Interview with Liam Quin

Release news for version GIMP 3.2.6

Development Update, August 2026

When i export something from GIMP as a gif, there's an option to include a text comment. Never outside of GIMP have i seen this. Googling it just gets questions about people putting gifs in Reddit comments. No other image viewer or editor i've seen makes these visible, and even GIMP only seems to be able to write them, not to read them. So what's up with these? How useful is it to put information in a gif comment?

I have this simple old plugin that is not working with modern versions of GIMP. I absolutely had this working in GIMP 2.x or whatever, but it is not working in GIMP 3.2. When running GIMP from the terminal, it prints out the error messages, and it seems that the issues with this plugin are mostly something to do with the manifest/metadata sort of info at the end of the script.

I have tried reading the documentation about plugins and making small edits to the script to resolve those errors, but I just cannot seem to get it to work. Can anyone help me edit this plugin in a way that makes it work with GIMP 3.2?

Another request is to add to the script to also add guides around the perimeter of the canvas. Which I assume should be simple, just adding something like

(gimp-image-add-vguide img 0)  
(gimp-image-add-vguide img 100)  
(gimp-image-add-hguide img 0)  
(gimp-image-add-hguide img 100)  

::: spoiler Original plugin script

;===============================================================  
;== GIMP Add Guides Vertically and Horizontally @ 50%         ==  
;== Copyright (c) 2008 Gregory M. Ross                        ==  
;===============================================================  

(define (script-fu-crosshairs img drawable)  
  
    (let* ((ImageW (car (gimp-drawable-width drawable))) 
	    (ImageH (car (gimp-drawable-height drawable))) 
	    (Vert_Offset  (car (gimp-drawable-offsets drawable)))  
	    (Horz_Offset  (cadr (gimp-drawable-offsets drawable)))  

	 
	    (Vert_50  (+ (* ImageW 0.5)Vert_Offset))  
	    (Horz_50  (+ (* ImageH 0.5)Horz_Offset))  
    )  
   
    (gimp-image-undo-group-start img)  
    (gimp-image-add-vguide img Vert_50)  
    (gimp-image-add-hguide img Horz_50)  
    (gimp-image-undo-group-end img)  
    (gimp-displays-flush)))  


(script-fu-register "script-fu-crosshairs"  
		    "<Image>/Image/Guides/Crosshair Guides"  
		    "Add Guides at 50% Horizontal and Vertical"  
		    "Gregory M. Ross"  
		    "Gregory M. Ross"  
		    "March 2008"  
		    ""  
		    SF-IMAGE    "Image" 0  
		    SF-DRAWABLE "Drawable" 0)  
		    

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The save dialog closes, and in my habit-riddled mind, that means the save is complete, so I quit. Only to realize seconds later my mistake.

I hope there's some solution to this, because "just remembering" doesn't seem to work.

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The GIMP 3 series cements its place as a professional and truly advanced piece of software.

It deserves a UI to match.

Get the theme and find out more at https://jpicture.net/hyperflatgraphite/

I've pretty much completed my new clean dark theme for the GIMP 3 series, but I'd like some feedback on one thing before I release it.

Should I use a light or dark tone for the separators? If you compare the two images you'll see what I'm referring to.

I think the lighter separators are easier to see and the darker ones are less distracting.

Which do you think is better?

I know I have a bias towards making things low-contrast and 'smooth', sometimes overly so, and I'd appreciate some outside perspective.

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