The big deal for me is the expected brush improvements. Dynamic brush scaling and rotation, tied to tablet pressure/angle, etc. should make many things easier.
-Rob A>
and find some interesting notes here : http://www.gimpusers.com/forums/gimp....html#msg53773
Still 8 bit color for 2.8 it sounds... as more of the GEGL stuff needs to be meshed into the base...
but here's something interesting...
Sounds like 3 will have a better built native file, making for a more powerful system and hopefully a less resource intensive on really big stuff...Originally Posted by David Gowers
They also seem to be in a hurry to push 2.8 out the door, but I find much about the differences between 2.8 and 2.6.x
The big deal for me is the expected brush improvements. Dynamic brush scaling and rotation, tied to tablet pressure/angle, etc. should make many things easier.
-Rob A>
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