What's New in GIMP 2.10.34

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Are you updating to GIMP 2.10.34?

[@kittyburger6042]

I have already... Gimp is tops...😇

[@ahmednegm7404]

Not yet

[@surinfarmwest6645]

I will be as I was not aware of the multiple screen colour picker and I use it.

[@carloshenriquezanatta9366]

Yes

[@ahmed_shawkei]

i did along time ago i need your help how can i warp an image or a text and apply it to none plane shapes (folded shapes) like t-shirt or cans or pillow

[@DoloresJNurss]

Thank you for continuing to provide these updates--I rely on you.

[@electronstudios1411]

I'm so happy to see how much gimp has changed over the years!

[@ytskt]

Are you being sarcastic?

[@deepakshanmugam5652]

I don't see any major changes for many years. Especially the UI looks same for many years.

[@ytskt]

@@deepakshanmugam5652 waiting for non destructive adjustment layers for more than 20 years now.

[@exogendesign4582]

yep still garbage.

[@skelebro9999]

3:17 that came out of nowhere 😂 keep up the great work!

[@deod087]

I hope that in GIMP 3.0 there will be a huge change about user interface and user experience (especially UX) like Blender has done since version 2.8, GIMP seems complicated to use at first.

[@scorpiom8053]

coming from photoshop gimp seems unintuitive

[@BusinessWolf1]

@@scorpiom8053 it doesn't 'seem' unintuitive, it IS

[@AmazingPhilippines1]

I have downloaded GIMP over the years but never taken the time to learn the software. You have given me some motivation. Watching from the Philippines.

[@irithylloldman6526]

I hope that GIMP will receive on day the same treatment that MuseScore got. Their software now has a premium feel and is actually better in every single metric than other paid tools. I can just hope that the team over at gimp continues to deliver and eventually surpass some competitors

[@KingKenTM]

Same with Blender. Blender is just as good as thousand dollar softwares now.

[@GaryParris]

GIMP 3.0 will be awesome to see, well done, and yes its a positive future for gimp when the main hurdles are done, and i have been following one of the people who is responsible for CMYK and that is going well along with other changes the same person has been finalising. :O)

[@3polygons]

I'm quite interested in CMYK support.

[@wixlogo]

My gimp guru ❤

[@diklongley01]

great video. simply presented and good demos shown. thanks for taking the time to show us the updates.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thanks for watching!

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thanks for watching!

[@teacherswhocode1866]

I think the biggest challenge facing GIMP is that Photoshop selection tools are very, very powerful. I was teaching PS to middle school kids and the quick select tool kept their frustration low. They are just kids🙂 Well Adobe Cloud crap, while we have it, can't be used for kids under 13 due to privacy laws, so I took a really hard look at GIMP. The difficulty with selecting areas may be a show stopper. And PS is using AI to do some amazing things. I hope GIMP can attract more developers.

[@manueldouglas3435]

Alot of PS functions nowadays are AI based.

[@esphilee]

Subscription base is the deal breaker for me. Maybe try Affinity, if their selection works better. But I am happy with GIMP for now. Especially their startup is much much faster. PS takes ages to start.

[@jktolford8272]

@@manueldouglas3435 Adobe seems to need a new abbreviation for Illustrator.

[@BusinessWolf1]

The selection tools are one thing, but the UX.. it is incredibly frustrating at times.

[@surinfarmwest6645]

Colour picker on multiple screens, love it!

[@LabFloss]

Hello!! I recently started using Gimp since I wanted to do some light photo editing. There is one thing that really confuses me on Gimp’s workflow. Every time I apply a change to a layer ex. adding drop shadows or changing colour temperature, the change is applied without a problem. However, I’m really struggling to find a way to modify the actions I have already performed. For example if I decide to go back to colour temperature to modify the values I added before, I only see the default values on the menu. And in my understanding the program applies the new values on top of the old ones. There is no way to see and edit the values I had entered before. This is really confusing. The only solution to this that I’ve found is to keep undoing actions until you get to the specific action you want to redo. This means that you lose all the rest of the work and actions you have performed after editing colour temperature for example. I am pretty sure I’m missing something here. It should not work like that. I tried to look online but couldn’t find anything. I would really appreciate any help!

[@Namearts9902]

Yes that happens every time we wanna make some changes in each layer even in texts. That is why I undo until I get the perfect edit. It is really annoying. Designing in gimp is really exhausting. But it is a way better option than paying for adobe softwares for someone who can't afford.

