GIMP 3.0 Released

2025-03-16 At long last, the first release of GIMP 3.0 is here! This is the end result of seven years of hard work by volunteer developers, designers, artists, and community members (for reference, GIMP 2.10 was first published in 2018 and the initial development version of GIMP 3.0 was released in 2020). With GIMP 3.0 you can do more than ever before, more easily, more quickly! GIMP 3.0 splash screen, by Sevenix ( CC by-sa 4.0) While we can’t cover every single change in GIMP from 2.10, we want to highlight some of the biggest ones as you start exploring this new release. Need to tweak a filter you applied hours ago? New in GIMP 3.0 is non-destructive editing for most commonly-used filters. See the changes in real time with on-canvas preview. Exchange files with more applications, including BC7 DDS files as well as better PSD export and many new formats. Don’t know how big to make your drawing? Simply set your paint tool to expand layers automatically as needed. Making pro-qual ... Read full article.