Post GIMP 3 RC1, RC2, RC3 - Finale Coverage (Complete)

MareroQ · **Posted:** Fri Feb 28, 2025 12:57 am **(#61)**

Two interesting threads:

1. Official tutorials on GIMP plug-ins and GEGL filters development by Jehan:
https://discuss.pixls.us/t/official-tut ... ment/48371

2. Script-fu V3 plug-ins by programmer_ceds:
https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Scrip ... 5#pid43135

However, the thread on gim-forum.net raises a few doubts for me:
1. Why should the ability to edit script-fu with Gimp enabled be adequate to the broken script-fu refresh function? It's a completely different functionality (allowing you to load scripts you need at a given moment) but I know better/easier to remove something than to fix it.
2. What does the lack of script-fu refresh have to do with python plugins?
3. What's the point of placing script-fu in the plg-ins directory?

I don't count on the programmers' response (because it's even hard to write: yes/no/later), but Your opinions.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16167

I thought Script-Fu Refresh was going to be fixed after 3.0?

contrast_ · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2020 **Posts:** 2013

contrast_ · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2020 **Posts:** 2013

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/11592

After this commit GIMP's passthrough blend mode with an empty layer now behaves as an adjustment layer. Which means it is safe to say GIMP now has an equal to Photoshop Style adjustment layers.

sallyanne · **Posted:** Sun Mar 02, 2025 8:42 am **(#65)**

I am running RC3 on windows 10 64bit - no idea about the GEGL files. I will uninstall and reinstall tomorrow and test again.

Waaaaay past my bedtime here :otb

contrast_ · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2020 **Posts:** 2013

3 other people on windows failed to replicate your crash.

contrast_ · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2020 **Posts:** 2013

Today GIMP's team made a lot of progress and surprised me.

Refresh Drawable bug was solved today, but its merge was rejected in a favor of Jehan's own personal commit.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/m ... uests/1454

contrast_ · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2020 **Posts:** 2013

This new issue I found triggers a crash in GIMP 3 RC3+Git and must be solved before release.

It is related to passthrough layer groups and filters.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/13032

sallyanne · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2025 7:26 pm **(#69)**

Downloaded again and it is working now.

contrast_ · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2020 **Posts:** 2013

sallyanne wrote:

In RC3
Generic > Text styling - opening a picture to overlay the text crashes the GEGL filter and it also awoke my Avast anti virus.

Option doesn't even look to be there anymore. Dont matter. I can do this manually, easily if I want.
Just wondering why now, if I was the only one who had the crash why has it now gone? Surely I didn't imagine it :oops:

Image upload is the third tab.

contrast_ · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2020 **Posts:** 2013

Bugs left before GIMP 3 is released

Render filters clip in certain scenarios
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/11409

NDE filters do not respect scaling or being transformed
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/12596

Partial clip with layer boundaries
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/11006

Passthrough layer group with filters problems
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/13058
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/13057

Layer Mask are ignored in certain scenarios
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/12985

and other minor stuff

Other minor stuff
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/milestones/3

contrast_ · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2020 **Posts:** 2013

GIMP's team is going to be delaying some non crtical bugs till after GIMP 3's release

Expect GIMP 3 to release in a few days to weeks time.

contrast_ · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2020 **Posts:** 2013

The passthrough layer group bugs that I reported are solved. So is the "other minor stuff".

This is all that is left.

Layer Mask are ignored in certain scenarios
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/12985

Render filters clip in certain scenarios
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/11409

NDE filters do not respect scaling or being transformed
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/12596

Partial clip with layer boundaries
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/11006

and that other new bug where merging warp transform or unified transform crashes GIMP

and here is the thing. GIMP 3 might release even if these bugs aren't solved.

contrast_ · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2020 **Posts:** 2013

GIMP's team is planning to release GIMP 3 on Sunday or Monday even if the bugs above are not solved. Though they might try to solve a few of them in the mean time. I predict Monday. Once GIMP 3 is released this thread will close as a success story.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16167

Yes i believe Bruno just released the first compile for Gimp-3.0 Windows x64. (executable installer DEV version)

contrast_ · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2020 **Posts:** 2013

Jehan just froze GIMP 3 (no more updates) and it is going to release any minute.

MareroQ · **Posted:** Mon Mar 17, 2025 11:44 am **(#77)**

https://download.gimp.org/mirror/pub/gimp/v3.0/windows/

contrast_ · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2020 **Posts:** 2013

GIMP 3 is officially released. Mission Accomplished for this thread and myself and colleagues.

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