Gimp 2.7.3 is an image editor brings many new features and improvements as we have seen few features earlier in this post. Gimp 2.7.3 includes single window mode, new hybrid spinbutton/scale widget which takes less space in dockable dialogs, and working session managements. Gimp2.7.3 is a part of the development tree towards the stable release Gimp 2.8 will be released soon.
What’s new in Gimp 2.7.3 ” Key Features “
- Docking bars has been removed and replaced with overlayed highlights.
- Dockable menu has been moved to the tabs under window menu.
- Single Window Mode. How to Activate single window mode ” Window Menu then select single-window mode “.
- Layer groups, which helps to easily organize images in small parts.
- Enhanced text tool using on-canvas instead of using separated window.
- Tagging Gimp resources, you will be able to save used resources in XML file.
- Saving exist state of any tool as a preset and give it any name for later on usage.
- Non fixed canvas dialog sizes to adjust it as you wish.
- More compact user interface, thanks to look content button to layers, channel, path dialogs.
- Check Gimp 2.7.3 full changelog Here.
Gimp 2.7.3 is a development release, probably you will face bugs. check bugs section in the release notes for Gimp 2.7.3 Here for how to report these bugs.
Download Gimp 2.7.3
Check the development snapshot for version 2.7.3 Here.
Install Gimp 2.7.3 On Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal using PPA
Also PPA works on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot, Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, and Ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala.
Launchpad PPA named mrw-gimp-svn for matthaeus123
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gimp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gimp
Ok. Now take a look at the Gimp 2.7.3 splash screen, which you’ve posted in this article. It’s the very first thing that greets a user when they click on Gimp. Look at it for a moment. Just make sure your boss isn’t around when you do. That image is creepy, disturbing, NSFW, and just plain unprofessional. Image your wife or a kid sitting down to use Gimp after an update and being met with that image.
I’m hoping this image is just a childish and distasteful joke on the part of the developers since this is technically a “preview” or “unstable” build and not meant to be a stable release for the masses. But an image like that has no place being in the final stable release if Gimp has any hope of being taken seriously.
Ok, first of all the splash screen is cropped earlier from screenshot I captured, and I added above the screenshot for single-window mode screenshot. Second thing in the post i mentioned that this is ” a development release ” it’s not a stable. and other if you have any doubt about this release version, you always you can check the launchpad PPA link for “Matt Walker” and check building status for it.
Good Luck with your suspicions.
Nothing says “graphics editing” like a goat dominatrix. Does that goat (if it is a goat) have both an udder and horns? That’s…odd.
Then there’s the name, which is counterintuitive (like most FOSS), and offensive to handicapped persons everywhere.
But it is a great piece of software. Wouldn’t want to be without it. Looking forward to the stable release.
Completely screwed up my Gimp 2.6 on Natty 11.04 64bit. Can’t revert.
Well, it’s a development release!! so you probably have bugs! However if you need to get back last stable release 2.6. Remove the repository and reinstall the stable release comes with Natty repository.
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That image seems to be a (very) loose connection to goatse.cx. Is the GIMP dev team under the assumption only 4chan users use their stuff?
To all the people who whine about Gimp’s splash screen.. Stop trolling you bunch of conformists, your mediocrity disgusts me more! I rather see this splash screen, than some elf chick, android chick, or other barrage of garbage drowned in a disneyfied palette that you see on CG society..
Those are our only two choices: Disney or sadomasochism? I’m sure there’s some sort of middle ground that’s not overly “conformist.”
Also, conformists don’t use Linux. At all. Ever.
Is the wacom tablet working in Gimp 2.7.3 on ubuntu 10.04? It’s impossible to do any decent graphics without a working tablet!
What do I need to do to get the OpenRaster support in Ubuntu 11.04? It works in Windows XP but my Wacom Intuos3 doesn’t. In Ubuntu the tablet works but the OpenRaster support does not. Any ideas?
btw …I have to agree about the splash screen …unprofessional.
Thanks,Steve
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I’m using Ubuntu, thanks for sharing information how to get the development version using PPA. This latest one is great, it has better UI especially single-window-mode.