In a recent post on the offical GIMP news blog, the dev team explained what they did in 2019 and what they're planning for the coming years, especially 2020.
Most importantly, the development is still in progress. Some think that The GIMP is dead, or that the developers may have given up on their beloved GNU image manipulation program. Nothing could be further from the truth, and according to the post linked here, the 2.99.x series is going to be released soon.
Some of the noteworthy changes in the past year:
- edit and display pixels outside the canvas
- transformation tools can be adjusted after zooming in or out
- free select has become more dynamic and flexible
- improved curves tool
- 32-bit parametric brushes
- Bucket Fill is smarter now with colorization (finally)
- lots of performance improvements
- GEGL enhancements
- improved file support
- and lots of other stuff explained in detail in the blog post
But whatever is coming to The GIMP, the software has a problem with marketing. Hopefully they'll think about some of the things people are critizising the software for.
And with non-destructive image editing coming to GIMP with version 3.2, the old-school Photoshop competitor might finally have a chance to make a real impact regarding its user base.
You'll find the offical GIMP developer roadmap here.
Most importantly, the development is still in progress. Some think that The GIMP is dead, or that the developers may have given up on their beloved GNU image manipulation program. Nothing could be further from the truth, and according to the post linked here, the 2.99.x series is going to be released soon.
Some of the noteworthy changes in the past year:
- edit and display pixels outside the canvas
- transformation tools can be adjusted after zooming in or out
- free select has become more dynamic and flexible
- improved curves tool
- 32-bit parametric brushes
- Bucket Fill is smarter now with colorization (finally)
- lots of performance improvements
- GEGL enhancements
- improved file support
- and lots of other stuff explained in detail in the blog post
But whatever is coming to The GIMP, the software has a problem with marketing. Hopefully they'll think about some of the things people are critizising the software for.
And with non-destructive image editing coming to GIMP with version 3.2, the old-school Photoshop competitor might finally have a chance to make a real impact regarding its user base.
You'll find the offical GIMP developer roadmap here.