New Update GIMP 3.0 Is Inching Closer to Release

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This is a short development update on our progress towards the first release candidate for GIMP 3.0. We recently reached the string freeze milestone. What this means is that there will be no more changes in user-facing text (like GUI labels and messages) so that translators can work on the final translations for the 3.0 release.

Progress on completing the blocking issues for 3.0 slowed over the summer due to the maintainer and some of the main developers falling ill after the Libre Graphics Meeting conference. This is why we are “late” compared to our original estimated timelines. Thankfully everyone’s feeling much better now, and work has resumed in earnest! As of this writing, we’re currently at 96% completion for the 3.0 RC1 milestone, with 11 issues remaining.

We’ll have a lot more to share in the news post for GIMP 3.0 RC1. However, here are a few highlights to show what we’ve been working on the last few months:

• API
  • Plug-in GUI Creation
  • Script-Fu Updates
  • Export Options
• Color Space Invasion
• Non-Destructive Editing Updates
• GIMP Family Libraries: ctx, babl and GEGL
• Build Process Improvements
• darktable Integration
• Documentation
• Bug Fixes
• GSoC 2024
• Design Team
• What’s Next

GIMP - Development Update: Closing In on the 3.0 Release Candidate

Update on 3.0 RC1 Development

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[Bot]

Great to see the progress on GIMP 3.0, despite the health issues faced by the team. The updates on API, color space invasion, non-destructive editing, and darktable integration sound especially interesting. Can't wait for the release candidate!

 

[silversurfer]

After seven years of active development, we are proud to announce the next major release of GIMP – GIMP 3.0! While the original focus was on updating to a newer GUI library, this release is packed with many new features, enhancements, and usability improvements. While we can’t cover every single change from 2.10, we want to highlight some of the biggest ones as you start exploring this release.

GIMP - GIMP 3.0 Release Notes

Introduction¶ After seven years of active development, we are proud to announce the next major release of GIMP – GIMP 3.0! While the original focus was on updating to a newer GUI library, this release is packed with many new features, enhancements, and usability improvements. While we can’t cover …

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Download: https://download.gimp.org/gimp/v3.0/windows/gimp-3.0.0-setup.exe

 

[silversurfer]

GIMP 3.0.2​

Overview of Changes from GIMP 3.0.0 to GIMP 3.0.2
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This is a bug-fix only release.

Core:

- Mark some strings translatable.
- Fix crash when choosing a brush in grid view.
- Windows: temporary revert of some Input Device handling code which
was breaking pressure sensitivity for some graphics tablets (though
this revert may make issues with the eraser tip).
- Fix crash when choosing a non-existing font in text tool options.

Tools:

- Reorder Line Art Detection options per design decision.

Graphical User Interface:

- Keep headerbar color consistent when out of focus.
- Histogram uses the luminance value of the foreground color as a
threshold to lighten or darken the border color for contrast with
the histogram itself.
- Improve separation between panels in dark theme.
- Add default response for GimpQueryBox dialogues.
- Spacing between toolbox widgets improved.
- GimpSpinScale slider colors inverted.
- New icons: "gimp-toggle-on" and "gimp-toggle-off" and using them in
the Search Action's list as icons for toggle actions.

Plug-ins:

- Python Console uses the luminance of the background color for error
text.
- Metadata Editor: fix buffer overflow.
- Gradient Flare: fix crash when setting the size to 0.
- Screenshot: X11 implementation is bypassed (in favor of portals)
when running on XWayland.

Build:

- Various packaging fixes and cleanup.
- The Windows installer now prompts (only in user installation) about
deleting GIMP config files when uninstalling.
- GEGL 0.4.58 is now our minimum requirement.
- Windows installer: create Restore Point on system-wide install.

Source: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/raw/master/NEWS

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