GIMP 2.8.6 released.

Odinbc · **Posted:** Mon Jun 24, 2013 11:58 am **(#21)**

Thanks for the heads-up!

I tested Gimp 2.8.6 with, G'MIC, PSPI, GAP, GEGL and MrQ manager, no issues yet!
I can't remember, is the File | Close View | Save as & Close without saving option new?

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12822

pogogogo wrote:

Gimp 2.8.6 windows is ready.... http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-wi ... P%202.8.6/

Yeah; I got a heads up from a newsletter from GIMPUsers and installed it when I got home from work. G'MIC still works (which is all that matters to me; lol).

PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

pogogogo wrote:

Gimp 2.8.6 windows is ready.... http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-wi ... P%202.8.6/

Sort of ready, something is ready but is not specified if is a 32 or a 64bit version

If not specified it is usually a 32bit build, that will work even on 64bit machine but with severe limitation (i.e. if you install in a computer with 10GB Ram, gimp would be able to access and use only a little part of it )

and since most of laptop and desktop are now at 64bit and graphic edit may require a lot of ram , it may be the case wait for a 64bit version

Personally i hope for a 64bit portable version ... :cool

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12822

I believe the Windows installer is both PC. If you have a 64-bit OS, it will install the 64-bit version of GIMP.

PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

Maybe you are right and they only forgot to advice about

did you already installed ?

Odinbc · **Posted:** Mon Jun 24, 2013 1:38 pm **(#26)**

This doesn't give 32 or 64-bit info but here's my Win32, -v output.
GNU Image Manipulation Program version 2.8.6
git-describe: Unknown, shouldn't happen

using GEGL version 0.2.0 (compiled against version 0.2.0)
using GLib version 2.36.1 (compiled against version 2.36.1)
using GdkPixbuf version 2.28.0 (compiled against version 2.28.0)
using GTK+ version 2.24.18 (compiled against version 2.24.18)
using Pango version 1.34.0 (compiled against version 1.34.0)
using Fontconfig version 2.10.92 (compiled against version 2.10.92)
using Cairo version 1.10.2 (compiled against version 1.10.2)

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12822

PhotoComix wrote:

Maybe you are right and they only forgot to advice about

did you already installed ?

Yes I did PC and it installed in my program files directory and not my program files (x86) directory.

Graechan · **Posted:** Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:58 pm **(#28)**

Everything still works :yes

Gmic

MathMap

Userfilter

Photoshop plugins

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16142

pogogogo wrote:

Gimp 2.8.6 windows is ready.... http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-wi ... P%202.8.6/

Does the installer still remove all other installed versions of Gimp including gimp-2.6.12?

Franzi · **Joined:** Jun 25, 2013 **Posts:** 2

Hi there,

why is the fontconfig folder now defaulting to the TEMP variable in Windows?

With 2.8.4 the fontconfig was in %APPDATA%\LOCAL\

This is kinda breaking GIMP for me as I have the TEMP variable pointed to a RAMDisk. GIMP is also crashing if the folder doesn't exist after a restart. Is there any way to set it back like it was in 2.8.4?

Thanks in advance and kind regards.

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12822

One other cool observation. The font preview appears be right now. However, I still don't have pi back (symbol font). Oh well. lol

Odinbc · **Posted:** Tue Jun 25, 2013 5:40 pm **(#32)**

Franzi wrote:

Hi there,
why is the fontconfig folder now defaulting to the TEMP variable in Windows?
With 2.8.4 the fontconfig was in %APPDATA%\LOCAL\...

My Win32, Gimp 2.8.6 (official build).
C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\share\xml\fontconfig\
C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\etc\fonts\fonts.conf

Franzi · **Joined:** Jun 25, 2013 **Posts:** 2

Odinbc wrote:

C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\etc\fonts\fonts.conf

Thanks. I believe changing:

<cachedir>WINDOWSTEMPDIR_FONTCONFIG_CACHE</cachedir>

to

<cachedir>LOCAL_APPDATA_FONTCONFIG_CACHE</cachedir>

in the C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\etc\fonts\fonts.conf file should do the trick.

Any info why this change was made and if its ok to change it back manually would me much appreciated.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16142

Does this installer still remove all other gimp installs?

Graechan · **Posted:** Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:59 pm **(#35)**

Rod the installer only replaced the 2-8-2 I had in C:/program files, I did not interfere with any of my other Installed Gimps

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16142

Graechan wrote:

Rod the installer only replaced the 2-8-2 I had in C:/program files, I did not interfere with any of my other Installed Gimps

Thanks Graechan. I think i will wait for Partha's build. :bigthup

GnuTux · **Posted:** Tue Jun 25, 2013 9:53 pm **(#37)**

I just installed this version and it kinda screwed up my menu layout.

In single Widow Mode, when I set the pattern tab to "view as grid", it stretches it way out and I can't use my mouse to drag it back to where I want it. It seems like there is a hard minimum number of horizontal patterns in a row, which is 17 at the default preview size. :mrgreen:

It's the same with gradients. The minimum is 11 at the default preview size.

Must be a new bug in single window mode. I can just go with "list view" so it's no biggie.

akky · **Joined:** Apr 09, 2011 **Posts:** 1764

havent seen a mac version yet.

Brogun · **Joined:** Apr 29, 2012 **Posts:** 110

Good news for windows users like me : the insane tearing and slowdown when you were panning your images has been fixed.
To test if i wasn't dreaming, i loaded a 2048x2048 texture i have worked on in 2.8.4 and had me nearly throwing my monitor through the window due to how annoying the problem was and .. wow ... no tearing and no lag at all
I started to pan at high speed with moving my mouse all over my desk to check and no, still no slowdown or tearing.

I nearly had a little tear of joy in the corner of my old eye

Fantastic work at fixing this one, it was the only real problem i had with the 2.7 and 2.8 serie, but now with 2.8.6 i'm a happy window user again, like i was with 2.6.x

Oh and i downloaded the one linked on the gimp.org website in case the other links point to a different build, this one is really solid for window users :
http://www.gimp.org/downloads/

Clash · **Joined:** Jun 12, 2013 **Posts:** 12

nice, brush issues