The team is targeting May 2024, but it's going to be tough, and here is why
  • Bloody Harry@feddit.de
    1202·
    1 year ago

    wait, what? I’ve had a GIMP 2.x for at least 15 years now. they can’t just… increase the number?? it’s part of the program’s name now

  • rotopenguin@infosec.pubEnglish
    68·
    1 year ago

    It’s kinda wild that GTK’s grandpappy is now the last thing to get updated to the current GTK.

  • LeFantome@programming.dev
    335·
    1 year ago

    I realize that the major point of GIMP 3 is the port to GTK3. That said, I feel like colour spaces are what people have been waiting for and probably the most significant deficiency that keeps GIMP from being treated as a professional tool.

    If they are really this close, why not set the GIMP 3 release date for when colour management is ready?

    Non-destructive editing will be huge as well. GIMP 3 is really going to be a crazy leap forward. It is going to be amazing to finally get access to all this work that has been walled off for decades.

    The bug situation sounds terrible. Honestly though, they should just get 3 out and then make bug fixing the number one job until it gets into better shape.

    Not only is it a small team but right now there are basically two different projects ( 2 and 3 ). With only one code base, perhaps the pace of progress can improve.

    Hopefully the move to GTK4 is easier.

    • Vincent@kbin.social
      27·
      1 year ago

      So you’re saying: don’t release the GTK 3 port until colour spaces are also complete? Why not give people what’s ready, and then when colour spaces are ready, cut another release? No need to make people wait who don’t need colour spaces.

      (Additionally, it’s easier to verify that bugs reported before the release of colour spaces are more likely to be related to the GTK3 port.)

      • LeFantome@programming.dev
        5·
        1 year ago

        Colour spaces are ready. They are saying I may be hard to wire it up in all the right places in a month. Why not take two months and get it in? I mean, it has been over a decade already.

        Many people have been waiting for 3.x for literally half their lives. To save a month, they are going to launch 3.x with the big change being the toolkit? Seems like a wasted opportunity.

        If it were going to be 6 months or more I would agree with you. From the write-up though, they delay would only be a few weeks.

  • PixxlMan@lemmy.world
    18·
    1 year ago

    So glad they’re moving forward on the non destructive front! Non destructive editing such a useful feature. I will always prefer to be able to non-destructively edit things I’m working on to easily be able to change things if necessary or to be able to see how I did something in the future!

  • TangledHyphae@lemmy.world
    12·
    1 year ago

    Serious question: I’ve been using Krita to mess around with the tablet, but are there any good reasons to learn GIMP coming from a photoshop background all these years, given that I also know Krita somewhat?

    • kaffiene@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      My 2c from having used Gimp for years and Krita for about 3 years: Krita is better for painting, Gimp is better for image manipulation

  • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de
    101·
    1 year ago

    This is controversial but will I be able to map right click to erase or another tool/brush preset/color? It just feels wrong to keep switchimg with N and Shift+E while making pixel art.

  • reddit_sux@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 year ago

    Reading the blog however it feels they are going to miss the deadline of May 2024.

    Edit: Sorry I miss remembered it as March 2024. Still I am sceptical.

  • FishFace@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 year ago

    I remember looking into the situation with non-destructive editing about… 20 years ago. I wonder how long it’s been a desired feature!

  • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I really like the current UI. I guess I’ll learn to like the new UI, considering the improvements that will come with it.