Re: gimp 2.8

>     You might want to just skip the 2.2 and 2.4 tutorials and move to
>     the tutorials for 2.6+  There are a lot less cosmetic/placement
>     issues between those versions.  If you are serious about learning
>     it, once you get a grasp of the basics, it will be possible to watch
>     Photoshop tutorials and do the same thing in the gimp, since the
>     tools are usually there and the names are usually the same or
>     similar.  If not, a quick search on Google will tell you the
>     equivalent GIMP name

>     Brian Cluff