GIMP is preparing to unleash a revolutionary new update—a high-performance, modern UI powerhouse designed to dismantle Adobe’s stranglehold on the industry.
To deliver the final blow to subscription-based creative tools, GIMP desperately needs testers right now.
Linux AppImages:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/jobs/7011657/artifacts/browse/build/linux/appimage/_Output/
Windows installer:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/jobs/7011659/artifacts/browse/build/windows/installer/_Output/
Linux Snap:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/jobs/7011658/artifacts/browse/build/linux/snap/_Output/
macOS:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/jobs/7011661/artifacts/browse/build/macos/dmg/_Output/
Windows MSIX:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/jobs/7011660/artifacts/browse/build/windows/store/_Output/
Just open the software and do random stuff.
Open different files
Use the text tool
Put an image in black and white
Convert files from one format to the other
If you spot any bug, please report it here:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16712
Stop funding the corporate machine. Take back your software, test the build, and help launch the new era of open-source creation
Why the urgency? You’re linking to a normal, patch release. Did GIMP devs say something? Are you a GIMP dev?
GIMP wants to release 3.2.6 and they’re looking for stuff they need to do to improve from 3.2.5
Where is this quoting from?
I think they are quoting themselves. I’m fairly sure they’ve posted this exact thing before, for other versions of GIMP
bends over
Test me, baby
Is there an OG post to reference here?
EDIT: Nice, big improvement on UI responsiveness with large font libraries. Still some room for improvement, but it was almost unusable before.
Who in the comments is an Adobe employee?
This isn’t Reddit.
love how the post is trying to speak to me like some kind of ww2 propaganda poster, then tells me to test like i work for them. this tone is def gonna make me help out…or not.
Here, I’ll start. Opens GIMP.
Uhhhhhhhhh
Have you guys tried starting from scratch?
I used to use Photoshop and indesign prolifically
to shitpostto do great art work in the 2000s. I took a good decade and a half off and decided to go Gimp instead of a new version of Photoshop this year. I’m at about 80% of what I could smoothly do with Photoshop, and honestly I love it.I don’t think I could have made the switch if I didn’t take a super mega long break, though.
I boycotted Adobe and stopped using any programs for photo editing when they switched to a subscription model. I was REALLY good at it and just abandoned my skills right then and there. I’ve since started using GIMP but… Off the top of my head, adjustment layers were added LAST YEAR. So, that should give you an idea of how far behind Adobe they are. Maybe Adobe not innovating for 20 years will allow them to catch up.
It’s opening up PS and ID after the break and realising the application you once knew inside-out have changed so much, may as well learn a new one instead.
Sounds like op overstates the changes to GIMP 3.2
Long live the PhotoGIMP guy.
how recently can i have installed it? like, yesterday? HOW DO I DRAW A CIRCLE
GIMP is meant more for retouching photos, not drawing shapes. If you mostly want to draw shapes from scratch, you probably want something like Krita or Inkscape instead.
But if you really must draw a circle in GIMP, you make a circular selection and then fill it in with the bucket fill tool.
GIMP is meant more for retouching photos, not drawing shapes.
Then why is there a brush tool which has stars and sparkles? Even the screenshot software Spectacle and Flameshot can draw circles effortlessly. Something this trivial is downright silly not to have as a feature. Every year I have a moment where I decide “okay, I’m gonna do this in GIMP”, but then get so pissed off that something so trivial, isn’t, and I go back to Photopea.
GIMP and Adobe Photoshop are image editing programs. If you want to create your own vector images from scratch you use Inkscape or Adobe Illustrator
Circles ≠ Vectors. Sometimes I want to edit images by drawing circles around things. I’m actually serious, e.g., indicating locations where there is a leak and such. Freehand circles look ridiculous and unprofessional without a drawing tablet.
Use ellipse select tool with a fixed aspect ratio of 1:1. Then Select -> Border and choose a width. Then fill it with a color.
Like yeah, it is 3 steps instead of having a dedicated “Shapes” tool with a bunch of options that would do the same. But GIMP is kind of built around selections, you do need to learn to use them if you ever want to use GIMP effectively. It’s about as important as understanding layers.
I am going to get slammed here … but GIMP is just way too complex to use. Maybe the new UI will be better, but the old UI is not just clunky or slightly bad … it is UNUSABLE by normal people.
Draw a circle in GIMP. Draw a square. Yea … how long did that take to figure out?
New Ui announced, testers needed. What do you do? Complain about the old UI. Smart.
it is UNUSABLE by normal people.
I guess I am not a normal person then. I have been using GIMP happily for more than 20 years now. FWIW, I rarely need to draw circles.
Yeah it’s literally not for you. Its like opening up cad (engineering tool) and complaining that there’s a learning curve. My good friend is a graphic designer. I tried to get them to use gimp when they couldn’t pay for photoshop anymore but it sounded like they just wanted to rip their hair out because of how behind photoshop it is. Gimp needs the basic features that are expected from photoshop for people to be willing to transition. You would be better off trying a graphic design bootcamp.
I will try to convince them to test it out but they just got access to photoshop again so it’s unlikely they’ll want to touch gimp anytime soon😮💨
You want MS Paint.
God no.
Tux paint.
Sit anybody in front of Photoshop for the first time and it will be the same.
It’ll take them as long just to boot the program, and every time they change tools they’ll have to wait for it to catch up
The UI of modern Photoshop is now insanely bloated.
BRING OUT THE GIMP
Release notes:
If they could make it as dummy proof as Macromedia Fireworks from the 2000s, they would make transitioning creative work in Linux a bit easier. And this is coming from a Linux user since 2008.
You mean Inkscape? I think that’s more Inkscape’s wheelhouse.
Ive been a gimper since university.
o7 Doing my civic duty in the fight to keep digital art in artists’ hands.
I’ve been using GIMP for years and have become use to it. However, the interface still needs to be redesigned.
What do you think this announcement want you to test?
Wellllll that’s exactly what they’re looking for testers for right now
The UX changes in the release notes are welcome, but in the grand scheme, pretty minor. I actually find it much better than it was a decade ago, but still prefer Krita’s UI by a significant margin.
Gimp would really benefit from a total UI overhaul, honestly.
