Good news. Thank you.

Not really good news Erisian; only thing that got fixed apparently is the tif bug. Jpeg file save preview size option still shows 1.3G (i.e., error), and you can't have both PSPI and User Filter paths simultaneously. Oh well. Posted at GIMPUsers on that thread alc59; just call me the dissapointed. Doesn't look like the gimprc conflict issue will ever get patched so sad for me.

Sorry to hear that Lyle. I haven't downloaded 2.8 yet - I think I'm going to see what others think before I do.

It's still worth it for the TIF patch Erisian. I actually completely removed rc1 (not the user .gimp2.8 directory of course; just the program) and installed the full 2.8 64-bit release so I know they fixed the TIF bug. Since I do like mm's sigmoidal contrast plugin, I'm happy that at least I don't have to use the hack anymore to get this plugin to work, but mm's labcurves plugin still bugs out, so I added a comment at Mickey's thread at the registry and hope he will find a work-a-round to it since labcurves is a cool plugin in (both need TIF; wish Mickey would have used PNG. lol). As for the jpeg preview size, I like using RIOT's plugin for saving JPEGs and PNGs anyway, so I don't need that feature. Again, I don't usually paint so haven't checked to see if the brush drag issue when color management is enabled still exists or not, but I believe someone else said that it still does. I'd rather wish the developers would have waited to get a few more bugs patched before releasing 2.8. I'm patient. lol

Better an old Gimp than a buggy Gimp.

Thanks for the heads up.
How does it run?

After the initial launch, it appears to run quick after the re-launch Rod; very quick launch as was rc1. I just verified that brush lag still exists when you edit large (not that large) images anyway. Even resizing the image to 640pix width by 642pix height (the test image I am using) still showed signifcant lag when choosing a brush size at 100px. Again, at least TIF bug has been nipped in the bud.

I installed and immediately found problems while attempting to setup my Wacom tablet in the preferences.

Tried a bunch of times to enable it. Each time the result was gimp freezing. Disappointing to say the least.

Lyle, are you saying this new Gimp 2.8 still has problems. I just came over to Windows ready to install it. I want the 64-bit and don't see it.