If we want to have the software always up to date on Linux, one of the best options is to use the Flatpak packages. Updates arrive instantly, and even earlier than expected, like the previous version from the most popular free image editor or the current one that arrived this afternoon. In fact, both five months ago and GIMP 2.10.24 newly thrown out They reached Flathub earlier than the official website or any statement from its developers.
So without a release note, we can't add the list of what's new right now, although we will update this article when it's released. We can also talk about an improvement that a user has published on Twitter, an improvement that reaches the layers and a tool that can be used to highlight things and that we can see in many drawings, such as those of some comics, it already works without problems.
Now available on Flathub
SenlinOS explains that «Point snapping now (GIMP 2.10.24) works outside of the canvas. Without this feature, when the path is close to the edge of the canvas, it will not break«. This is somewhat reminiscent of an adjustment they made months or even years ago, that if we added a shadow to a text and it was very long, the text box would cut out the shadow, so the image would be loaded.
GIMP 2.10.24 Highlights
- Improved support for various formats, such as BMP, DDS, HEIF, JPEG, PDF, PNG, PSD, PSP, and TIFF.
- Layers enhancements, allowing them to be used outside or inside them.
- Support for importing or exporting GeoTIFF metadata.
- Improved the editor and metadata viewer.
- New operation to simulate elongated negative photo scan prints.
- Support for managing RAW images from Darktable 3.6 or later.
- Many bug fixes.
GIMP 2.10.24 is the last update of the image editor that tries to stand up to Photoshop, something that it achieves at least in the price. In the next few hours they should publish a release note with this and other news. Right now it can only be downloaded from Flathub or Your code, but soon it will also be possible from its official website. Considering that macOS users were in limbo for a long time, we don't know if they will update the version for Apple's desktop operating system at the same time.