GIMP 2.8.4 has been released, bringing a lot of bug fixes und translation updates.

What’s new in GIMP 2.8.4?

Source: official NEWS file coming with GIMP

Core:

Move the OSX gimpdir to “~/Library/Application Support”

GUI:

Better names for the default filters in save and export

Make tool drawing (esp. the brush outline) much more responsive

Remember the “maximized” state across sessions

Simplify the splash image code a lot, makes it appear immediately again

Allow the text tool to start on an image without layers

Various fixes for text style attribute handling

Set unconfigured input devices to eraser if GTK+ says they are erasers

Make language selectable in Preferences on OSX

Libgimp:

Make libgimp drawable combo boxes aware of layer groups

Make sure plug-in windows appear on top on OSX

Fix item width in GimpPageSelector (used e.g. in PDF import)

Plug-ins:

Better default values in the Drop Shadow script

Fix a whole bunch of bugs in the BMP plug-in

plug-in On OSX , use the system’s screenshot utility

Installer:

Add Brazilian-Portuguese translation to the Windows installer

Source and build system:

Many improvements to the OSX bundle build system

bundle build system Support automake 1.13

General:

Lots of bug fixes

Lots of translation updates

Availability

The source code, Windows and Mac OS X builds are linked from our downloads page.