Hi all,

The first pre-release for the upcoming 2.0 version of the GIMP is now available for download from

ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.0/testing/

or from one of the mirrors listed at http://gimp.org/download.html

Not everything is in its final state, but we think this is close to a final 2.0 release. Your feedback will help make the 2.0 release even better, and we particularly appreciate testing efforts. New bugs can be reported to us at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/

Please note that the GIMP 2.0 installs side-by-side with the GIMP 1.2, so there is no need to uninstall your older GIMP.

Happy GIMPing, Dave.

Overview of Changes in GIMP 2.0 pre1 ==================================
- Replaced old "About" dialog [Simon] - Allow removal of text attributes from text layer [Sven] - Add optimisation option to png (clear transparent pixels) [Joao] - Add POSIX shared memory implementation, and use it on MacOS X [Yosh] - Dashed selection and path stroking [Simon] - Grey picker in Levels dialog conserves lightness [Bolsh] - Created a library for handling thumbnails [Sven] - Support for multipage TIFFs [Andrey Kiselev] - Added a channel mixer plug-in [Martin Guldahl, Yosh] - PDB cleanup and compatibility mode [Mitch] - Cleaned up libgimp API [David Odin] - Lots of bug fixes

Other contributors: Adam Moss, Jakub Steiner, Helvetix Victorinox, Pedro Gimeno, Adrian Bunk, Abel Cheung, Maurits Rijk, Ville Pätsi, Marco Munari, Shlomi Fish, Jakub Steiner, Raphaël Quinet, David Gowers, Michael Schumacher