[@michaelkeymont501]

These updates to a thing that doesn’t get meaningful updates very much, are appreciated. It must feel like a thankless task while we all wait for the 3.0 release. Well, thank you.

[@cameron1376]

Cheers mate++ Enjoy the loo roll :)

[@BusinessWolf1]

I just tried it out. 3 things frustrated me a LOT, and I quit it. For the record, I have the amazing photoshop theme installed called photogimp, because I'm used to Ps. Okay, so, the two things were: 1. I click the new layer button, and instead of getting a new layer and being to draw immediately, I get a menu. I press enter, it goes away. Great, then I go into the settings to see how I can make this *never* happen again. There is no setting for disabling that menu. At least none that I saw, and I looked hard for it. 2. I drew random lines for a bit while trying to get pressure sensitivity to work, then eventually wanted to delete that layer. Then I see like 4-5 layers that I did not manually create in the layer list. No problem, I'll just delete them. Click one, press delete key. Doesn't work. Maybe that layer type is different. So I click the layer I created and press the delete key. Nothing. What the fuck. Then I right click and press 'delete layer' on each one. 3. Getting pressure sensitivity to work wasn't just frustrating, it was downright stupid. I had gotten it to work previously in Gimp, then at some point updated my tablet's drivers, and because of that it was now no longer working, and I had to reset my input devices and [blah blah blah]. Extra - while having my cursor on 'screen' mode and my tablet on 'window' mode (to dampen the inherent acceleration that comes with having a non display tablet) I had two cursors on screen, one for the mouse and one for the tablet pen. This would not have been an issue, except for the fact that if the mouse cursor is in the layer menu let's say, you can not use your pen outside of the layer menu. This is incredibly stupid, the pen should stick to the canvas window. Also because of this, using the sliders is an absolute shit show. This is not usable for anyone looking to do more than draw stick figures. It's actively anti user. It feels horrible to use, because I can't just do what I need to do. Life is not long enough to have to navigate a menu each time I want to create or delete a layer. And no, I am not making a Git Lab account to tell the devs what's going on, I've done that before on other repositories and I always get dismissed so they can do less work. These issues are surface level and extremely obvious, they are not even worth reporting. They should have been fixed before the repository was ever even created.

[@3polygons]

I'm hyped for 3.0, actually. Haven't followed lately their development (am using other tools, but I like Gimp, Inskcape and Scribus) so I'm quite curious about what are they revamping and etc.

[@bernardfoot349]

There is another change in 2.10.34 that I was after. In 2.10.32 they introduced the ability to save to BigTIFF format. Unfortunately this was made a default that you could not change. Apart from GIMP, the various software I use doesn't understand BigTIFF, and so I had to remember to change the setting the first time I saved in a session. In 2.10.34 you still can't change the default, but the default now is standard TIFF rather than BigTIFF.

[@ARNABOSS]

canvas size feature in neat 👍😊 what it actually needs is a auto BG remover and an easier process to add outline to objects many other smaller editors now do these things easily

[@louisd95714]

Is this compatible with G'MIC and rasterizer add-ins?

[@TheCocoaDaddy]

Thanks for the update! Q: What's the best way to contact you to request a GIMP tutorial? Thanks for posting!

[@cw9007]

Thanks or the video. Do you know how to solve the problem that unicode does not seem to work in 2.10.34. Need to write the copyright symbol.

[@wellifthemediasaysit]

Hi how do i highlight, and move text, either whole words, (large) or just single letters/numbers, without its background? Im sure i did it before, but cant remember how? Doesnt seem to be the 'foreground highlight' tool! There must be a fast and simple way? Cheers

[@louisd95714]

I realize GIMP is completely free, but am hoping there will be major upgrades for the impending 3.0 version. This is mainly for touching up photos, but for the likes of other free apps, such as CANVA and Adobe Express, not sure why they would want to hop on board with GIMP when these can do a good job for most of the average laymen

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

I guess the main benefit at this point is you don't need to create an account and give out your personal information. But I agree that premium software now offers free versions that have lots of features.

[@tastygrey]

Hi! How can I change the appearance of the cursor here?

[@user-mk6pk1rw9j]

Hi! Is there a way to auto stich images together like with photoshop? I've been using hugin panorama but haven't been getting good results.

[@solarupdraft]

I'm struggling to get GIMP to recognize my surface pro 8's touchscreen as a touchscreen. Currently it just treats it as a mouse input, or a "core pointer". Am I missing a driver?

