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A new development version of the upcoming GIMP 3.0 release is now available for testing.





GIMP 2.99.6 Released

GIMP 2.99.6 contains quite a few visible and interesting improvements, yet the biggest changes are hidden from the public eye into the quite steadily evolving API (Application Programming Interface for plug-in developers).

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:warning:️ Many of the third-party plug-ins already ported for GIMP 2.99.2 or 2.99.4 will end up broken, and there is a high chance they will break again in further development releases until we stabilize the API. We apologize for this, though this is the price of making plug-ins for a program in-development. We figured it’s better to do this now rather than ending up stuck with a bad interface for the years to come (as stability will be ensured once GIMP 3 will be out).

Release highlights:

  • Off-canvas guides
  • Template selector in Canvas Size dialog
  • Pinch gesture on canvas for zooming
  • Improved Paint Select (experimental) tool
  • Better handling of gAMA and/or cHRM chunks of PNG
  • API evolution
Development version: GIMP 2.99.6 Released - GIMP