GIMP 2.8

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#1

Man, just wanted to express my displeasure with GIMP 2.8, what
a piece of worm ridden filth. Crashes, toolbars stuck and immovable.
A wretched mess.

#2

Good to know. Though not using it much I have that version too.
I better be prepared in saving my work every second.:slight_smile:

#3

> Good to know. Though not using it much I have that version too.
> I better be prepared in saving my work every second.:slight_smile:

Yes. I tried to do a simple copy>paste>edit and crashed it…repeatedly.
Gave up.

#4

>> Good to know. Though not using it much I have that version too.
>> I better be prepared in saving my work every second.:slight_smile:
>
> Yes. I tried to do a simple copy>paste>edit and crashed it…repeatedly.
> Gave up.

Just uninstalled 2.8.2 and went back to 2.6, I use GIMP daily. Can’t imagine
what they were thinking releasing this.

#5

On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:27:04 +0000, GofBorg wrote:

>>> Good to know. Though not using it much I have that version too.
>>> I better be prepared in saving my work every second.:slight_smile:
>>
>> Yes. I tried to do a simple copy>paste>edit and crashed
>> it…repeatedly.
>> Gave up.
>
> Just uninstalled 2.8.2 and went back to 2.6, I use GIMP daily. Can’t
> imagine what they were thinking releasing this.

I assume you reported those issues so they can be fixed, yes?

Jim

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#6

I tried doing some work in gimp not a big one
It’s a high res wood floor patterns to be used on 3d illustration.
So far so good with out crash.

#7

Had no crash with 2.8 but the export function really gets to me. I’ve used “save as png” for years.
Now I have this issue of hitting save, closing the dialogue and searching for export.
Must have happened like 30 times already, going to take a while before I get used to it.

#8

Can you give the following info?

  1. Which version of openSUSE
  2. Your computer specs (RAM, CPU/GPU, Screen drivers/resolution)
  3. Where you downloaded the GIMP package from

Thanks!

#9

Agreed. It does not make it any more clear either. Because it warns you on close ‘changes will be discarded’. I can see people now thinking ‘Did it really save!?’ :expressionless:

#10

Forgot to mention, I’ve managed to close the toolbox once and couldn’t find a way to open standard tool options again.
Opening a new toolbox with ctrl+b worked, but tool options were missing.
Had to clean ~/.gimp-2.8 to set defaults again, maybe a little extreme but it worked for me.
So I agree, it’s a mess. Not complete mess, but still feels like a factory version, not a release.

#11

> Can you give the following info?
>
> 1. Which version of openSUSE

OS 12.2

> 2. Your computer specs (RAM, CPU/GPU, Screen drivers/resolution)

Intel Core2 Quad Q9550@2.83Ghz
4GB Memory
nVidia 304.64 on GF9500GT
Dual monitors divided into seperate desktops @ 1440x900

> 3. Where you downloaded the GIMP package from

Came with OS 12.2 downloaded from opensuse.org.

#12

> Forgot to mention, I’ve managed to close the toolbox once and couldn’t
> find a way to open standard tool options again.
> Opening a new toolbox with ctrl+b worked, but tool options were
> missing.

Yep same happened to me. What you have to do is go under 'Windows>Dockable
Dialogs and sort out the ones you are missing. When you launch a ‘dockable
dialog’ it is also not intuitive how to get it into the actual toolbox. If
you try to drag the whole window into the toolbox you’ll just get
overlapping windows. What you have to do is drag the ‘tab’ in the new
‘dockable dialog’ into the toolbox then it will dock and destroy the
dockable dialog window. It works, just unclear.

Tried doing a text along path last night with it and what an experience that
was. Took forever to relearn how to do it and to top it off it truncates the
text to a limited length. Haven’t figured out what clicky bit is wrong to
cause that.

Sticking with my 2.6 version in a VM for most things at the moment.

#13

> GofBorg;2510847 Wrote:
>> Man, just wanted to express my displeasure with GIMP 2.8, what
>> a piece of worm ridden filth. Crashes, toolbars stuck and immovable.
>> A wretched mess.

As far as the stuck toolbox goes, what I had to do to remedy that was
destroy all open toolboxes and dialogs and reopen new ones. The main
toolbox was stuck in the middle of the screen along the top edge and
would not move. Tried numerous ways of selecting it to move it.

#14

If you accidentally closed the tool dock or tool box whatever it is called, the way to get it back is to
click

windows-recently closed docks and click the dock that was closed

Doing this, the dock will show but is detached from the main gimp gui.
If you want it to get to the single window mode if you are using it
uncheck the box of single window mode and check it again.

#15

Thanks, had no idea about recently closed windows option.
My main problem was with docking the tool options to a new toolbox, that’s when I’ve decided to reset to default.
Now it’s clear to me I should have docked the tool options tab and not the window.

#16

Now having serious problem with this gimp 2.8.
There is no way to re-size the customized brush.
Even If I increase it to the maximum the same tiny brush
doesn’t increase the size.
Going back now to 2.6, I can’t stand it plus the slowness is bad.

#17

> Now having serious problem with this gimp 2.8.
> There is no way to re-size the customized brush.
> Even If I increase it to the maximum the same tiny brush
> doesn’t increase the size.
> Going back now to 2.6, I can’t stand it plus the slowness is bad.

Yep. I did the same thing. Terrible release.
The brush handling is flexible, but horrible without
the old default brushes.

#18

On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:06:01 GMT
conram <conram@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

>
> Now having serious problem with this gimp 2.8.
> There is no way to re-size the customized brush.
> Even If I increase it to the maximum the same tiny brush
> doesn’t increase the size.
> Going back now to 2.6, I can’t stand it plus the slowness is bad.
>
>

I wonder whether this upgrade might help your problem with brushwork?

Overview of Changes from GIMP 2.8.2 to GIMP 2.8.4

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

General:

  • Lots of bug fixes
  • Lots of translation updates

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#19

Thanks for the suggestion.
I am back to the 2.8 again, this time I am probably be a happy camper
There could be some updates or maybe my last installation of gimp plus adding
some plugins from the repo made the brush resizing worked.:slight_smile: