GIMP is preparing to unleash a revolutionary new update—a high-performance, modern UI powerhouse designed to dismantle Adobe’s stranglehold on the industry.

To deliver the final blow to subscription-based creative tools, GIMP desperately needs testers right now.

Linux AppImages:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/jobs/7011657/artifacts/browse/build/linux/appimage/_Output/

Windows installer:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/jobs/7011659/artifacts/browse/build/windows/installer/_Output/

Linux Snap:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/jobs/7011658/artifacts/browse/build/linux/snap/_Output/

macOS:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/jobs/7011661/artifacts/browse/build/macos/dmg/_Output/

Windows MSIX:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/jobs/7011660/artifacts/browse/build/windows/store/_Output/

Just open the software and do random stuff.

  • Open different files

  • Use the text tool

  • Put an image in black and white

  • Convert files from one format to the other

If you spot any bug, please report it here:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16712

Stop funding the corporate machine. Take back your software, test the build, and help launch the new era of open-source creation

  • grue@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    GIMP is meant more for retouching photos, not drawing shapes. If you mostly want to draw shapes from scratch, you probably want something like Krita or Inkscape instead.

    But if you really must draw a circle in GIMP, you make a circular selection and then fill it in with the bucket fill tool.

    • arsCynic@piefed.socialEnglish
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      2 months ago

      GIMP is meant more for retouching photos, not drawing shapes.

      Then why is there a brush tool which has stars and sparkles? Even the screenshot software Spectacle and Flameshot can draw circles effortlessly. Something this trivial is downright silly not to have as a feature. Every year I have a moment where I decide “okay, I’m gonna do this in GIMP”, but then get so pissed off that something so trivial, isn’t, and I go back to Photopea.

      • straussbelial@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        GIMP and Adobe Photoshop are image editing programs. If you want to create your own vector images from scratch you use Inkscape or Adobe Illustrator

        • arsCynic@piefed.socialEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Circles ≠ Vectors. Sometimes I want to edit images by drawing circles around things. I’m actually serious, e.g., indicating locations where there is a leak and such. Freehand circles look ridiculous and unprofessional without a drawing tablet.

      • Archer@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        This was consistently my experience as well, basic functionality in any other app is a hacky workaround and/or a tutorial

    • jasory@programming.dev
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      2 months ago

      I have used it to digitize and color drawings (i.e just take a picture of a pencil sketch and edit it).

      If you zoom in, you can get pretty good detail, drawing just with a mouse.

    • nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip
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      2 months ago

      Friend, even GIMP dev themselves is currently adding shape tool.

      GIMP official site listed ‘Graphic Design Elements’ as supported workflow, means shape tools is absolutely necessary.