I put my unofficial Windows 64Bit version on:

Because of malware being found in SourceForge downloads, this link has been removed.


This version includes my personal enhancements:

- the plug-in windows show preview on the left, parameters on the right (original gimp: preview above, parameters below)
- LCMS 2, instead of LCMS 1
- Changed Paint brush size options: 250 instead of 1000. logarythmic increase instead of linear.
- Foreground extract: Matting (Jan Rueegg extension) added.
- dirty hack: Also the first Script fu window will appear in the foreground
- the positions of plug-in/script windows will be preserved (original gimp: the windows appear always in the center of screen)
- The file-open/file-save window is always in foreground. (original gimp: the window can be in background)
- if there is an open plug-in/script, deleting of the related layer/channel/vector/layer mask is not possible (in original gimp, it's possible, resulting in an error)
- it is compiled for speed, so some plug-ins may work faster than in original gimp

The version is 2.8.7, because after the official release, the version branch is changed to a new micro version. The source is actually the 2.8.6 source, just with my enhancements.

@Onkel Hatti

1 Python is included
2 and you have as separate download a utility to make it portable

i am correct ?

Hi Onkel Hatti

I'm creating a custom build for Ubuntu 64-bits

You could indicate your CFLAGS settings ?

Maybe --> CFLAGS="-march=native -O3"

Thanks

1. yes

2. No. The utility is included. If you use it: portable. If not: standard.

Onkel are you going to compile a version for 32 bit?

I use:

CPPFLAGS="-ffast-math -ftree-vectorize -I..........."

as optimization. I did't want to use a special computer architecture, I don't know the side effects.

Yes, thats right. I really don't know, how the developers realize this compatibility mode just by adding a "32" folder.
My version also can make use of 32Bit plug-ins, but you need all the necessary 32bit dll files and the plug-ins must go
in that folder with all of the 32bit dlls. If there is missed just one little dll, there will be errors, because the 32bit plug-in will
try to use the 64bit dll... - crash!
I agree, you sometimes need the 32bit mode, because there are plug-ins, that are not available for 64bit, especially mathmap.
Almost all the other plug-ins are available as 64bit version, so there is no need to use the 32bit pendent.
And I tried to compile mathmap for 64 bit, but I failed...

Not not only adding just a 32 folder, but including there also a bin, and lib folder with all exe and dll needed., i am sure of a folder where were also a "lib" and "bin" subfolder,

i believe Samj may give you more details if you ask , she is often on GC



Luckily usually in case will just crash the plugin not gimp , it happened to me several times to add 32bit plugin but miss some dll and then obviously the plugin crash
And can be fixed just adding the missed dll

As you can see, my solution also works.
I just created a folder with all of the dlls from the 32\bin folder of gimp, added the mathmap plug-in with the
required dlls and then added this folder as an additional plug-ins folder in my version of gimp.

Plug-ins try to load required dlls from the same directory, where the plug-in resides.
(maybe [it should be normel, if not, do it] the dot '.' must be the first entry in windows
"path" variable, so the current path is ALWAYS searched for anything first)
If the dll is not found, it uses the content of windows "path" variable,
and there is the "gimp\bin" directory found, where all the 64bit dlls are...

I forgot to mention: the picture shows my version of gimp-2.8.7, with 64bit, of course.

The closing window behaviour is new to gimp 2.8.6 and cannot be switched.
It is the normal behaviour of all programs.
I was familiar with the old behaviour, but I changed my view and now I see that it is really normal.

I put an unoffcial 32bit windows version on:

Because of malware being found in SourceForge downloads, this link has been removed.

Ok, thank you Onkel

Thank you.

I also want to thank you for adding the matting tool with the build.

Not sure if i am too keen on closing the program when clicking the upper right close button though.
If i have an image open i am used to closing there and then getting a save as dialog.
Guess i will have to get used to the entire program closing now.Or stay away from that button.

Corrected versions online.
It was a problem with my user-exits enhancements. I make use of a property, which was filled by file loading, but not when file creating.
So it was unknown when savin a file, so there was a segmentation fault.
Now it is also known when creating a file.

I attached just the new compiled exe files, for those, who do not want to load the whole package again.
Just put the decompressed files in the gimp/bin directory and overwrite the old ones.

Thank you Onkel.
Works perfect now.

Still have the problem/bug with the text looking the same using sans and monospace though.

i am trying the 64bit version,i used as portable and tried to add more path in Prefrence folder
Apparently "preference " does'nt work are sort of locked , the command inactive

I tried again, but now the preference windows is not more displayed

PS i am on windows 8

Windows 8 shouldn't care.
just replace the included in gimp\bin