ZeMarmot :gimp:

Animation film (CC BY-SA) about a Marmot made with FLOSS, directed by Aryeom Han and written by Jehan Pagès, also technical support (maintainer of @GIMP). This account is official and maintained by DansLeRuSH ᴱᶰ (npub108a…hjnz), Aryeom or Jehan.

ℹ️: https://film.zemarmot.net
Support Us: https://film.zemarmot.net/en/donate

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Last Notes

2026-04-23 22:46:22 UTC

Our week at Libre Graphics Meeting, including the 3.2.4 bugfix release, branching out and starting to work on GIMP 3.4 and a talk about the Community and #GIMP:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/talk-at-libre-156389293

2026-04-05 10:25:12 UTC

RE: https://floss.social/@GIMP/116330921975439370
Because our April fool jokes are based on truths, we edited our April first news, transforming it from a joke to an Easter egg hunt!
If you re-read the news, you may find the hint about what is actually being worked on for @npub1jxd…txs3 ! Have fun searching!
Happy Easter everyone! 🔔 🥚🍫 🐰
#note1nat…8wlk

2026-03-14 19:32:14 UTC

RE: https://floss.social/@GIMP/116229009692048437
We released #GIMP 3.2.0 today! Quite an exhausting week with usual last-minute issues!
E.g. the CI infra suddenly failed yesterday! Fortunately admins were prompt to fix as always (still I went to bed at 1AM)!
Then issues in Windows packaging, which testers didn't notice with early test packages (of course, only noticed by someone just after the tagging! 😱).
Yet all in all, first time I end the release around 7PM after having started the release day at 9AM! The procedure gets better! 😄
#note1k2g…976a

2026-03-14 00:07:26 UTC

The @npub1jxd…txs3 project got a very cute fan mail through actual post 💌, with a donation.
We would love to share a scan, but it's not cool to share private messages without consent, so we won't. It is though very heart-warming! 🥰
We have had some at #ZeMarmot too across the years, and actual fan mail, and even more when it's through physical letters, is always extremely cool to receive! 🤗

2026-03-13 11:00:01 UTC

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Aaaaargh! Sorry everyone! I edited the message, but only the poll duration as I wanted to extend it a bit until tonight and that… resetted all the votes to 0!!! 😱
For information, before edit, 100% of the votes were on the "It works fine; I see no regressions or blockers" item, and I think that was 6 or 7 votes.
Feel free to re-vote, as it feels sad now with 0 votes showing. 😢
Really sorry all. I didn't know a poll time edit would do a reset (feels like a Mastodon bug).

2026-03-12 14:34:55 UTC

Testing #GIMP 3.2.0 candidate binaries for the upcoming release!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/final-stretch-3-152864165
Feedback welcome.

2026-02-04 15:11:35 UTC

Quite last minute, yesterday evening, I (Jehan from #ZeMarmot and @npub1jxd…txs3 maintainer) answered to the call for feedback by the @npub1m96…ag4y on the "European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy". Here is my response:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems/F33370679_en

2026-01-20 21:32:19 UTC

Someone (thanks @npub13hg…g240 for discovering it!) shared this meme… about #ZeMarmot's Jehan, as @npub1jxd…txs3 maintainer "hero developer"! 😅😎😱🤣
We were unsure what to do of it. In the end, just sharing it… for the fun. I should say "Thank you", I guess? 🤷🤗
https://programmerhumor.io/linux-memes/this-is-jehan-pages-the-top-developer-behind-gimp-a-free-open-source-photo-editor-adobe-executives-hate-jehan-because-of-his-hard-work-adobe-lost-millions-of-dollars-iv0z

2025-12-17 00:50:49 UTC

These last few days, I've looked a lot at various issues for graphics tablets on Linux, which made me have very informative discussions with @npub1ype…4pcg. 💬
There is quite some data to digest, but that could lead to interesting enhancements in graphics tablet configuration after @npub1jxd…txs3 3.2 is released… 🤔

2025-12-07 22:08:07 UTC

While we are very actively working 🧑‍💻 on preparing the release for @npub1jxd…txs3 3.2.0 RC2, I also took some time on the side to plan ahead the future of GIMP.
This is how I came up with the 2 roadmaps for versions 3.4 and 3.6 which I shared 2 weeks ago.
This post on our Patreon page gives some more details about our plans: https://www.patreon.com/posts/planning-future-144005216
Enjoy the read everyone! 🤗

