6. Vad är nytt i GIMP 2.4?
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## 6. Vad är nytt i GIMP 2.4?

Uppfräschat utseende

  Ett helt nytt ikontema har skapats för 2.4. Ikonerna följer Tango-projektets regelverk, vilket innebär att GIMP inte känns felplacerat var det än körs. Oavsett om du kör GIMP på Microsoft Windows, MAC OS X eller Linux (GNOME, KDE eller Xfce) så ger GIMP ett välpolerat och konsistent intryck.

  Figur A.1. New Look of the toolbox in GIMP 2.4

  Dessutom är ikonerna lättare att använda på mörka fönsterteman, en vanlig inställning hos digital-konstnärer.

  För konstnärer som föredrar mer avmättade färgteman på sina ikoner finne ett alternativt tema tillgängligt för nerladdning [JIMMAC01].

Skalbara penslar

  Verktygsalternativen inkluderar numera justerbara penselstorlekar som påverkar både parametriska och punktbaserade penslar. En av både digitalmålare och bildredigerare efterfrågad funktion.

  Figur A.2. Skalbara penslar i GIMP 2.4

  Till skillnad från tidigare versioner av GIMP kan du, oavsett om du använder en bitmappspensel, parametrisk pensel eller tom ett bildrör (multippla bitmappar), lätt justera penselstorleken med antingen verktygsalternativet dockad justering eller med externa enheter som MIDI-slider, puckar eller USB-enheter som Griffin Powermate.

Markeringsverktyg

  Markeringsverktygen är helt omskrivna för att tillåta storleksförändring av befintliga markeringar. Dessutom ingår i verktyget för rektangulära markeringar en möjlighet att skapa runda hörn, en av webbdesigners mycket efterfrågad funktion.

  Figur A.3. Markeringsverktyg i GIMP 2.4

  The learning curve for the tools has been flattened as the key functionality is available without obscure shortcuts that confused GIMP beginners. Most of the existing shortcuts still work, but the functionality is either available through the tool options or made obsolete due to the interactive move and resize on canvas.

  While the tools have been redesigned to make them easier to understand for the newbies, all the former functionality is there. You can still constrain aspect ratios or specific sizes.

Foreground Select Tool

  Selecting individual objects on images is easier now with a new foreground select tool. It is done in two steps. First, you make select region of interest which contains the entire object. Then you paint over selected area with a brush, not crossing object’s border. Release mouse button when you’re done and look, if there are dark blue spots on your objects. If there are some, paint with a brush over them again and release to refine selection. When there are no more blue areas inside the object, press Enter and there you have a perfectly selected object.

Align Tool

  While GIMP has provided a grid and guideline functionality, the actual alignment of objects had to be done manually. A new tool comes at rescue ...

Changes in menus

  Most notable is the new top-level Color menu that accumulates most tools, plug-ins and scripts that adjust colors in RGB/Grayscale mode and color palettes in Indexed mode. So now you can reach functions like Levels or Curves much faster than before, unless you define your own keyboard shortcuts for them using the improved keyboard shortcuts manager.

  In the new version of GIMP, some menu entries have changed their names and position. It was done mostly to simplify learning curve and improve user experience. After all, "HSV Noise" and "RGB Noise" sound more meaningful than "Scatter HSV" and "Scatter RGB", don't they? And status bar hints for all plug-ins and scripts are quite helpful too.

Support for file formats

  - Support for Photoshop ABR brush format;

  - Improved reading/writing EXIF in JPEG;

  - Importing clipping paths in TIFF;

  - Layer masks can be saved to PSD;

  - 16/32 bit bitmaps and alpha-channel support in BMP;

  - 24 bit and Vista icons can be opened and saved.

Fullscreen Editing

  The fullscreen mode has been improved to not only allow getting a full scale preview of the artwork, but also allow comfortable editing. The artist has maximum screen estate available while all functionality is quickly accessible by pressing the Tab key (toggles visibility of all docks) when working fullscreen.

  Whether painting or touching up photos, fullscreen editing keeps all the distracting elements out of sight on a key press. It's like observing stars in a field as opposed to a light-polluted city.

Color Management and Soft-proofing

  GIMP now provides full support for color profiles allowing precise color modification throughout the whole ”digital darkroom” process.

  Figur A.4. Färghantering i GIMP 2.4

New Crop Tool

  Just like the selection tools, the new crop tool has been enhanced since the last release. The resize handles actually resize the crop rectangle instead of providing both resize and move functionality. The tool behaves more naturally and consistently with other GIMP tools. For details see Avsnitt 4.4, ”Beskär”.

  To move, simply drag the rectangle clicking within the area. Resizing is possible in one or two axes at the same time dragging the handle-bars on the sides and corners. The outside area is darkened with a nice passepartout effect to better get the idea of how the final crop will look like.

Red Eye Removal

  While numerous red-eye workflows exist already, GIMP now features a very convenient auto-magic filter to remove red eye from your shots.

Healing Brush

  The healing brush is a new tool, similar in the working of the clone tool, that permits to quickly fix small defects or imperfections due to scratching or dust. In fact the tool is smart enough to being able to understand where and how to modify an image to cure these defects based on image color context.

Perspective Clone

  Here is another clone-like new tool that is able to adapt the destination geometry, instead of color as does the healing brush, based on preselected distortion settings. As the name suggests, perfect when copying images blocks with some type of prospective changes.

Lens Distortion

  A very common problem exposing itself especially when using cheaper lenses is barrel distortion and vignetting. Luckily GIMP provides a brand new filter to compensate for both problems. Saving photographer's pocket is our mission!

Olika andra förbättringar

  In addition to all the above, GIMP has been improved in other areas such as:

  - Better status information for tools in the window status bar.

  - Various speedups in composing functions and gradient drawing.

  - Zoomable preview widget for plugins.

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