Recent News

GIMP 2.4.0-RC2 is finally there. The developers have fixed quite some bugs since RC1 but it’s not the final thing yet. Have a look at the NEWS file for the changes made in this release.

If you want to help by testing this release candidate, you can grab the source code from ftp.gimp.org. The release notes for the development releases still apply.

The next stable GIMP release is close. The developers made available a first release candidate for GIMP 2.4.0. This marks the end of the development cycle towards GIMP 2.4. All new features should be complete and the API is now frozen. There are however still a few bugs to fix and some minor changes pending in some places.

If you want to help by testing this release candidate, you can grab the source code from ftp.gimp.org. The release notes for the development releases still apply.

Version 2.2.2 of gimp-gap, the GIMP Animation Package, is now available. This release fixes some bugs, updates translations and prepares gimp-gap for the update to GIMP 2.4. The source code can be downloaded from ftp.gimp.org; binary packages should become available soon.

After four months of hard work we are proud to announce a new release of the user manual for GIMP 2.2.

• new content, spelling and grammar fixes for German, French, Italian, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, Korean and Dutch
• support for creating ODF files (you need to have docbook2odf installed.)
• lots of bug fixes
• new tutorials from gimp.org
• Quickreference sheet export to SVG
• and more technically: a new build system.

The source files of gimp-help-2-0.13 can be downloaded from ftp.gimp.org. Users should wait until this release has been packaged in a pre-compiled form that is easier to install. Find more information about our goals and how you can help at http://docs.gimp.org.

We are getting ready for the GIMP 2.4 release. Most of the outstanding issues have been resolved or will be resolved soon. You can get a snapshot of current development by downloading the source code for GIMP 2.3.19 from the usual places. Check the NEWS file for an overview of the changes in this release.

If you want to try any of the unstable development snapshots, please read the release notes for the development releases.

Due to a regression in the PSD loader that was introduced with the 2.2.16 release, we had to roll out another release in the stable 2.2 series. The source code for version 2.2.17 of the GNU Image Manipulation Program is available from ftp.gimp.org. Please see the NEWS file for a detailed list of changes.

Version 2.2.16 of the GNU Image Manipulation Program is a bug-fix release in the stable 2.2 series. This release fixes security problems in a number of file load plug-ins. Please see the NEWS file for a detailed list of changes.

The source code is available from ftp.gimp.org. Binary packages for the various supported platforms should become available soon.

GIMP 2.3.18 is a snapshot of current development towards GIMP 2.4. The source code can be downloaded from the usual places. This release not only fixes the bug that made 2.3.17 crash every so often, it also improves the quality of the zoomed out image view and provides better performance when working with large images. Check the NEWS file for an overview of the changes in this release.

If you want to try any of the unstable development snapshots, please read the release notes for the development releases.

GIMP 2.3.17 is a snapshot of current development towards GIMP 2.4. The source code can be downloaded from the usual places. Check the NEWS file for an overview of the changes in this release.

Unfortunately a rather bad bug has sneaked into this release. We encourage you to give it a try nevertheless, but you should expect frequent crashes. The 2.3.18 release will follow soon.

If you want to try any of the unstable development snapshots, please read the release notes for the development releases.

Version 2.2.15 of the GNU Image Manipulation Program is a bug-fix release in the stable 2.2 series. Please see the NEWS file for a detailed list of changes. The source code is available from ftp.gimp.org. Binary packages for the various supported platforms should become available soon.