GIMP is a program for editing digital images in the form of bitmaps, both drawings and photographs. It is a free and open program.
Recently became known the release of the new version of “GIMP 2.10.34”, which mainly is a release that includes bug fixes, since currently all feature creation efforts are focused on preparing the GIMP 3 branch, which is in pre-release testing.
Of the most notable changes found in GIMP 2.10.34 include changes to the canvas size settings dialog, plus added ability to select predefined templates that describe typical sizes corresponding to common page formats (A1, A2, A3, etc.).
The size is calculated based on the actual size, taking into account the selected DPI. If the DPI of the template and the current image are different when the canvas size is changed, the option is to either change the DPI of the image or scale the template to match the DPI of the image.
in dialogs Layer, Channel and Path, added a small header above the list of elements, which contains suggestions on the possibility of activating the switches "👁️" and "🔗".
Another of the changes that stands out in this new version of GIMP 2.10.34 is that for Linux, the implementation of the dropper tool reverted to the old code to determine the color of an arbitrary point using X11, as the transition to using "portals" for Wayland-based environments caused a regression due to most portals not returning color information. Also, the code for color detection on the Windows platform has been completely rewritten.
In addition to this, it also highlights the improved compatibility with the TIFF format, as well as improved correct import of reduced pages from TIFF files, which can now be loaded as a separate layer.
A switch to import dialog to load thumbnails, which is enabled by default, but is disabled if there is only one thumbnail image in the file and it occupies the second position (in this case the thumbnail is assumed to be a thumbnail of the main image).
When exporting to files in PSD format, the ability to include outlines is implemented. For PSD, there is also support for loading words with a clipping attribute.
Added support for exporting JPEG XL images, In addition to that the ability to import files in JPEG XL format has been extended with support for metadata.
On the other hand, we can find that support for transparency in PDF has been added, as well as that added an option to the PDF import dialog to fill transparent areas with white, and an option has been added to the export dialog to fill transparent areas with a background color.
The ability to export images in RAW format with an arbitrary color depth value is provided.
In the dialogs for choosing a color and changing foreground/background color, the selected color gradation (0..100 or 0..255) and color model (LCh or HSV) are saved between sessions.
Updated library versions babl 0.1.102 and GEGL 0.4.42.
If you are interested in being able to know more about it about this new released version, you can check the details In the following link.
How to install GIMP on Linux?
For those who are interested in being able to install this new version of GIMP on their systems, They should only have the support to be able to install applications from Flatpak.
Just run the following command to install the application on your systems:
flatpak install flathub org.gimp.GIMP
Yes already have GIMP installed by this method, they can update it by running the following command:
flatpack update
When you run it, you will be shown a list of the applications installed by Flatpak that have an update. To proceed, just type "Y".