If you’re a user of the GIMP 3.0 stable series and have been enjoying its latest features, you’re in for a treat with the release of GIMP 3.0.6. This update serves as the third maintenance update, bringing a range of bug fixes and improvements inspired by the upcoming GIMP 3.2.
Some key changes in this release include:
- The ability for brush, font, and palette dockables to utilize theme colors.
- Enhanced support for Photoshop brushes.
- Automatic transparency addition to layers when necessary.
- Improved non-destructive filters that make application clearer.
- A revamped palette import dialog that includes filtering options by format.
- Resolved issues with Lab and CMYK ACB palette imports.
- Fixed printing issues on Flatpak and Snap package versions.
- Enhanced reliability of the lock content feature with an Undo step.
- Improvements to SVG export for paths.
- Multi-layer awareness in transform boundaries for previews.
- Patching of security vulnerabilities in plugins.
Additionally, the official GIMP AppImage has been made more reliable, now rebased on Debian 13, also fixing various format-specific bugs while restoring functionality to the PS/EPS plugin. Users can also download GIMP’s nightly builds for ARM64 and Intel/AMD devices through the Snap Store.
The GIMP development team strongly recommends updating to this latest version, especially for production work.
For further details, check out the official release announcement or download GIMP from the official website.