Bug fixes arrive in GIMP 3.2.4, the latest maintenance update for the current 3.2.x stable series.
Assorted improvements made since GIMP 3.2.2 dropped in March include a variety of layer workflow tweaks, like ensuring certain actions, like ‘Layers to Image Size’ and ‘Resize Layer to Selection’ only on raster layers (not vector, linked or text layers).
Similarly, the team says they “caught more cases where tools would accidentally rasterize link, text, and vector layers”.
A layer naming issue broke what GIMP devs refer to as “the principle of least surprise”, so that’s been resolved. In earlier builds opening an XCF file as layers within a different project saw imported layer names use the XCF file name, rather than the original layer name.
On the tools side, the Text tool is smarter at handling keyboard shortcuts on selected text when said shortcuts might otherwise invoke a global action and the on-canvas GUI is ‘properly positioned when rotating the canvas’.
The Select by Colour tool is smarter when working in intersect mode, and when moving a floating layer or selection the marching ants outline is temporarily disabled to improve performance.
Other changes see minor import handling buffs for various files and formats, including PNG, PSD JIF, PVR, ORA and PDF, a new Windows WIA scanner plugin to replace TWAIN (no longer shipped as it relied on 32-bit libraries), and new translations for the Lao language.
For anyone wondering why this changelog sounds light on user-facing goodies it’s because the shiny new features arrived in the original GIMP 3.2.0 release. This is point update with bug fixes.
On that note, upstream development is now switching to GIMP 3.4.x in master branch, so expect to see and hear about upcoming new features over the coming months, alongside GIMP 3.3.x development builds in which you can help test them.
Get the update
GIMP 3.2.4 will be available to download for Windows, macOS and Linux from the project website in the coming days, and the update will automatically rollout to existing users via Flathub, the Snap Store or other supported installation methods.