After 20 years, the free image editing software 'GIMP' finally reaches version 3.0
It has been announced that version 3.0 of the open source, free image editing software GIMP will be released soon. This will be the first major update for GIMP in 20 years.
GIMP 3.0 RC1 Released - GIMP
Free, open-source Photoshop alternative finally enters release candidate testing after 20 years — the transition from GIMP 2.x to GIMP 3.0 took two decades | Tom's Hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/free-open-source-photoshop-alternative-finally-enters-release-candidate-testing-after-20-years-the-transition-from-gimp-2-x-to-gimp-3-0-took-two-decades
Ahead of the upcoming official release of version 3.0, the first release candidate for GIMP 3.0 (GIMP 3.0 RC1) has been distributed . According to the GIMP development team, they will have users try this version, get feedback, and if they find any bugs that are easy to fix, they will fix them and officially release it as GIMP 3.0. If there are any bugs that require major code changes, GIMP 3.0 RC2 or later may be released.
GIMP 3.0 has several new features and performance improvements. One of the most important changes is the change in the design of the GIMP icon 'Wilber.' In the image below, the top is 3.0, the bottom is 2.6, 2.8, and 2.10, and you can see that 3.0 has a flatter design.
In addition, legacy icons have been changed from PNG to SVG, so they will display better when scaled.
By Denis Rangelov
Other changes include:
- Color Space Invasion fix
・Completion of public API
- Non-destructive editing feature update
- UI improvements
- Plugin bug fixes and improvements
- Support for 64-bit per pixel BMP files
- Support for loading layers from TIFF files saved in Sketchbook format
- Updates to image processing libraries 'GEGL' and 'babl' for GIMP
Development of GIMP began in 1995, and version 1.0 was released in 1998. The next version, 2.0, was released in 2004, and this latest version, 3.0, is the first major update in 20 years.
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