2025-11-26 15:17:43 UTC

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By the way, I am hopeful we should be able to get this tool out of playground for @npub1jxd…txs3 3.4, very likely together with a rework of the Foreground Selection tool which could become instead a particle selection tool (hair, fur selection, etc.).
I did also spend some time the other day to review current UI and workflow of the Foreground Selection tool, which is really really suboptimal.
Guess I will update the roadmap! 😁

2025-11-26 15:12:14 UTC

As a side project, to relax from maintenance and preparation of @npub1jxd…txs3 3.2, I have been looking into our experimental "Paint Select" tool.
The tool is still hidden under a Playground settings, mostly for performance reason. I am in early review and experimentation on it, but it feels like we can really improve things, both algorithmically and UX/UI wise.
Here is me making a quick selection of Mia, official mianager of the LILA non-profit film production:
https://peer.tube/w/nqPXSWgD7PxM98R3osZy99

2025-11-21 16:59:17 UTC

🥳 Happy ㉊th birthday, @npub1jxd…txs3 ! 🎂
In 1995, November 11, a young US student, Peter Mattis, announces a program on some Linux newsgroups, called "The GIMP: the General Image Manipulation Program". 2 years later, Spencer Kimball (other co-author) and Peter graduate and leave.
Thanks to the #GPL license, the community take over development.
30 years later… The project is thriving, with contributors from all over the world, and maintainers from Germany, Norway, France, Korea, Netherlands… 🤗
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/588/600/883/937/957/original/a38bf28d595c28e6.jpg

2025-11-20 12:47:09 UTC

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Note 2: I remind very strongly that these are not "promises". They may evolve (adding or removing features!). In fact, they **will** evolve.
We use them for organizational purpose and to give ourselves points of focus.
For others, it gives a global idea of the direction of GIMP development.
But that's only it!
I feel like I need to remind this because every time we share a bit of our organizational thoughts, it's used by some people against the project later on.

2025-11-20 12:43:06 UTC

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Note 1: this work also relies on the work done by the past, by dozens of contributors! For instance, Varun Samaga B L did a lot of very nice work to improve OpenCL support and now @npub1eha…ze52 does a lot of cool work too, so it really feels like OpenCL could re-become a first-class citizen soonish!
That's true for all other projects listed here too!
Never forget that FLOSS is in fact a lot of dwarves standing on each other's shoulders! We don't need no giants standing on people's feet! 😁

2025-11-20 12:31:48 UTC

I guess I can show a screenshot of current roadmaps for 3.4 and 3.6. This contains projects by Americo Gobbo, @npub13hg…g240, Jacob Boerema, @npub1eha…ze52, and us (Aryeom & Jehan @npub1wvm…5rdg). We have not yet incorporated any project by Gabriele Barbero, Idriss Fekir and @npub1r6c…egrw who will likely further improve text handling. And others…
With our new policy of fast minor release, we ask everyone to focus on one big project only (they may add in small projects which would not block release).
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/582/024/810/635/617/original/d4d02760e1b03eb9.png
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/582/025/525/443/517/original/654ae4ac21ba364c.png

2025-11-19 22:42:49 UTC

With @npub1jxd…txs3 3.2 on the final stretch, today I spent quite some time preparing #GIMP 3.4 and 3.6 initial roadmaps 🗓️ with input of what other contributors want to work on (with the usual assumption that roadmaps are "fluid" and can change anytime; it's a tool for us to self-organize, not a promise to others).
Organizing future works is always a nice feeling as we can see where we are going! 🎯

2025-11-11 20:39:22 UTC

While #FOSDEM has not uploaded our keynote recording yet unfortunately (technical issues as our movie is CC by-sa and their recordings are usually CC by), we decided to upload the full recording of the movie screening + live music (cine-concert) at least for our patrons.
Musicians are from AMMD ([@ORL_AMMD](https://mamot.fr/@ORL_AMMD )).
Recording and editing by FOSDEM video team.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/zemarmot-cine-143285029
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/532/974/924/562/761/original/01a1bb48bd0e0f57.png

2025-10-31 14:46:53 UTC

Today I finally merged one of my 2013 patches for @npub1jxd…txs3! (with improvements of course) 😁
This is a new action to switch to last used tool (defaulting to Shift-X shortcut).
As a side change, I also made so that once an effect has been validated (or canceled), the previously selected tool is activated again.