[@manueldouglas3435]

Just drop Gimp 3.0 so I can select multiple layers at a time 😖😖 But I will still love it

[@aliencreation8744]

Any idea if any of linux beavers filters are gonna be added as gegl filters fren?

[@larryglatt2548]

Thank you for your video, I just subbed. Is there any way to batch metadata copyright images. I will be scanning in images converted from transparencies (slides) from the 80's & 90's, some early 2000's as well. Thank you, Larry

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Hey Larry - you may want to look into the BIMP plug-in. That may have that functionality.

[@larryglatt2548]

@@DaviesMediaDesign Thank you for your quick informative reply

[@bharatkumar6458]

I have replaced gimp with krita it feels a little slow than gimp but its filter layer transformation layer outweighs any performance gain of gimp for my photo editing use case it can be used as external editor in raw therapee thats so nice things to have and you can also do simple raw processing directly in krita I really liked gimp and started with it but krita just outweighs it for me.

[@vlaxusparalaxus9103]

Krita is not a replacement for Gimp at all. It's made for very different things. For image editing Krita can be used only for very basic things.

[@jimking81]

3:15 What the heck? I laughed so hard 😂

[@chefmikebenninger481]

Still an Affinity guy, but it is getting better.....

[@abhishes]

Can you use GIMP to color the sky like your desktop wallpaper? I always want to color the sky like that. Not sure if that picture is digital art or an actual photo which was colored using GIMP.

[@xCarbonBlack]

Off course, use gradients and a bit of masking. or you can manually color it

[@abhishes]

@@xCarbonBlack Please make a tutorial for it.

[@waytospergtherebro]

How many more decades until it supports spot channels?

[@jylobo1112]

Can you make more Affinity Photo videos? I really enjoy your way of making videos and I would like to see you upload more videos about affinity photo on your other channel (Pro Photo Vector) Gimp 3.0 is just taking too long and even when it comes out it still won't have adjustment layers which is quite disappointing :/ and Thank you for your amazing courses and videos I have learned a lot from you

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Yes, I am planning on getting more Affinity videos up. I will also continue to cover GIMP as I believe they have a lot of great things on the horizon.

[@mujibulhaquetanim]

smart object still not included 😥

[@manueldouglas3435]

Guys do I bring back my default project templates. A2, A3, ect is just gone 😭😭

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

I'm not sure what you're asking

[@amitabhsinha8826]

Can you make tutorial how logo intro ,just like your?

[@BenoitAdam2]

WAIT HOW DO YOU BETTER BIGGER ICONS PLEASE !!!??!

[@trulysensitive726]

this was my update

[@tomelew8465]

Hi, I'm new to Gimp, trying to put all things Adobe behind me. So thanks so much for all the helpful videos! Am I understanding this correctly? Every time I open a jpeg with Gimp, it inexplicably converts it to Gimp's native format, thereby requiring me to then Export As back to jpeg?? This can't be right. Am I missing something simple? Thanks in advance for any help .

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Welcome to GIMP! File>Save will save the file in GIMP’s native .XCF format. File>Export allows you to export to JPEG or a variety of other file types.

[@HaniSantosa]

Yes. Everytime you need to save as jpeg or png or other non-xcf, you need to "export as"

[@tomelew8465]

​@@HaniSantosa Lol! Yikes! That's a deal-breaker. For those of us out here that constantly have to work with jpegs that's a total non-starter. It's ridiculous and makes no sense. This is image editing software right? Well, thanks for getting back to me on that.

[@tomelew8465]

@@DaviesMediaDesign Lol! Yikes! That's a deal-breaker. For those of us out here that constantly have to work with jpegs that's a total non-starter. It's ridiculous and makes no sense. This is image editing software right? Well, thanks for getting back to me on that.

[@bsjett]

@@tomelew8465 It doesn't affect working with jpegs at all. You import your jpeg, save with "Save As" to keep your progress as you go, then when you're all set, you "Export As" to get your final .jpg/.png.

[@nexpro6985]

Gimp needs a new name.

[@ifell3]

Didn't a certain someone say gimp was discontinued and is moving his videos away from gimp 😅

[@3polygons]

It never stopped. Where did you hear that ?. It is not a 2600 souls company like Adobe, it's a handful of developers, so it has to go slower than Adobe.

