GIMP 2.8 Will Sport a Redesigned UI

ceswiedler writes "Ars Technica's Ryan Paul previews the upcoming release of the GIMP. It will include a single-window mode where the user can dock toolbar windows and switch between images via tabs. There are other improvements as well, including docking support in multi-window mode and improvements to the text tool." To get this early preview, Paul compiled version 2.7.1 from the active development branch, along with its dependencies.

Masks

[Anonymous Coward]

Will GIMP finally get support for masks?

Looks good

[srussia]

But some of the screenshots look Photoshopped.

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Re:Smartest workflow move ....ever!

[Anonymous Coward]

Blender is incredibly powerfull if you take a year to learn it....
Without it weird ui it would not be as migthy

Re:Forget the UI, change the name

[domatic]

Let me make some suggestions then:

Professional Image Manipulation Program
Streamlined Image Manipulation Program
Windowed Image Manipulation Program
Lightspeed Image Manipulation Program

I would think all the pros would just leap at the change to PIMP their graphics.