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Weekly recap — 14 September 2025

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GNU Image Manipulation Program @gimpofficial.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks to the GTK for GTK 3.24.51 - this includes a bug fix which we needed for our upcoming GIMP 3 release. 🤗

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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · 29d

Weekly recap: new releases of Gradia, RapidRAW, and displaycal; @gimpofficial.bsky.social is getting SVG exporting and in-app notifications, @krita.org is getting color management support on Wayland, @blender3d.bsky.social just got another major corporate sponsor

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Mew releases of Gradia, RapidRAW, and displaycal; Blender gets new major sponsor

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GNU Image Manipulation Program @gimpofficial.bsky.social · Sep 13

It’s possible, since the feature isn’t in GIMP yet, so who knows? If you are (or know) a programmer wanting to work on it, we’d love to hear more. But at least one professional animator is involved, which is promising.

GNU Image Manipulation Program @gimpofficial.bsky.social · Sep 9

Maybe
Your image is indexed (Image->mode, switch to RGB)
You are using a speckled brush
Your airbrush is in Screen mode instead of Normal (check Tool Options)
Maybe there could be other reasons. Post full screenshot w/ tool options and layers & title bar & status bar showing?

GNU Image Manipulation Program @gimpofficial.bsky.social · Sep 4

We’d need to see what you mean by speckled. And what you mean by using transparency - if the background layer is transparent you should see a checkerboard by default in GIMP.

Weekly recap — 31 August 2025

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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · Sep 3

Back to recaps after a summer break. What’s new recently: Wacom upgrades its @blender3d.bsky.social support; new releases of @gimpofficial.bsky.social, RapidRAW, @kdenlive.bsky.social, and Shotcut; new features in @inkscape.org and Ardour

See here for details: librearts.org/2025/08/week...

Wacom brings €240K/year to Blender Foundation, GIMP gets vector and link layers

GIMP - GIMP 3.1.4: Second Development Release towards GIMP 3.2

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GNU Image Manipulation Program @gimpofficial.bsky.social · Sep 1

New development snapshot of #GIMP3 for people to test and report problems! Or just fix the problems and send us the patch :-)

www.gimp.org/news/2025/09...

#GIMP #Gimp_3 #developmentRelease #birthdayCake

Release news for version GIMP 3.1.4

Weekly recap — 10 August 2025

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G'MIC @gmic-eu.bsky.social · Aug 21

Pleased to announce the release of an important new G'MIC version, numbered ▶️ 3.6.0◀️ , just in time for the start of the school year! 🎒 🏫
▶️ Changelog: discuss.pixls.us/t/release-of...
▶️ Download: gmic.eu/download.html

No subscriptions, no limitations, just FLOSS for everyone ! 🎁

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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · Aug 12

Week highlights: new releases of RapidRaw, Gradia, @friction.graphics, and Handbrake; new features in @gimpofficial.bsky.social

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New releases of RapidRaw, Gradia, Friction, and Handbrake; new features in GIMP

Weekly recap — 3 August 2025

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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · Aug 5

Weekly recap: new major releases of PixiEditor and Flameshot, new features coming to @gimpofficial.bsky.social, @freecad.org, @openscad.bsky.social, and Ardour

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New major releases of PixiEditor and Flameshot; new features in GIMP, FreeCAD, and Ardour

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GNU Image Manipulation Program @gimpofficial.bsky.social · Jul 20

Yeah, this is always a problem with docks, inkscape has it too. Either you can't make them small enough or you end up hiding stuff. We try and improve it when it happens, and this one is on our list, we agree with you.

Weekly recap — 13 July 2025

GNU Image Manipulation Program @gimpofficial.bsky.social · Jul 19

Ah, it’s all the icons on th ebottom of the dock; it's 66 pixels wide here, but it depends on the icon theme and size you have (edit/preferences).

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GNU Image Manipulation Program @gimpofficial.bsky.social · Jul 19

Look for three vertical dots half-way up, just to the left of the main image, and drag there. If it won’t, it’s possible you’ve discovered a dock with a minimum size; find the likely culprit and at its top right there's a tiny triangle menu button; left-click that and "remove tab".

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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · Jul 15

Week highlights: new releases of @krita.org, Bonsai, OBS Studio, and @kdenlive.bsky.social; @gimpofficial.bsky.social is getting support for Sketchbook's TIFF extensions, FontForge is being ported to HarfBuzz, and Ardour is getting further automation improvements

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New releases of Krita, Bonsai, OBS Studio, and Kdenlive; new features in GIMP and Ardour

GIMP - Interview with Sevenix (author of GIMP 3.0’s splash image)

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GNU Image Manipulation Program @gimpofficial.bsky.social · Jul 5

who needs sanity?

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GNU Image Manipulation Program @gimpofficial.bsky.social · Jul 2

You can import the colours from the indexed image into a new palette by right-clicking on the palette in Palettes and choosing Import a New Palette, and selecing Image.

Palettes are saved in the palettes directory in your GIMP profile folder automatically.

GNU Image Manipulation Program @gimpofficial.bsky.social · Jun 28

An interview with Sevenix, a GIMP contributor whose art was featured on the GIMP 3.0 splash screen.

www.gimp.org/news/2025/06...

#GIMP #Gimp3 #artist #interview

Interview with the illustrator Sevenix who drew the image used as splash image of GIMP 3.0

GIMP - GIMP 3.1.2: First Development Release towards GIMP 3.2

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GNU Image Manipulation Program @gimpofficial.bsky.social · Jun 23

Development version available for testing - GNU Image Manipulation Program 3.1.2

New features, bug fixes and a new splash!

www.gimp.org/news/2025/06...

For developers, writers, communicators -report problems, but it is not 3.2 yet 😉 You can install it alongside 3.0.4.

#GIMP #Gimp_3

Release news for version GIMP 3.1.2

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GNU Image Manipulation Program @gimpofficial.bsky.social · Jun 22

Good point about the bio, thanks! Updated. It's a difficult choice, being on threads and facebook and twi... er... X. We post very minimally on X/twitter now. But i discovered a fake GIMP Official account on Instagram - better to be there than to be forged!

Weekly recap — 15 June 2025

GNU Image Manipulation Program @gimpofficial.bsky.social · Jun 21

Thanks. Yes, i’ll likely give it another go, maybe next week. Many of the GIMP team are getting ready for a face to face meeting so it might not happen until mid July; i’m making Instagram and threads accounts too - better late than never, right? :-) and we’re also on Mastodon.

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GNU Image Manipulation Program @gimpofficial.bsky.social · Jun 20

it didn't seem to matter. At the time when i made the bsky account there was a technical problem, but that’s been resolved so i could, now. Would it make a difference?

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Libre Arts @librearts.bsky.social · Jun 17

Week highlights: new releases of Audacity and Kdenlive, new features in @gimpofficial.bsky.social, Inkscape, and Ardour

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New release of Audacity and Kdenlive, new features in GIMP, Inkscape, and Ardour.