From e2ca5e6e2e4f005c68be331d52a7960a0e691421 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jehan Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:46:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: update. --- NEWS | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 898719a3b5..4386f08124 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -35,11 +35,24 @@ Core: - Sample Points mode is carried over on duplicated images (not only their position). - Procreate swatches (.swatches) can now be imported as palettes. + - Flipping link layers don't rasterize them anymore. Tools: - Flip tool: up/down and left/right keys can now be used to flip items respectively vertically or horizontally. + - Crop tool: the tool now adds an alpha channel to a layer under the + following conditions: + 1) "Selected layers only" is checked + 2) "Allow growing" is checked + 3) "Fill with" is set to transparency + 4) The crop rectangle is larger than the width or height of the layer + 5) The layer does not already have an alpha channel. + - Shear tool: arrow keys support to adjust the shear: left/right move + the shear on the X axis, up/down move the shear on the Y axis. + By default, it moves one pixel at a time. If you hold shift (similar + to the move tool), it moves based on the slider's page increment + setting (factoring in the current zoom). Operations: @@ -62,6 +75,15 @@ Graphical User Interface: - The Welcome dialog is not shown on start anymore if GIMP was started by loading images. - Histogram Editor pixels and count are now displayed in GSize range. + - New splash image for RC3. + - Make styling consistent for the NDE popover. + - Better wrapping and scrolling policy for the comment field of the + export dialog, preventing issues when other program add extra-long + comment to images. + - New style defined for GimpPivotSelector, so that it can be styled + through CSS. + - Canvas Size options in Preferences dialog reordered to match the + respective Canvas Size dialog. Command Line Interface: @@ -80,6 +102,17 @@ Plug-Ins: - Curve Bend PDB procedure API is not bogus anymore. - Gradient Flare files now support also Windows line ending. - Background color restored in (script-fu-round-corners). + - DDS: + * Initial DDS BC7 export support. + * Retains original import settings of a DDS texture (such as + compression, number of mipmaps, and flags) through a parasite. + On export, we default the compression format to the original to + reduce the chance of choosing the wrong format for the game + they're creating the texture for. + The other data stored is not currently used. + - Various Python plug-ins were improved to properly work in headless + environments. + - Image Map dialog improved so that it doesn't show too wide. API: @@ -109,6 +142,8 @@ API: "gimp:posterize". * gimp_drawable_threshold() in favor of filter "gimp:threshold". + + gimp_image_get_thumbnail() implementation updated to always return + sRGB(A) 8-bit data. - libgimpconfig: + GimpConfig objects can now be given a XCF version to force the serialization to use older formats. This is used for serializing @@ -123,6 +158,12 @@ API: + GimpColorScales and GimpColorSelect made introspectable. + gimp_widget_get_monitor() has now a Wayland implementation. +Translations: + + - New Cornish translation of GIMP. + - Thai now has official support in InnoSetup (Windows installer's + generic strings). + Build: - GIMP docs is now versioned on $DATADIR/doc/gimp-$APIVER (where @@ -157,6 +198,8 @@ Build: - From GIMP 3.2, the Snap package will be able to migrate config folders from non-Snap older GIMP, and will store its own config outside the sandbox too, from now on. + - Add limited global menu support for Flatpak. This requires setting + GIMP_GTK_MENUBAR environment variable. Overview of Changes from GIMP 3.2.0 RC1 to GIMP 3.2.0 RC2