Download The GIMP 2.2.16

Yesterday, with jersey number 2.2.16, a new version was released in the stable branch of the GNU Image Manipulation Program, also popularly referred to as the GIMP. This photo editing program is considered by many to be the open source counterpart of Adobe Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro. At the moment only the source code is available, installation packages for Windows and Mac OS X, among others, will be available soon. The changelog of this release shows the following bug fixes:

Bugs fixed in GIMP 2.2.16

• improved input value validation in several file plug-ins (bug #453973)
• improved handling of corrupt or invalid XCF files
• guard against integer overflows in several file plugins (bug #451379)
• fixed handling of background alpha channel in XCF files (bug #443097)
• improved forward compatibility of the config parser
• fixed crash when previewing some animated brushes (bug #446005)

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