

The installer doesn't let you pick 32 or 64 bit. Then it takes a REALLY long time compared to GIMP 2.6 to actually perform the rotation. Now it will only rotate in certain increments, rounding to the nearest one it will actually do if you move off the dialog. You use to be able to set an arbitrary angle of rotation. GEGL library for transformations etc are a joke! They are slow and give less control than the old version of the function they replace. Here's what I found in a handful of hours of use. Firefox and GIMP are 2 open source projects that were so good when I think of what the developers have done to them I almost want to cry. I'm guessing the only reason others don't have issues is that they never open RAW files or do anything more than play with curves/levels, saturation and built in sharpening filters. I work as a computer programmer, have an IT degree, and play with all kinds of software in what free time I have. Instead of messing with Hubble Telescope data and blending images I spent at least 2.5 hours on this crud! Note that I'm no computer newbie. I spent hours discovering these and finding workarounds. I would say there's little right with it, especially on Windows. With the recent 2.8.2 update, there's little I would say a problem with GIMP.
