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GIMP - Development Update: Closing In on the 3.0 Release Candidate (www.gimp.org)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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GIMP 3.0 is over 96% complete! The GIMP team got sick at the Libre Arts conference over the summer, hence the setback to the release schedule but they are now back making good progress.

Along with non-destructive editing and a colour overhaul we've all been waiting for, longstanding critics of the UI/UX will be pleased to hear that GIMP are setting up a UX repository and are looking to build a dedicated team of designers to develop this.

All of these things look set to make the GIMP project feel a lot more current and dynamic. I can't wait!

And if anyone wants to help out it looks like testing/reporting, donations and updating the help manual are all welcomed by the project at the moment.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Sure. Sure. They've been close or getting closer for 10 years now.

I'll believe it when it actually releases and not a moment sooner. Otherwise I would be the opposite of shocked if July 2025 rolls around and it's still not out but still "close". As I would be if December 2025 rolls around and "there are only a few more issues, very soon!" is the statement. It's become a joke at this point and likely will remain the butt of jokes and rightfully so for years, perhaps decades to come in the open source and graphics design communities.