2025-09-24 00:34:52 UTC

We are currently preparing a new stable release of @npub1jxd…txs3 3.0. A lot of work is being done in backstage by our developers, packagers, translators, testers… stay tuned!
Also we remind that anyone can join the team of testers, if you want to help us finding issues, posting feedback and so on: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/14947#note_2557397
This upcoming release was much needed and incorporates a ton of fixes for various bugs 🦋!

2025-09-08 12:01:12 UTC

Anyone using one of the languages where @npub1jxd…txs3 3 crashes lately (Norwegian, Turkish… AFAIK) on Windows, who could test an installer for us?
See: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/12626#note_2543103
The bug is in Windows, but we may have a workaround (to be confirmed by testing) until Microsoft fixes their code.

2025-08-29 12:07:00 UTC

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Note that I am planning to port part of this work to all types of layers eventually though as a last-second merge concept, because destructive layers are still meant to be edited through direct pixel edits.
Yet it should be possible to lessen quality loss even on destructive layers, for the cases when several transformations are done consecutively.
This is work-in-progress.

2025-08-29 12:04:28 UTC

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Another nice ability of link layers is that all consecutive transformations are squashed into a single transformation, which will lead to much smaller quality loss.
For instance, the first image is a standard import then rotated 8 times at 10°. It shows more blurry than the same 8 times 10° rotation on a link layer (which will be as sharp as a single 80° rotation).
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/111/941/302/636/668/original/91398ba4ac8b273a.png
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/111/947/547/838/484/original/adcf015737c7586a.png

2025-08-29 11:58:06 UTC

A few days ago, we finally merged an early implementation of link layers (layers linking to external files) into @npub1jxd…txs3.
This has various usages, e.g. the ability to work at several people on a same image by linking a separate document (e.g. someone working on backgrounds and another on characters). Or again when working with different software.
For instance, in this example, the layer links a #SVG file. As soon as it is saved in #Inkscape, #GIMP picks up the updated version automatically:
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/111/920/376/693/897/original/6cbf599911c54e50.mp4

2025-08-17 12:48:22 UTC

Very late reshare as I discover the article just now (bad anti-spam filter which ate the email!) and didn't even know I (Jehan) was cited in there: https://oslandia.com/en/2024/10/02/nouveau-dans-qgis-3-40-le-support-cmjn/
It's pretty cool that we could help @npub1960…q88s and @npub12fw…zplx getting better CMYK and PDF support. 🙂

2025-06-23 16:55:30 UTC

@npub1jxd…txs3 3.1.2 is released!
Also some more news about our work as maintainer on the project in this link:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/gimp-3-1-2-and-132112280

2025-06-01 14:38:57 UTC

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By the way, these stickers are also vegan (no animal source byproducts were used, which may sometimes be the case in used inks, glue, etc.).
These are the kinds of details which some people just shrug off, but we don't. 🙂

2025-05-06 14:16:11 UTC

Planning GIMP 3.2… and more.
Small update to our patrons on how we are organizing @npub1jxd…txs3 development now.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/planning-gimp-3-128235331

2025-04-25 16:39:46 UTC

Are there anyone around who uses the "Overwrite" paint mode of Paint.NET (also in Pixelorama; and in Aseprite as "Copy Alpha + Color"…). Apparently a useful mode for pixel art.
Anyone used this in any of these software and would like something in @npub1jxd…txs3 ?
We have some Windows and Linux test builds and we'd welcome feedback: https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/GIMP/Design/gimp-ux/-/issues/251#note_2421998
Note in the screencast how color and opacity are overwritten (rather than blended with the background red).
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/399/581/640/142/512/original/d1e619b29094c83b.mp4

2025-04-25 16:02:54 UTC

This is a follow-up of my previous toot about the mil vs. thou unit which someone is asking us to add in the default units list of @npub1jxd…txs3.
To be fair, at this point, when I see how people disagree even with the name (and the fact that as a software engineer working animation film industry, nobody here knows this unit, engineers and artists alike!), I just wonder if we should add this unit at all.
I would add a fifth choice "Add both" but Mastodon only accepts up to 4-choice in polls.

