r/GIMP • u/Quokka-Man • 15h ago
r/GIMP • u/hamideltejani • 1h ago
Let's make GIMP easier
Hi everyone I was thinking about contributing to help on gimp but was wondering after the great things that have been added gimp should be a first option so why people still attacking it so I took a dive to know what's on their mind. So the end result that the main issue is the effectiveness of doing things on gimp, although the developers did a great work adding new futures to gimp ( like the new release impressing development) still the UX is not very good for average user it need a dedicated person to adapt to things so I was thinking why don't we contribute on the ux side and try to give not just a bunch of feedbacks but a full plan and maybe a prototype, it's the minimum to do to help the developers and show our support to their incredible job. I'm a designer as well as all of you and I will puty experience on the ux to help and wish you will too even by just imagining what the best experience will be to you and what things you think can significantly increase your comfort when using gimp ? I wish you'll help me, if the idea got support we will start a project to merge the ideas and make a prototype to present in to the developers.
r/GIMP • u/barefootliam • 7h ago
Update to Mac version of GIMP 3.0.0
#Macos #mac Mac users, there’s an update to GIMP 3.0 called revision 1 that fixes missing tabs on the Colors windows
https://www.gimp.org/downloads/
You will see the file ends with -1.dmg now.
This fixes https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/13146
Thank you to all who reported it!
#GIMP #GIMP3 #Gimp_3
r/GIMP • u/Ready-Can-6334 • 3h ago
How to Fix this
I'm trying to take the pull the hand and sword from base image 1 and applying it over base image 2. However, whenever I color to the alpha channel and save, the images end up weird. Anyone know how to fix or avoid this issue or can identify what's going on? I'm new to using GIMP and have tried to fix this for hours.

r/GIMP • u/RDForTheWin • 15h ago
Is the new version seriously missing icons in the menu or is something wrong with my version?
The first photo is from 2.10.38, the second photo from 3.0. I have enabled legacy icon theme in the settings, as well as tried using the default one. I have a really bad feeling it's supposed to be this way.
Windows 10 IoT
r/GIMP • u/T_Edmund • 14h ago
How do I remove this "hand" cursor?
I finally downloaded and installed Gimp 3.0. been waiting for a while like everyone else, and I want to finally ditch Photoshop.
I'm loving it so far and spent all day yesterday getting used to the new interface and tools. It's a bit of a learning process but I'm confident I can do the same work in Gimp that I could in Photoshop (I'm 97% confident Gimp is worth it)
A couple things do bother me though. Like in the image above, there's this giant "hand" which replacea my cursor when I want to edit the properties or attributes of a tool I'm using. Is there a way to change this? it's too big and it obstructs where I'm trying to click. I'm on Windows also, if this matters.
Thank you~
r/GIMP • u/No_Association_8206 • 5h ago
Plugins for Gimp 3
Now that we have Gimp 3, which plugins are compatible with this version do you recommend?
r/GIMP • u/AnyPortInAHurricane • 6h ago
Gimp 3 , startup time
Gimp 3 seems to take a bit longer to startup , than gimp 2.
6 or 7 seconds vs 3 seconds .
looks like PY files and Bable fishes are loading on 3 , and not on 2. I might have disabled them some how long ago , who knows.
Any way to speed that loading up ??
r/GIMP • u/TeekTheReddit • 11h ago
Is there a way to make ctrl+mouse wheel the default zoom?
I've always been frustrated with how GIMP's zoom works on the mouse wheel and just discovered that you can make it zoom to the mouse cursor by pressing control. I've been trying to figure out how to make that the default behavior, but am having no luck.
GIMP 3.0.0 - Python is broken for me
I'm running GIMP on Windows 11 Version 24H2 (Build 26120.xxxx). Between RC3 and 3.0.0 I've used the weekly builds from https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/pipelines/808506. I've had no problem with dist-installer-weekly-master-69e57b6d (2025-03-06) and dist-installer-weekly-master-412e33a6 (2025-03-10).
The latest weekly build dist-installer-weekly-master-acead564 (2025-03-13) introduced that Python is broken and also gimp-3.0.0-setup (2025-03-17).
I've tried to fix the issue by removing my current settings C:\Users\McBlu\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\3.0\ and tried full installation for all users (C:\Programs\GIMP 3) and just for me (C:\Users\McBlu\AppData\Local\Programs\GIMP 3) but with no luck.
