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GIMP 3.2.4 Improves Text and Crop Tools, PDF Export, PSD Import, and More
Coming about three weeks after GIMP 3.2.2, the GIMP 3.2.4 release improves the Text tool to correctly position the on-canvas GUI when rotating the canvas, prioritize the global actions when a shortcut matches before sending the hit keys to the IME (Input Method Engine) when editing text, and prevent font size jumping to 0 when using shortcuts on selected text.
GIMP 3.2.4 also updates the Crop tool to improve support for non-raster layers, updates the Select by Color tool to optimize processing when working in Intersect mode, and updates the Selection tools to temporarily disable the “marching ants” (the animated dotted lines representing an active selection) outline when moving a floating layer or selection, improving its performance.
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GIMP 3.2.4 released with fresh set of bug fixes - OMG! Ubuntu
Assorted improvements made since GIMP 3.2.2 dropped in March include a variety of layer workflow tweaks, like ensuring certain actions, like ‘Layers to Image Size’ and ‘Resize Layer to Selection’ only on raster layers (not vector, linked or text layers).
Similarly, the team says they “caught more cases where tools would accidentally rasterize link, text, and vector layers”.
A layer naming issue broke what GIMP devs refer to as “the principle of least surprise”, so that’s been resolved. In earlier builds opening an XCF file as layers within a different project saw imported layer names use the XCF file name, rather than the original layer name.
On the tools side, the Text tool is smarter at handling keyboard shortcuts on selected text when said shortcuts might otherwise invoke a global action and the on-canvas GUI is ‘properly positioned when rotating the canvas’.
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GIMP 3.2.4 Released
Release news for version GIMP 3.2.4
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GIMP 3.2.4 Released with Better Performance & New Script Function | UbuntuHandbook
GIMP 3.2.4, the second maintenance update of the 3.2 major release series, was released yesterday.
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.
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.
It significantly improved the performance when making selections inside a large image with Intersection Mode enabled, by only considering pixels within the existing selection rather than trying to calculate across the entire image.
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 “marching ants” outline.