We are very happy to present you with GIMP 3.0.0 RC1! 馃コ

This is our first release candidate for what will be GIMP 3.0.0. Now is the time for everyone to test!

It is the result of years of work. I'm sure it still has many bugs (and you should report!), but we hope you will still appreciate the new version. 馃

gimp.org/news/2024/11/06/gimp-

GIMP - GIMP 3.0 RC1 Released - GIMP - GIMP 3.0 RC1 Released

www.gimp.org

GIMP - GIMP 3.0 RC1 Released

Release news for version GIMP 3.0 RC1

Not sure if I should report it because it's not a bug but there's some QoL regressions for me.
For example the Scale Image dialog used to have the width value selected by default which was a time saver, I'd also loved to merge menu and title bar but having to aim at the close button instead of just trowing the mouse in the corner is too annoying, and the removal of floating selections is disturbing my worflow.

GIMP

@GIMP@floss.social

Could you tell us how the removal of floating selections is disturbing your workflow? We had similar reports during development and always ended up finding a good way so that existing workflow would not lose anything in efficiency.

November 8, 2024 at 12:16:23 PM

When I want to move some part of an image what I usually do, and i do it a lot, is Select pixels, Cut, Paste, Drag to new position, Anchor with one click on canvas, and repeat.
Now it's Select, Cut, Paste, change tool to Move, Drag to new position, Merge layer by clicking on a button, change tool back to Rectangle, and repeat.
I could make it faster by learning some new shortcuts though but not as before.

If pasting as a floating selection is your main (or maybe even only?) paste method, you may change the ctrl-v shortcut to be "Paste as Floating Data". Then your paste will always do a Floating paste.
Or if you need both, you could set a specific shortcut to this action and use one or the other when needed.

Wouldn't that work?

Basically floating paste is not dead. It's just not the default paste anymore when pasting to a layer.

ok nice to know, I also found out I can use the transformation tool to directly move my selection without having to Cut/Paste.
That's how I was doing it with krita already (with their move tool though).

Yeah though we were wondering if it was a good idea if the transform tools are still creating a floating selection. This may not be the most consistent behavior, and also this is quite weird with several layers selected at once (right now it merges them all into a single floating selection). 馃

Elk Logo

Welcome to Elk!

Elk is a nimble Mastodon web client. You can login to your Mastodon account and use it to interact with the fediverse.

Expect some bugs and missing features here and there. Elk is Open Source and we're actively improving it as a community project. Join us and let's build it together!

If you'd like to report a bug, help us testing, give feedback, or contribute, reach out to us on GitHub and get involved.

To boost development, you can sponsor the Team through GitHub Sponsors. We hope you enjoy Elk!

涓夊挷鏅哄瓙 Kevin DengAnthony FuJoaqu铆n S谩nchezTAKAHASHI ShuujiDaniel RoePatak

The Elk Team