GIMP 3.0 RC3 Released (www.gimp.org)
from that_leaflet@lemmy.world to linux@lemmy.ml on 10 Feb 15:52
https://lemmy.world/post/25396481

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/25396355

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ininewcrow@lemmy.ca on 10 Feb 16:46 next collapse

I will forever associate the first initial pre release beta whatever you want to call it GIMP 3.0 to the second time Turnip was elected.

The day of that announcement was the first day that GIMP 3.0 was mentioned for release

GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml on 10 Feb 17:33 collapse

Was it vegetable of the year?

Dirk@lemmy.ml on 10 Feb 16:55 next collapse

So we’ll see a release in November this year?

Gowozilla@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 10 Feb 20:53 next collapse

Can you finally draw a circle?

somedev@aussie.zone on 10 Feb 22:43 next collapse

Circles aren’t even real, man. Its just a state of mind.

tetris11@lemmy.ml on 11 Feb 12:13 next collapse

You mean an infinite polyhedron? Are you out of your mind?

KeenFlame@feddit.nu on 13 Feb 02:32 collapse

Shudders man, think of the implications… What if it was aliased or something

ProtonBadger@lemmy.ca on 11 Feb 00:00 next collapse

They have shape tools on the roadmap for this free image manipulation app, until then we’ll have to use the two-step method of stroking a circular selection or use a more dedicated drawing app.

In any case GIMP 3.0 is a huge rewrite under the hood and seems to be attracting more contributors now, which is a good sign.

merthyr1831@lemmy.ml on 11 Feb 18:00 collapse

More contributors is great. Whilst I think sticking to C will always limit its outreach somewhat I think the reliance on GTK2 was probably even worse for anyone brave enough to dive into that spaghetti mess.

urandom@lemmy.world on 11 Feb 18:27 collapse

Isn’t this what the included gfig or whatever plugin is called?

Tattorack@lemmy.world on 11 Feb 09:42 next collapse

Can’t wait to update gimp from terribly out-dated to somewhat out-dated.

merthyr1831@lemmy.ml on 11 Feb 17:18 collapse

Inb4 GIMP 4 comes out in time for GTK 7

Scrollone@feddit.it on 11 Feb 20:12 next collapse

Wow, great. Maybe we’ll have a stable 3.0 version by 2027.

LeFantome@programming.dev on 12 Feb 05:44 collapse

The cynicism is well deserved. They have been on 2.99 for years.

That said, I have been using 3.0RC1 for a bit. It ships packaged with my current distro and has worked well for me. This release should be quite usable even though 3.0 has not officially shipped.

m33@theprancingpony.in on 12 Feb 07:09 next collapse

@that_leaflet Great, does a PhD in graphics still needed to edit an image like a 15s work in Paint ? 😜

LeFantome@programming.dev on 17 Feb 02:38 collapse

The release notes refer to the “few remaining issues”.

gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/milestones/3#tab-is…

There seem to be 115 issues on there which is more than “a few”. However, only 3 are listed as blockers. But a dozen of them are crashes.

How many of these need to be fixed before the 3.0 release? Does anybody know?