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Split preview to compare original vs GEGL filter processing.

80 GEGL-based filters (formerly ‘effects’).

Foreground Select tool supports sub pixel selections.

New dark theme & symbolic icon set by default.GIMP is not alone in doing this as many editing apps, both open source and proprietary, from Darktable and GNOME Photos to Photoshop, make use of ‘dark’ themes by default.Īmong other features and changes new in this release: The UI is effectively “dimmed” so that focus is placed on squarely on the content being worked on. GIMP devs say these changes are designed to help improve concentration. ‘One thing immediately noticeable about the new GIMP 2.10 is its appearance’ A new dark theme is enabled by default for new installs, and the toolbox makes use of cleaner symbolic icons. One thing is immediately noticeable about the new GIMP 2.10: its appearance.

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Does GIMP still have what it takes to not only meet the demands of free software’s image editing enthusiasts, but retain its crown as go-to Photoshop alternative? Back then Unity was still fairly new, Netbooks were still (just about) a thing, Ubuntu Touch was looking healthy …and I was capable of churning out 8 posts a day, every day. To put things into perspective GIMP 2.8 was released back in 2012. Given the long gestation period you won’t be too shocked to hear that GIMP 2.10is jam-packed with changes, improvements and new features, both big and small, visible and non-visible. The latest stable release of this insanely popular open source image editing tool – oft touted as a Photoshop alternative – has been 6 years in development.

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The master branch is occasionally released as development releases with version numbers in the 2.9.x range - the last one was 2.9.4 quite some time ago, the next one will be 2.9.6, and the current interim state has a new 2.9.5 for every change - but you have to build them yourself, or rely on third parties to provide you with more or less current builds of this.It’s finally here: GIMP 2.10 is available to download for Windows, macOS and Linux. Color conversion, color depth, color management are big topics at the moment, performance improvements are encompassing everything. This is where we get closer to 2.10 by several steps per day.

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Main development on the master code branch has a lot more going on.

The gimp-2-8 branch is a low-effort maintenance branch running alongside current main development, and doesn't draw any significant development resources from the effort to get to 2.10. The links above go to the commit logs, you'll see very few changes happen in 2.8.x, mostly translation updates, some bug fixes or adaptions to installer packages and distribution-related files. GIMP 2.8.x releases are made from the gimp-2-8 code branch - that's the task I've picked up since 2.8.18. There are two code branches where more or less intense GIMP development happens at the moment: