GIMP 2.99.4 Released as New Development Version to GIMP 3.0

Last updated: December 27, 2020

GIMP image editor 2.99.4 was released a few days ago as the second development release for the next major GIMP 3.0.

Release highlights include:

Usability fixes across various parts of GIMP
New Paint Select tool in the playground
New generic dialog generation and metadata support API for export plug-ins
Multi-threaded JPEG2000 decoding
Initial documentation on porting plug-ins to 3.0

As Xmas present, there’s also a comic strip in the release note:

How to Install GIMP 2.99.4 in Ubuntu Linux

The new release has been made as Flatpak package available to install via flathub beta channel. Like the previous GIMP 2.99.2, you can follow this how to guide to install it in Ubuntu.

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2 responses to GIMP 2.99.4 Released as New Development Version to GIMP 3.0

qamar700 December 27, 2020 at 5:42 pm

Hi Ji m.. Im having problem on Sketchup 8 on Ubuntu 8.. after run a few second.. BugSplat comes up .. pls do yr advise. tq
Bionic Cinnamon forever December 28, 2020 at 2:50 pm

help.. help please, thanks.
how to clean sreen efect on ubuntu 18, something like purple-red on image preview.