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

    • fruitcantfly@programming.dev
      11·
      15 hours ago

      I think they are quoting themselves. I’m fairly sure they’ve posted this exact thing before, for other versions of GIMP

      • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        9 hours ago

        I think they are quoting themselves

        Linux releases are done via Flatpak, both mainline and development. I don’t think Gimp itself would be linking to a snap package.

  • treadful@lemmy.zipEnglish
    201·
    21 hours ago

    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.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
      4·
      10 hours ago

      Hello, this is Tim Adobe. Don’t worry, we are working hard to make sure we remain the best. There’s currently a team trying to figure out wtf a “gnu” is while another team figures out the maximum price increase our customer base will accept to give us a good budget to work with (previous profits were used on boats for executive team and some pizzas from the cheapest place my executive assistant could find with free delivery). Is Mr GIMP interested in selling?

    • spacegoat@lemmy.world
      5·
      12 hours ago

      My main issue with Gimp is that it does work well, but it takes me forever to find where the features are

      • CmykStudent@fosstodon.org
        10·
        9 hours ago

        @spacegoat @borosilicate Are you familiar with the action search feature? If you type ‘/’, it pulls up a search box to find and use features. It also shows the menu path & associated keyboard shortcut.

        Not an excuse to stop improving the UI, but I’ve found it to be really helpful myself.

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      43·
      1 day ago

      I used to use Photoshop and indesign prolifically to shitpost to 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.

      • borosilicate@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        24·
        1 day ago

        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.

      • saltesc@lemmy.world
        10·
        1 day ago

        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.

    • revelrous@sopuli.xyz
      31·
      8 hours ago

      Use the ellipse selection tool, hold shift as you make your section to keep it 1:1, selection to path, fill/stroke as needed?

    • grue@lemmy.world
      50·
      1 day ago

      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.

      • nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip
        5·
        8 hours ago

        Friend, even GIMP dev themselves is currently adding shape tool.

        GIMP official site listed ‘Graphic Design Elements’ as supported workflow, means shape tools is absolutely necessary.

      • arsCynic@piefed.socialEnglish
        111·
        2 hours ago

        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 because something that should take less than five seconds takes ten minutes and tutorial, whereafter I go back to Photopea.

        Edit: I just discovered Pixelitor which now obviates my need for Photopea/GIMP. My review on AlternativeTo:

        “Impressive. Basically has every basic functionality what I looked for in GIMP, straightforward to boot, but which isn’t in GIMP or too inconveniently so. Installing Pixelitor on every machine from now on.”

        • straussbelial@lemmy.world
          81·
          12 hours ago

          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

          • arsCynic@piefed.socialEnglish
            9·
            12 hours ago

            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.

    • yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de
      17·
      1 day ago

      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.

  • Wilco@lemmy.zip
    2412·
    1 day ago

    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?

    • katze@lemmy.4d2.org
      82·
      16 hours ago

      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.

      • whatstatersprecious@lemmy.world
        3·
        11 hours ago

        I’ve used GIMP in the past. I don’t understand it, but it’s free and can do stuff so I’m not going to complain.

        But I’d also say that using/being good at GIMP is solidly not “normal” lol. And being on Lemmy is even less normal, so here we are.

    • statelesz@slrpnk.netEnglish
      446·
      1 day ago

      Sit anybody in front of Photoshop for the first time and it will be the same.

    • searabbit@piefed.socialEnglish
      4·
      17 hours ago

      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😮‍💨

      • Wilco@lemmy.zip
        1·
        6 hours ago

        I am a graphic designer. Used to build ads for Autotrader magazines. Its a very difficult program.

  • mattwebb.dev@programming.devEnglish
    4·
    1 day ago

    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.

  • Ertain@feddit.onlineEnglish
    52·
    1 day ago

    I’ve been using GIMP for years and have become use to it. However, the interface still needs to be redesigned.

      • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish
        2·
        13 hours ago

        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.

  • MrWrinkles@leminal.space
    2218·
    1 day ago

    Change the name. 😄 Edit: Imp is right there. If you miss 3 syllables of GNU Imp, try Photobash. Make it obvious.

    • Digit@lemmy.todayEnglish
      43·
      15 hours ago

      Please do not change the name.

      There’s nothing wrong with it whatsoever. ~ I feel seen (with my gimpy walk), with that homonym out there. It’s a strong positive.

      Also, what an ugly book-burning history-rewriting miscrediting to try hush an advocacy of freedom, when [ironically] that freedom’s right there, availing you the solution (that does not seek to impose any doubleplus goodspeak), in that you can just fork it, and rename it, yourself, if that’s the issue you have with it.

      … Also… I’ve never heard it called GNU Imp. Gimp, or GNU Image Manipulation Program, or the gimp. That’s just silly. … And why’s Imp considered an improvement? What’s the benefit? What itch would it scratch?

    • the_weez@midwest.social
      83·
      1 day ago

      App is great, name is terrible but the devs like it and don’t want to entertain the idea of renaming.

      • ell1e@leminal.spaceEnglish
        97·
        1 day ago

        Perhaps if people keep suggesting a rename, it’ll happen eventually. It is a shame that it has the name it has.

        • Digit@lemmy.todayEnglish
          32·
          15 hours ago

          It’s free software. You’re assured the 4 freedoms. Put up or hack up. If you want GIMP the same but with another name, that’s a fairly easy fork to make. You do not need to reaffirm your dis-empowerment, wishing on eventuality.

          Why’s it a shame it has the name it has?

          It’s a great name. It’s fun. It’s whimsical. It’s practical. It says exactly what it is. Where’s the shame?

          And speaking as someone with several ailments that give me a gimpy walk, I feel seen, having the already-homonymous word gimp extended to yet another meaning. … Is the objection to the name coming from those who are yet to comprehend the concept of homonyms and extend that comprehension more broadly to things they’d not prior considered to be homonyms?

          • skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
            34·
            14 hours ago

            Usually they do it without being either a bunch of children or prissy pearlclutchers about it.

            • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
              3·
              8 hours ago

              It’s not about being childish, prissy, or clutching pearls. It’s about how in a professional setting, image and reputation matters. And if the name of the software you use might damage either of those in the eyes of others, it can be risky to say you use it.

              I’ve heard stories from people who say they’ve been to conferences or networking events where someone seemed interested in their work, and asked what they used. When they tell them Gimp, the person walks away and never contacts them.

              If you’re a freelancer especially, losing potential clients and contracts over the name of your software is a serious issue that many people can’t afford to ignore.