GIMP 3.2 released • Hacker News Board

Re: GIMP 3.2 released

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Post by nirv » Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 8:54 PM UTC

Jabrov wrote: post #2

The lack of GenAI integration is actually refreshing

Do you suggest using manual brushes instead of content-aware fill, or am I supposed to not want to retouch the images in the way that GenAI makes so quickly and easily? My argument is that applications probably should provide useful tools for solving practical problems, regardless of their implementation details.

Re: GIMP 3.2 released

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Post by dvh » Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC

Can I finally Ctrl+s jpeg image? And no, export is not enough because first time it will ask for for path and compression level which it already knows. I just want to Ctrl+s and be done.

Re: GIMP 3.2 released

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Post by masfuerte » Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 9:04 PM UTC

hnlmorg wrote: post #7

I use Gimp pretty sporadically but the latest UI refresh (I’m guessing introduced in 3.0?) completely baffles me. It might just be that it’s better tailored for graphic designers, which I’m clearly not. But now I can’t even figure out how to draw a square on screen. Let along anything clever.

Select a rectangle. Stroke or fill the selection.

I agree it's a bit counter-intuitive, but afaik it's always worked like that.

Re: GIMP 3.2 released

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Post by peter-m80 » Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 9:04 PM UTC

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Re: GIMP 3.2 released

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Post by F3nd0 » Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 9:07 PM UTC

dvh wrote: post #12

Can I finally Ctrl+s jpeg image? And no, export is not enough because first time it will ask for for path and compression level which it already knows. I just want to Ctrl+s and be done.

It seems like you can assign this action to Ctrl + S, yes. See here:

    Edit → Keyboard Shortcuts → file → Overwrite […]

I think this would be awful default behaviour, but I guess it’s nice to have the option if you really want it, and I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to find after reading your comment.

Re: GIMP 3.2 released

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Post by pxoe » Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 9:07 PM UTC

dvh wrote: post #12

Can I finally Ctrl+s jpeg image? And no, export is not enough because first time it will ask for for path and compression level which it already knows. I just want to Ctrl+s and be done.

File - Overwrite file, that's been there for a while. It can be turned into a hotkey, it's unmapped by default, and I don't think that'd change nor should it change, given how user hostile that'd be, the long history of how it works in editors like that, and with how they lean towards non-destructiveness of it all. Also, that just sounds like perhaps a simpler editor would be a better fit, like Paint.

Re: GIMP 3.2 released

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Post by orev » Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 9:08 PM UTC

dvh wrote: post #12

Can I finally Ctrl+s jpeg image? And no, export is not enough because first time it will ask for for path and compression level which it already knows. I just want to Ctrl+s and be done.

Almost all programs treat the “Save” operation as something used with the native format, in this case XCF files. These preserve things like layers, etc. JPG and other formats are exports because after you close the file you can’t get all that stuff back when you reopen it.

Re: GIMP 3.2 released

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Post by cyberjunkie » Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 9:12 PM UTC

nirv wrote: post #11

Jabrov wrote: post #2

The lack of GenAI integration is actually refreshing

Do you suggest using manual brushes instead of content-aware fill, or am I supposed to not want to retouch the images in the way that GenAI makes so quickly and easily? My argument is that applications probably should provide useful tools for solving practical problems, regardless of their implementation details.

There are other applications with that implemented, with GenAI too.

Re: GIMP 3.2 released

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 9:17 PM UTC

nirv wrote: post #11

Jabrov wrote: post #2

The lack of GenAI integration is actually refreshing

Do you suggest using manual brushes instead of content-aware fill, or am I supposed to not want to retouch the images in the way that GenAI makes so quickly and easily? My argument is that applications probably should provide useful tools for solving practical problems, regardless of their implementation details.

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Re: GIMP 3.2 released

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Post by locusofself » Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 9:18 PM UTC

__mharrison__ wrote: post #9

cmyk_student wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's because each transform was "destructive" (like filters use to be by default). What link & vector layers do instead is store a transform matrix, so each transform just updates the matrix instead of actually re-rasterizing the layer each time. We were hoping to expand that feature to all layer types for 3.2, but we ran out of time to properly test it for release. It'll like be finished for the next minor release.

It sounds like you are a gimp developer. Curious about the use of AI to work on it. Do the gimp devs use AI to write code?

I see you are getting downvoted but I don't blame you for this question. I've been curious about what developers of established products are doing with LLM assisted coding myself.