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GIMP 2.8 Script-FUs is a collection of more than 100 scripts, initially created for GIMP 2.4, that have been fixed/updated recently to work with the latest GIMP 2.8. Besides filters and effects, there are also some scripts that allow you to easily create a calendar, create a CD label, add watermark and more.

A quick update for those of you who are using GIMP 2.8 under Ubuntu 12.04 or 11.10: Otto's PPA which you've probably used to install GIMP 2.8 has been updated recently and it now includes GIMP Plugin Registry, recompiled to work with GIMP 2.8 (see how to install GIMP 2.8 in Ubuntu, HERE).

GIMP Plugin Registry is a collection of hundreds of plugins for GIMP which includes GIMP FX Foundry (a huge collection of scripts for GIMP), Liquid-Rescale, Safe For Web, Separate+, Elsamuko (which includes effects such as "Obama Hope", "Movie 300", antique photo border and more), Warming and Cooling Filters and others.

After more than three years of development, GIMP 2.8 stable is finally available for download. The new version brings the long-awaited single-window mode (optional; you can still use multiple windows) as well as some other cool new features like on-canvas text editing, multi-column dock windows, a new set of brushes and many other features and improvements.

There's no official announcement for the latest GIMP 2.8 yet, but you can download the source from its FTP servers. Update: GIMP 2.8 has been officially released.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install gimp

Use this PPA at your own risk as it comes with no guarantees.

• Delete /opt/gimp-2.8 folder
• Delete file .local/share/applications/gimp2.8RC1.desktop

To install GIMP 2.8 in Ubuntu 12.04, run the following commands:

GIMP Plugin Registry is a collection of plugins for GIMP image editor, available as a Debian package. Some of the included plugins: Film Grain, El Samuko GIMP Scripts (which includes effects such as "Obama Hope, Movie 300", antique photo border and more), GIMP FX Foundry (a huge collection of scripts for GIMP), Liquid Rescale, Save for Web plugin, Refocus, X11 Mouse Cursor, Warming and Cooling Filters and lots more.

GIMP from SVN (2.7.x) comes with a built-in single-window mode (can be disabled) but I find it unstable sometimes so I prefer to use the stable GIMP 2.6.x, especially since there are so many goodies you can use to enhance it, like GIMP Painter and GIMP Paint Studio, G'MIC or the GIMP Plugin Registry package.

So if you want to use the stable GIMP 2.6.x (tested with GIMP 2.6.11 under Ubuntu 11.04) and still get a single-window mode in GIMP, here's how to do it using a script called GIMPBox.

GIMPBox is a python script which wraps all the GIMP windows into one window. It does not modify GIMP and you use it by changing the GIMP shortcut to launch GIMPBox instead of GIMP. You can open multiple images at the time thanks to a tab bar that GIMPBox will display at the bottom of the window (the tabs include previews too).