GIMP 2.0 pre1

The first pre-release for the upcoming 2.0 version of the GIMP is now available for download from ftp://ftp.gimp.org
or from one of the mirrors listed at http://gimp.org/download.html

Not everything is in its final state, but we think this is close to a final 2.0 release. Your feedback will help make the 2.0 release even better, and we particularly appreciate testing efforts. New bugs can be reported to us at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/

Please note that the GIMP 2.0 installs side-by-side with the GIMP 1.2, so there is no need to uninstall your older GIMP.

Happy GIMPing....... Dave.

Overview of Changes in GIMP 2.0 pre1

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- Replaced old "About" dialog [Simon]

- Allow removal of text attributes from text layer [Sven]

- Add optimisation option to png (clear transparent pixels) [Joao]

- Add POSIX shared memory implementation, and use it on MacOS X [Yosh]

- Dashed selection and path stroking [Simon]

- Grey picker in Levels dialog conserves lightness [Bolsh]

- Created a library for handling thumbnails [Sven]

- Support for multipage TIFFs [Andrey Kiselev]

- Added a channel mixer plug-in [Martin Guldahl, Yosh]

- PDB cleanup and compatibility mode [Mitch]

- Cleaned up libgimp API [David Odin]

- Lots of bug fixes

Other contributors:

Adam Moss, Jakub Steiner, Helvetix Victorinox, Pedro Gimeno, Adrian Bunk, Abel Cheung, Maurits Rijk, Ville Pa:tsi, Marco Munari, Shlomi Fish, Jakub Steiner, Raphael Quinet, David Gowers, Michael Schumacher