{"id":48925,"date":"2025-05-18T14:42:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T14:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=48925"},"modified":"2025-05-19T02:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T02:30:11","slug":"gimp-3-0-4-is-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/gimp-3-0-4-is-available\/","title":{"rendered":"GIMP Image Editor 3.0.4 is Available to Download [Ubuntu PPA]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/gimp-new-logo.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-47492\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/gimp-new-logo-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/gimp-new-logo-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/gimp-new-logo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/gimp-new-logo-700x700.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/gimp-new-logo-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/gimp-new-logo.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GIMP 3.0.4, the second update for the major 3.0 release series of this popular image editor, is out!<\/p>\n<p>The official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gimp.org\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release note<\/a> is not ready at the moment of writing, though it should be available in next few days. According to the NEWS file in source code, GIMP 3.0.4 features bug-fixes, tools\/plug-ins updates, and various improvements.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As you may know, GIMP 3.0 introduced <b>non destructive editing<\/b> (aka NDE). When applying filters to layers, instead of altering the layer pixels immediately, it adds them into stack that&#8217;s applied on the fly, allowing to easily revert, edit, re-arrange the filters.<\/p>\n<p>Now editing non-destructive effects triggers undo steps. And, <b>undo history<\/b> uses NDE filter name instead of generic &#8220;Add filter&#8221;, making the label consistent with destructive filters, and is more descriptive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gimp-filterstack.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48928\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gimp-filterstack-700x428.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gimp-filterstack-700x428.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gimp-filterstack-300x183.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gimp-filterstack-768x470.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gimp-filterstack.webp 1243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Besides that, the release improved module loading to be better cross-platform compatibility. In particular, on macOS both <code>.so<\/code> and <code>.dylib<\/code> modules are supported.<\/p>\n<p>And, for migrating from GIMP 2.10.x to GIMP 3, the shortcuts for &#8220;edit-paste-as-new-layer*&#8221; actions are now converted to &#8220;edit-paste-merged*&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>GIMP 3.0.4 also improved the built-in tools and plugins. <i>MyPaint Brush<\/i> now has consistent options layout compared to other paint tools. The <i>Path Tool<\/i> now connect path on click in design mode.<\/p>\n<p>And, the GUI dialog for &#8220;Difference Clouds&#8221; script, that had been lost since GIMP 2.8, is finally added back.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_48929\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gimp-differclouds.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48929\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48929\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gimp-differclouds.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gimp-differclouds.webp 574w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gimp-differclouds-300x190.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-48929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Difference Clouds dialog<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Other changes in the release include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make maximum radius for generated brushes consistent across codebase.<\/li>\n<li>Optimize font loading on app startup.<\/li>\n<li>Hide &#8220;windows-display-*&#8221; in shortcuts dialog.<\/li>\n<li>Hide Force slider for Pencil Tool.<\/li>\n<li>Remove size restrictions on Display Filters.<\/li>\n<li>Make &#8220;gimp-plug-ins-query&#8221; public again.<\/li>\n<li>Add Repair mode to Windows installer.<\/li>\n<li>No longer ship debug symbols in Linux AppImage.<\/li>\n<li>Many UI improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to Get GIMP 3.0.4<\/h3>\n<p>GIMP offers official packages for Linux, Windows, and macOS, which are available to download at the link below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gimp.org\/downloads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download GIMP<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For Linux, the <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/org.gimp.GIMP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flatpak package<\/a>, which runs in sandbox environment, has been updated to the new release, while the AppImage is not yet updated.<\/p>\n<p>And, Ubuntu users can install the community maintained (meaning unofficial) Snap package directly from App Center (or Ubuntu Software), though it&#8217;s also NOT been updated at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>For those who prefer the native <code>.deb<\/code> package, I&#8217;ve built the package into this <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/gimp-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unofficial PPA<\/a> for Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 24.10, and Ubuntu 25.04.<\/p>\n<p>To add the PPA and install GIMP 3.0.4, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run commands below one by one:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/gimp-3\r\n\r\nsudo apt update\r\n\r\nsudo apt install gimp libbabl-0.1-0 libgegl-0.4-0t64<\/pre>\n<p>For Ubuntu 22.04 with Ubuntu Pro enabled, use the command below instead to avoid dependency issue:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install gimp libbabl-0.1-0 libgegl-0.4-0t64 libheif1\/jammy<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GIMP 3.0.4, the second update for the major 3.0 release series of this popular image editor, is out! 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