GIMP 2.4.0 has been released. With a refreshed look and new features sets, GIMP is one step closer to being a true Photoshop replacement.

"The GIMP UI Redesign Team has created a blog to collect ideas for a new design of the most popular image manipulation program. Everyone is free to submit suggestions to be published in the blog. Will a new GUI finally get more users to choose The GIMP as their program of choice?"

"The first release candidate for Gimp 2.4 has been released. Among the many improvements in this upcoming version, new version of several of the most used tools and an improved interface with redesigned menus and new icons for tools. This version doesn't have support for images with more than 8 bit per color channel, the support will come with the version 2.6 of the Gimp."

Due to a regression in the PSD loader that was introduced with the 2.2.16 release, we had to roll out another release in the stable 2.2 series. The source code for version 2.2.17 of the GNU Image Manipulation Program is available from ftp.gimp.org.

GIMP 2.3.17 is a snapshot of current development towards GIMP 2.4. The source code can be downloaded from the usual places. Check the NEWS file for an overview of the changes in this release.