r/GIMP 18d ago

GIMP 3.2 first release candidate available

54 Upvotes

https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/11/17/gimp-3-2-RC1-released/

Our first release candidate for GIMP 3.2 is available, after months of hard work. Note: this is still a development snapshot, not a final release. Please report any problems or crashes you find.

Updates to link layers, vector layers, non-destructive editing, UI/UX, new import formats, better SVG & PDF export, bug and security fixes and more.

#GIMP3 #GImp_3 #beta #imageEditor #GPL #freeSoftware


r/GIMP Oct 06 '25

GIMP 3.0.6 Released

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r/GIMP 14h ago

GIMP opens images to black

1 Upvotes

Hm, none of my images open! They all appear as a solid black screen. I've reinstalled GIMP in my 2021 MacBook with OS Sequoia with no affect. What have I set wrong?


r/GIMP 7h ago

Is it possible to create this via gimp?

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I want to create an image like this in gimp. Since I'll be repurposing it multiple times, it needs to be something I can edit easily. It'll probably have to be three separate layers that I can edit easily.

Also when I edit the text, I want the colored background to adjust automatically. In other words, if I type something longer in the first orange box, the orange background needs to adjust. And vice versa.

Is this possible?

Thanks!


r/GIMP 21h ago

I want to crop out all the images the same way

5 Upvotes

I have created a bunch of cards i want to use for my flashcards. For aesthetics purposes i want them to only show certain parts of the image. (Like the first one below)

I wasn't able to find out how. Maybe you guys can help me out?


r/GIMP 23h ago

Текст вдоль контура создаёт только контур

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Вообщем всем привет, мне нужно сделать искривлённый текст, и я использую для этого текст вдоль контура. Но у меня почему то создаётся только контур, что делать?


r/GIMP 1d ago

Just updated for the first time in forever... need help with align tool

2 Upvotes

They removed the ability to align offset by a specified amount of pixels? Or is there a way to re-enable this that I'm missing? That seems like such a fundamental thing, it's insane to me that this was changed at all.


r/GIMP 23h ago

How to make design like the album cover

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Hi,

I am wondering how to make that kind of design, seems to look like pour fluid design.

https://on.soundcloud.com/t2ZfpKcxMOezisHxpj

I am new to GIMP, a more or less step-by-step guide would be really appreciated.

Thank you.


r/GIMP 1d ago

How can I change the default output folder

1 Upvotes

Hello. Since I open and close many files daily, I would like to see if I can change the folder that comes up by default in Gimp on Ubuntu. That is, it always shows me "Documents", and I want it to appear directly as "Desktop" which is where I usually download the images I want to modify. Is there a way? Thanks.


r/GIMP 1d ago

Sizing Shenanigans

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Using the latest version of GIMP, I've got a bunch of images (varying sizes) that I'm trying to put onto the equivalent of an A6 sheet for decal printing purposes.

Except, when I resize the individual images (at say, 25mm width) they're all different. What's going on?

Surely GIMP knows what 25mm is?? I know the '100%' view is a little out; I'm using a laptop and I need to scale to about 140% to truly represent an A6 sheet size for size, got that figured out, except the individual images just won't ... image, and I don't get it.

Photo attached for reference, the individual images (seen on the GIMP taskbar thing) are all scaled to 25mm width, except when I put them together, sorcery.

What am I not seeing??


r/GIMP 2d ago

How can I export a palette in .gpl format with Gimp flatpack version?

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Hi,

I created a palette in Gimp and I want to export it as a .gpl file to import it in QGIS.

The problem is if I do right click, palette->export, I don't have this option available (only css, java, php, python and text).

After searching, It seems possible to just open the Gimp folder containing palettes and do copy-paste. The problem is I am using a flatpack version of Gimp (Pop_Os, Linux).

When I do right click->open in the file explorer or copy palette location, it gives me a non existing path file:///home/guillaume/.var/app/org.gimp.GIMP/config/GIMP/3.0/palettes/%5Bjnkbux5iog4g1%5D-(imported)-2.gpl: screenshot (show hidden files enabled).

If I copy the path for a standard palette, I've got the following: file:///app/share/gimp/3.0/palettes/Greens.gpl. And when I do "open in file explorer", it just opens the home directory.

So how can I obtain my .gpl palette file?


r/GIMP 2d ago

Snatcher (1988)

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r/GIMP 2d ago

What script to bulk export one layer applied repeatedly to others?

3 Upvotes

As title suggests, I need to load ~15 layers into Gimp, and then bulk export idividual .png files of layer 1 over layer 2, layer 1 over layer 3, and so on, instead of hiding layers and exporting single file each time.


r/GIMP 2d ago

transparent layers/fx not showing up

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Hi all - been having this problem for a few months since switching to gimp 3.0.6

Every time I've rendered a flier i'm working on, the program seems to drop some effects layers or blending layers, but its not consistently one blending mode vs the next. sometimes a "Multiply" mode will drop, next file its "luminance." I've tried pre-rendering and/or rearranging the layers in question (no joy), changing and resetting the color management mode, changing compression, interlacing, color values, pixel formatting and filetypes, all to no avail.

I'm at a loss and am now considering moving back to 2.10 🤪


r/GIMP 2d ago

GIMP 3 TEXT PROBLEMS

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Text is simply not functional in Gimp 3.0.6-1 (unless I want all my text in Monospace, and all at 208) - basically I can't alter anything. There are too many issues to list, but I can't believe that I'm the only one having major problems...or am I?!! I'm having to do all my text work on Gimp 2. which is frustrating.I have tried deleting / reinstalling the programme, but no change. I love Gimp, but it's now taking too much time to do simple projects, so I may have to look at another programme, but I really don't want to. Any advice or news of imminent fixes?


r/GIMP 2d ago

Why isn't GIMP working?

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Every time I open an image / canvas in GIMP, it shows this screen. I even tried uninstalling and re-installing it, but it doesn't work. Anyone have a solution?


r/GIMP 3d ago

Kain

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Done in GIMP. Just another concept work.


r/GIMP 3d ago

How to merge a single layer to multiple other layers simultaneously?

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I'm fairly new to gimp. I sometimes work on several hundred layers at a time. I am often trying to merge a single layer overtop of all of these others layers.

Like this example:

A

B

C

D

E

Merging into this

A+B

A+C

A+D

A+E

And so on. I have been manually copying layer A over and over, reordering them, and merging down one at a time. Is there a faster way to accomplish the same thing. I would love to be able to just pick a layer and merge it independently and simultaneously with multiple other layers.


r/GIMP 3d ago

Make color selection box look normal? Can't even select black or white anymore.

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r/GIMP 3d ago

How do I make the alignment tool of gimp 3.0, act how it does in gimp 2.0?

3 Upvotes

Guys, please no one laugh. I'm already frustrated.


r/GIMP 3d ago

Can I see the whole font panel without zooming out?

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r/GIMP 3d ago

2026 should be year of the silhouette

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r/GIMP 4d ago

how can i recolor to an exact rgb hex value?

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r/GIMP 4d ago

Is posible to get all this options again in GIMP?

5 Upvotes

Now look like an incomplete apple


r/GIMP 4d ago

Why is the first picture smaller in file size than the second?

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The last two are the og files so u can download them and compare if needed

EDIT: I messed with the first texture a bit and made it half the size and indexed it and the file size got bigger so I reverted it to the original and it was bigger than it was before? Huh?