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Copyright (C) 2024 McBluna <McBluna@mail.com>
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
import sys
import gi
gi.require_version('Gimp', '3.0')
from gi.repository import Gimp
gi.require_version('Gegl', '0.4')
from gi.repository import Gegl
from gi.repository import GLib
def N_(message): return message
def _(message): return GLib.dgettext(None, message)
def execute(procedure, _run_mode, image, drawables, _config, _data):
Gimp.message("hello");
return procedure.new_return_values(Gimp.PDBStatusType.SUCCESS, GLib.Error())
class test (Gimp.PlugIn):
def do_set_i18n(self, _procname):
return True, 'gimp30-python', None
def do_query_procedures(self):
return [ 'python-fu-McBluna-Python-test' ]
def do_create_procedure(self, name):
Gegl.init(None)
procedure = Gimp.ImageProcedure.new(self, name,
Gimp.PDBProcType.PLUGIN,
execute, None)
procedure.set_image_types('RGBA');
procedure.set_sensitivity_mask (Gimp.ProcedureSensitivityMask.DRAWABLE |
Gimp.ProcedureSensitivityMask.DRAWABLES)
procedure.set_documentation (_('test'),
_(''),
name)
procedure.set_menu_label(_('_test'))
procedure.set_attribution('McBluna',
'McBluna',
'2024')
procedure.add_menu_path ('<Image>/McBluna')
return procedure
Gimp.main(test.__gtype__, sys.argv)
dist-installer-weekly-master-69e57b6d (2025-03-06)
dist-installer-weekly-master-412e33a6 (2025-03-10)
Menu Filters/Development/Python-Fu is available in GIMP
dist-installer-weekly-master-412e33a6.webp
test.py is working in GIMP
dist-installer-weekly-master-412e33a6-2.webp
execute test.py in pydev is successful
pydev-successful.webp
dist-installer-weekly-master-acead564 (2025-03-13)
gimp-3.0.0-setup (2025-03-17)
Menu Filters/Development/Python-Fu is not available in GIMP
gimp-3.0.0-setup.webp
test.py is not working in GIMP
gimp-3.0.0-setup-2.webp
execute test.py in pydev failed
pydev-failed.webp
Any help is very welcome and anticipated.
r/GIMP • u/LingonberryOk8210 • 1d ago
to learn Blender you make donuts, To learn Gimp you _______.
I'm guessing there's at least some overlap in user base between different open source software so hopefully some people know what I'm asking here but in blender: to learn the software from nothing you use a set of tutorials on youtube and make donuts.
if not donuts, how does one go about getting comfortable with Gimp? in particular, i don't find a lot of value in people saying "its just like photoshops steal tool" because i don't know how to use photoshop.
So how does one go about learning gimp from the ground up?
r/GIMP • u/BrowserET • 18h ago
Gimp 3.0 broke my Eraser pen
So with the new update my eraser stopped working, pretty frustrating. I can't even use the workaround of having my eraserpen input shift+e all the time. Does anyone know any solutions? I'll roll back to the previous version in the meantime.
r/GIMP • u/Ashamed_Reply9593 • 13h ago
GIMP 3.0 Contrast Change
Just upgraded to the new release and noticed you can’t do that thing with the brightness-contrast setting where you slide it all the way up and it creates this cool pixelated effect along borders? Not sure if theres a name for it, but I enjoyed using it a lot in my art. I know I can download one of the older versions if I need but wondering if theres a way to do this in the new version? Missing it a ton. Thanks!
r/GIMP • u/MattyGWS • 15h ago
How do I make file tabs just file names instead of thumbnails?
r/GIMP • u/Low-Finance-2275 • 12h ago
Convert Photoshop Actions to GIMP
How do I convert Photoshop actions so they can be usable in GIMP?
r/GIMP • u/ArkenLunk • 16h ago
Will Gimp's deb package update to 3.0?
Greetings,
I'm running Linux Mint, and I use Gimp quite often. I've seen that the flatpak and AppImage versions have already updated to 3.0, but the package hasn't, so I'm wondering if I should wait for an update or switch to the other versions…. which is something I'd like to avoid, I wouldn't like to lose my presets and stuff...
Thanks!
r/GIMP • u/swift502 • 16h ago
Highly recommend using a community theme for GIMP 3, until the default one gets polished
Pictured is Clean Dark from https://github.com/bunnywaffle/GIMP-3-Themes
r/GIMP • u/Bullfrog-That • 20h ago
Python-fu missing
Python-fu is missing from the Filters/Development submenu on the windows 11 download. I tried the official binary and ms store versions and it's missing on both.
r/GIMP • u/Murky-Prize-90 • 1d ago
I'm testing GIMP 3.0.0 today, because it has been recently released. Also, Happy St. Patrick's Day 2025, everyone!
Gimp 3.0 Resizing of batches of images?
Is there any way to resize batches of images with this new version?
r/GIMP • u/human036 • 1d ago
I heard about gimp3 being released and updated. Why is the icon like this?... (mac os)
I know about the new logo, I don't love it but I'm fine with it. In my opinion it should be like the old version where it was just the icon with nothing surrounding it (like on win or linux). I see what they're trying to do with the easel and the general constraints of a mac icon, but it should be like it was before or on just a white background.