[@teacherswhocode1866]

He didn't say it was discontinued, but I guess he thinks his channel will grow more with Photoshop tutorials. He even created a second channel to move his GIMP stuff to so that his main channel will have no GIMP tutorials.

[@ifell3]

@@teacherswhocode1866 I know, I still follow. I'm certain he did say it was, ok he said it was dead.

[@3polygons]

@@teacherswhocode1866 Perhaps in that case I'd rather go with something in between the two worlds, like Affinity Photo (it's my current tool for everything). Although I can only recommend Adobe for the younger ones who are aspiring to develop a career in the industry (in almost whatever 2D related industry). I'd be acting badly if doing otherwise. Me, I have used PS since 1995 (28 years using it... ouch)... Now, as a freelancer, I prefer low cost (Affinity suite, Clip Studio, etc) commercial tools and open source software (Blender, Krita, Gimp, Inskcape), as I have anyways pretty much the hang of Adobe and Autodesk software/UI (thanks to the companies I worked at), so I don't need "the training". Otherwise I'd do that first. But now... am allergic to subscriptions or paying large sums of money :D .

[@teacherswhocode1866]

@@3polygons I was teaching PS to my middle school students, but it's not fair to show them a tool, then tell them to "pay up" to use it. Also not a fan of anything in the cloud since it just means you are being data mined. I've spent a few days reworking the projects in GIMP and it looks like all will be well.

[@jayvlugt3309]

Why not show it in action, instead of you can do this and do that?

[@BenoitAdam2]

Honestly, this is the best version. Old version UI sucked ass.

[@ZanaGBYT]

With each passing update, GIMP strays further and further away from features for digital artists. That and It somehow performs worse today, on M1 hardware than 2.6/2.8 used to do under OSX back in 2010. ( though i do appreciate not needing to launch an X server to get it to work anymore ) And yes, i know, the windows and macOS binaries are not the priority, and it's only gonna perform decently on GTK based DE's ( good luck with that with them completing the GTK3 port now that GNOME has dropped it entirely ) At this stage, and with the new roadmaps where they will no longer hold features for major releases past 3.0.X, i just hope they just start shedding features and focus entirely on photomanipulation ( and stop giving false hopes for artists ), or have a renaissance period like Blender did. It's not felt like a fully baked product ever since 2.8 came out. I'm still hopeful for it's future, and here's hope that once they go onto the new versioning scheme where they can just release things as soon as they're being worked on, development pace picks back up, but as someone who used it for everything, from drawing, pixel art for specific hardware configurations, photo editing, from 2009 to 2021, it pains me to see it get further and further behind.

[@MrBlkthndr]

GIMP may need a whole UI update.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

What kind of UI updates would you like to see?

[@UltraLightDashFlawless]

I completely agree with you, it needs a cleaner interface, neater, prettier interface

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

@@UltraLightDashFlawless So does Photoshop though lol

[@UltraLightDashFlawless]

@@DaviesMediaDesign PhotoShop HAS a great UI, i love Gimp, but.... this is the reality bro

[@Amitkumar-dv1kk]

​@@UltraLightDashFlawless what kind of changes do you suggest though, the ui is much more cleaner now, plus it also has new themes, and you can also customize everything top to bottom, make it look an exact replica of PS. It's understandable that you may want all that new fancy transparency windows and stuff with gradients and blurs thrown everywhere like covid stimulus package. They are called eye candies and tbh, gimp is just better this way with this new dark themes.

[@pipeliner8969]

Toilet Paper canvas size 😝 what the actual F

[@UltraLightDashFlawless]

in the year 2028 approximately, we will have the same features that Photoshop had many years ago wait for.... we can´t do much, just wait for

[@creativityexpeditions4582]

🧻

[@skelovade]

⏰⏰⏰⏰

[@gabriellasanders9424]

Will Gimp ADD ANY Ai???????????????? 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Not any time soon

[@sirrodneyffing1]

Interface still looks like a pigsty designed by nerd in 1980.

[@callisoncaffrey]

I see Windows, I leave.

[@stevepetts1721]

Another completely underwhelming GIMP update

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

They won’t be for much longer - big things coming this year.

[@3polygons]

I'd disagree... Gimp needs to work on usability details like these. When you add many of these up, the entire perception and efficiency of the software changes. I hope they keep working in UI and usability issues.

[@GazzaBoo]

What gimp needs more than anything is a reworking of that hideous interface. It's just plain ugly and needs to go. If it had a better, more modern interface that didn't look like it was designed by a ten year old I might actually use it.