Hello, I made this thread because there is no popular outlet covering Gimp 2.99.19's development actively, So I myself will have to do it myself.
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Gimp 2.99.19 is the latest unstable build of Gimp that is way ahead of 2.99.18 in four areas that I will list below
Changes since Gimp 2.99.18
1. Images can export and xcfs can save without clipping - the export to png or save as .xcf is the same as the composition preview
2. Color space invasion update is finalizing when as during 2.99.18 it was just starting
3. The addition of adjustment layer groups that allow GEGL filters to be applied to layer groups and their content
4. Gimp now has three new GEGL filters out of workshop made by me designed for styling text. Bevel, Inner Glow and Styles the text styling engine
5. A crash fix with glib was solved (linux only)
6. A python plugin overhaul is finalizing and new rules for python plugins developers are being set
There are also other cosmetic changes like a new Gimp logo, a new icon for layer effects and splash screen
Important work that is leftThis list is not an entirety of everything
1. Non-destructive filters not refreshing property as seen here
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/11227https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/112512.
gegl:crop being internal in a setting of GIMP DRAWABLE causes layers to clip content because the previous image size is being remembered
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/112423. Curves and possibly other Gimp exclusive GEGL operations make a copy of themselves on top of the layer effects list when applying - this giving an inaccurate preview
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/112114. GEGL layer groups have bugs that are partially solved. It is possible that the layer group duplication bug is unrelated to the other two bugs
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/11095https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/11054https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/110945. An anomalous crash after closing Gimp happens when using GEGL plugins (my stuff) This happens when Gimp 2.99.19 closes with debug policy set to high
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/113576. Each individual GEGL render filter such as (gegl:color, gegl:spiral, gegl:cell-noise) ect.. has their own crop node that causes then to clip like this
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/112527. Issues with Stylus on Wayland exist (Linux Only)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/80168. For some odd reason flatpak in in Gimp writes .configs in the native system directory (Linux only)
https://github.com/flathub/org.gimp.GIM ... 5351da00ec9. Filters that are NOT CURRENTLY intended to be non-destructive sometimes become non-destructive but don't work correctly
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/1135510. They want to modernize Gimp's patterns to make them higher quality and possibly remove legacy stuff.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/30711. Legacy HSV blend modes go really slow do to the color space invasion update
Downsides worth mentioning
Gimp 2.10.38's release is stealing time that could be spent on 2.99.19/RC1
GEGL filters gradient map, shuffle search and voronoi diagram (not made by me) are still in GEGL workshop and will NOT be included in Gimp 3 RC1
in fact from what I understand only Local Threshold and my three GEGL plugins are the only new GEGL filters for RC1. If you used Gradient Map and Voronoi non-destructively in Gimp 2.99.19 it won't be in RC1/Gimp 3. Also chamfer was heavily modified by me and renamed "bevel".
Gimp 3's release is likely June 2023 but could be late May 2023 if we hussle
The world is obsessed with AI and Gimp 3 will get positive attention when released but I highly doubt it will "break the internet" especially when free Photopea(properitary), Krita (FOSS) and Pixelitor (FOSS) has had advance non-destructive editing for years now.
A new bug could be found or sub variations of bugs could be found that hold us back
All python and the vast majority of script fu plugins broke
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That hopefully paints a picture of what is going on in Gimp's development.
Thanks all