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Graphics Software The Gimp

GIMP 3.0 Released (9to5linux.com) 21

Posted by BeauHD from the new-and-improved dept.
GIMP 3.0 has been released after over a decade of development. Highlights include a refined GTK3 interface with scroll wheel tab navigation, a new splash screen, improved HiDPI icon support, enhanced color management, a stable public API, and support for more file formats. 9to5Linux reports: GIMP 3.0 also brings improvements to non-destructive editing by introducing an optional "Merge Filters" checkbox at the bottom of NDE filters that merges down the filter immediately after it's committed, along with non-destructive filters on layer groups and the implementation of storing version of filters in GIMP's XCF project files. Among other noteworthy changes, the GEGL and babl components have been updated with new features and many improvements, such as Inner Glow, Bevel, and GEGL Styles filters, some plugins saw small enhancements, and it's now possible to export images with different settings while leaving the original image unchanged.

There's also a new PDB call that allows Script-Fu writers to use labels to specify filter properties, a brand new named-argument syntax, support for loading 16-bits-per-channel LAB PSD files, support for loading DDS images with BC7 support, early-binding CMYK support, and support for PSB and JPEG-XL image formats. On top of that, GIMP 3.0 introduces new auto-expanding layer boundary and snapping options, an updated search pop-up to show the menu path for all entries while making individual filters searchable, a revamped alignment tool, and support for "layer sets," replacing the older concept of linked layers. You can download GIMP 3.0 from the official website.

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  • refined GTK3 interface? (Score:5, Insightful)

    by OffTheLip ( 636691 ) on Monday March 17, 2025 @05:26PM (#65240765)
    If there is one area GIMP needs improving it is the interface. It is not an intuitive program to use and even understood tasks can be a struggle to accomplish. I'm hoping for improvement since the software is impressive.

    • There was PhotoGIMP, a set of patches that I think helped the user experience quite a bit. But getting someone to maintain an overhaul that is somewhat controversial is nigh impossible.

    • Having used Photoshop and many other creative and “DCC” applications such as Illustrator, InDesign, Nuke, Houdini, etc the user interface of GIMP was atrocious. Terrible to look at and terrible to use. Neither form nor function — the ultimate expression of programmer art and developer-centric mindset. It reeked of “Oh, I don’t use it or any of the competitors, just write the code for free. Icons and menus don’t really matter I use the terminal mostly.”

      From what

  • Great job! (Score:5, Interesting)

    by dynamo ( 6127 ) on Monday March 17, 2025 @05:34PM (#65240785) Journal

    This is a huge improvement over the old interface, it reminds me a lot of photoshop back from back before they charged a subscription. I can see how much work went into making that UI work smoothly. I've only been messing with it a little while, but for a .0.0 release, it's pretty nice.

    Excellent work, GIMP team!

    • This makes me interested in checking it out. My biggest gripe about GIMP has been the UI. Making it like the older version of Photoshop that a lot of people know before Adobe became rent-seeking assholes will get a lot more people to try it out.
    • Are you serious? It's barely even an interface. It's like someone sneezed a bunch of poorly-drawn icons onto a screen and called it a day. There's NOTHING good about the interface. It's an embarrassment. You know who uses graphic design software? GRAPHIC DESIGNERS. So we open the app after holding our nose at the terrible icon and go "holy shit!" and close it immediately. It's like opening a word processor with typos in the menus. If you're so unwilling to pay attention to the details, just quit.

  • I don't need anything as powerful as Photoshop so GIMP may be a nice alternative. The last time I tried GIMP (maybe 5 or 6 years ago) I found it to be very unintuitive and really hard to use. I've been trudging along with PhotoImpact X3 on a Windows 7 partition for way too long now. I'm hoping GIMP can help with this.

    • This version has got to be a LOT more powerful than 2.x because it has non destructive editing (aka layer effects) which is most of what makes Photoshop great. If they have improved the interface as much as they said they were going to this is truly massive. Can't wait to try it.

  • I cannot believe that Gimp 3.0 was released before Half Life 3!!!

    I honestly never thought this day would come.

    Is there still hope for Valve??

  • Announcing a GIMP release ⦠hours before other sites catch on!

    I always thought 3.0 was designated as the CMYK version. Iâ(TM)m glad to see at least the groundwork for it was a headline feature. But GIMP 3 to catch up to GTK3 also makes sense, with a dose of irony. Year of Linux desktop incoming!

    (Iâ(TM)m both trolling and wondering if there will be an official package added to Debian 12 because this is a big, necessary upgrade.)

  • ...who hate software. And other people.

  • The link at the start of the story goes to RC3 from Feb 10th. Why not the actual release post [gimp.org]?

  • is glimpse still a thing?

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