New version of GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is ready for linux users.

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(When Windows version ready, I post a news with links.)

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New features:

-Refreshed Look: New icon theme (Tango) more funny to work;

-Scalable Brushes: Now brushes could be scaled freely; (Little Tip: Go to File -> Preferences -> "Input Devices" -> "Input Controlers" and enter in config of you "Main Mouse Whell" enter in settings of it and set:
Scroll UP (Shift) to "Increase Brush Scale More", and
Scroll DOWN (Shift) to "Increase Brush Scale More",
now you just need Handle SHIFT + Scroll to change brush size );

-Selection Tools: Tool for selection has been improved, more easy to edit the selection;

-Foreground Select Tool: Just like "Extract" Photoshop tool, to select and remove Foregrounds and Backgrounds;

-Align Tool: Finnaly it easy to use!!!;

-Changes in menus: Well well, not too good, not too bad , but some menus has been moved like new color menu with color tools in same place;

-Improved display when zooming in or out: In old version we lose some of image info in zoom, now it has been fixed;

-Support for file formats: YES WE NOW COULD USE *.ABR (Adobe Photoshop) Brushes!!!! And some of other format has been edited and some formats has been improved;

-Fullscreen Editing: Fullscree has been modificated to be a workspace, no more just the visualization;

-Color Management and Soft-proofing: CMYK not ready yet... =/ but control of profile help so much. Check here to understand a little more: [link]

-New Crop Tool: like selection tool, crop has some new improvements to easy the task;

-Improved Printing: Printing now have some features to do the task, some options have been added and interface is more easy to use;

-Perspective Clone: The common clone tool now have a special variant to work in perspective;

-Lens Distortion: Some of problems with it in photos now have a filter in GIMP to help with that;

-JPEG quality: You can control the quality of JPEG to fit in photos;

-Various Other Improvements: Some of filters and toos has been improved to work fast and with more options Check it out!

(Source: [link] With my overview.)