multiple floating windows and toolbars. The good news is that since version 2.8, released last May, a single-window mode is available that groups everything together in a single window for ease of use and access. The option can be found under the Windows menu.<\/p>\n The GIMP community has also revealed a preliminary list of ideas it hopes to work on at Google\u2019s Summer of Code 2013 program should it participate, all of which will appear in a future release, potentially GIMP 2.10. They include improved selection tools, a collection of sophisticated image slicing tools for web designers, a full-featured OpenEXR plug-in and, most critically, the porting of more plug-ins to GEGL (Generic Graphics Library), which supports higher bit depth images and non-destructive editing.<\/p>\n GIMP 2.8.4 FINAL<\/a> is a free, open-source download for Windows, Mac and Linux. GIMP 2.8.4 Portable<\/a> is a free download for Windows only.<\/p>\n Popular open-source, cross-platform image editor GIMP 2.8.4 Portable has been released for Windows PCs alongside the Mac binary of GIMP 2.8.4 FINAL. The updates appear less than a week after the Windows and Linux binary builds were released. The update was a minor one, but many of the changes applied to the Mac build, including […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-642298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7432"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642298\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n<\/img><\/a>
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