{"id":50989,"date":"2026-04-20T07:46:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=50989"},"modified":"2026-04-20T07:46:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:46:48","slug":"gimp-3-2-4-released-with-better-performance-new-script-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/gimp-3-2-4-released-with-better-performance-new-script-function\/","title":{"rendered":"GIMP 3.2.4 Released with Better Performance & New Script Function"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GIMP 3.2.4, the second maintenance update of the 3.2 major release series, was released yesterday.<\/p>\n

The new version of this popular GTK-3 based image editor continued improving UI\/UX experiences, fixed various issues, and added new function for plugin developers.<\/p>\n

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The 3.2.4 now shortens long file names in the Welcome dialog’s Create page, while, user may hovering over the image preview or name to see the full name.<\/p>\n

It significantly improved the performance when making selections inside a large image with Intersection Mode<\/code> enabled, by only considering pixels within the existing selection rather than trying to calculate across the entire image.<\/p>\n

It raised the maximum UI image size to 8192 pixels, and improve the performance when moving a floating layer or selection, by temporarily turned off the \u201cmarching ants\u201d outline.<\/p>\n

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When editing text, it now prioritizes the global actions when a shortcut matches, before sending the hit keys to the input method engine (IME). This can prevent IME from blocking custom shortcuts.<\/p>\n

GIMP 3.2.4 changed the behavior of the “edit-fill-*” actions. It will now either skip layers which can’t be filled (e.g., content-lock layers and link layers) or fill the expected way non-rasterized text and vector layers.<\/p>\n

For Windows, the scanner plugin is broken due to removal of the 32-bit support. The new version introduced a Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) scanner plug-in<\/b> to replace it. The new plugin can be accessed from the same place, though the UI looks difference and it requires new WIA-compatible drivers to make it work correctly.<\/p>\n

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For plugin developers, this version also added new gimp_resources_loaded ()<\/code> function to determine if a resource (like brushes, patterns, fonts, etc) has been loaded in GIMP before trying to use it in your plug-in.<\/p>\n

It also deprecated the gimp_quit ()<\/code> plugin, which will be removed in the next GIMP 4.x release. And, several deprecated Script-fu functions have been cleaned out from scripts.<\/p>\n

Other changes in GIMP 3.2.4 include:<\/p>\n