2025-04-23 12:09:11 UTC

Question to people doing electronics and other fields using very small units: do you use the name "thou" or "mil" for the unit representing 1⁄1000 inch?
Considering adding this in unit list in @npub1jxd…txs3. Wikipedia seems to say that Thou is more common globally (but North America) and it looks like @npub1cf7…39az (a good reference!) uses "Thou" too.
Yet a reporter insists that "mil" is more common and that "thou" wouldn't be understood by engineers.
So which is it? 😄
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousandth_of_an_inch

2025-03-13 23:58:50 UTC

98%… of what? The mystery deepens!
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/157/832/854/781/484/original/eb60569096b7bf06.png

2025-03-06 10:14:26 UTC

@npub1avt…pehd 3.24.49 has just been released! This is a next step towards an awesome @npub1jxd…txs3 3 release and we encourage all packagers of all FLOSS distributions to update their GTK package soon as it fixes some annoying bugs.
Thank you very much to @npub1zft…w4zw and all GTK developers for their awesome work, as always! 💌

2025-03-04 00:50:24 UTC

Working on tutorials for creating third-party plug-ins and filters for GIMP…
https://www.patreon.com/posts/working-on-for-123572848
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/101/436/914/977/387/original/cefe1ff4b2665b55.jpg

2025-02-25 00:15:37 UTC

93% complete? 8 opened issues? Of what? Mystery! 🎭
dum-dum-dum-dum… 🥁
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/061/622/095/768/758/original/dc4e32b2882f1844.png

2025-02-19 16:16:30 UTC

We uploaded for our patrons the video in the state of #ZeMarmot short as of the day of our #keynote at #FOSDEM. This is the exact same video we screened, except that sound-wise, we only had sound effect, and 3 musicians were on stage for live music!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/121966648
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/031/454/291/218/887/original/bf22a4a9c2e443bb.mp4

2025-02-01 14:37:11 UTC

ZeMarmot's music band from AMMD ([@ORL_AMMD](https://mamot.fr/@ORL_AMMD )) has been hard at work for our keynote on Sunday morning at @npub1yau…atjv. This small video is from a rehearsal, with the 2 musicians and the film director, on Friday evening on the actual stage where the film's screening will happen at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
https://peer.tube/w/d1PUsydqxPtXuNdPdjM8ZX
#FOSDEM #LibreArt #FOSDEM2025 #ZeMarmot #GIMP

2025-01-28 15:51:25 UTC

Cool, AMMD (the non-profit cooperative producing Libre Art music with which we mostly work) opened their @npub1d8e…x6ug account!
If you want to support Libre Art music experiments by people who actually care about the idea (not just as a "let's get known then close later" logic) and develop their own Free Software and hardware, they are it!
https://liberapay.com/ammd

2025-01-21 23:50:04 UTC

#GIMP 3.0.0 RC3 is now at 83% with only 10 issues to fix!
You'll notice how we are now at 49 already closed reports now, while we were at 14 to close with 38 closed reports a few days ago! 😉
Things are getting exciting again!
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/869/019/861/153/374/original/0a48a697a59a31c0.png

2025-01-17 18:52:45 UTC

We will have 2 talks at @npub1yau…atjv this year: one with our hat of @npub1jxd…txs3 maintainers; the other is a WIP screening + live music ([@ORL_AMMD](https://mamot.fr/@ORL_AMMD ) and 2 other musicians from AMMD) of ZeMarmot animation film + talk as a keynote talk! 😱
Both will happen on Sunday, February 2, morning in the main room (Janson).
See you there! 🤗
https://www.patreon.com/posts/gimp-and-at-2025-120159577

2024-12-19 23:34:31 UTC

And now the last blocker for @npub1jxd…txs3 RC2 has been merged! 🥳
It's code by @npub1l0n…7t28 for a new "Perceptual" blend space for layer modes (in fact the old "perceptual" blend space was rather a "use image's profile curves" blend space so it was renamed to "RGB (from color space)"). It fixes some layer modes where the algorithm was rather expecting the input to be perceptual.
We are **very** close to a new release candidate! 🎅

2024-12-18 00:02:20 UTC

Oh and if you wonder about the image behind my previous screencast: it's the next splash image for @npub1jxd…txs3 3.0.0 RC2, still contributed by Sevenix 🧑‍🎨 in #CreativeCommons by 4.0.
😍 🌆
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/670/867/845/835/074/original/b31faa536ef3424e.png

2024-12-17 23:52:15 UTC

Side improvement while working on more important #GIMP code: I implemented history search with Ctrl-R/S (as common in shells) in the Python Console plug-in, because I use it so often to test various libgimp functions that I felt having to hit up/down arrow to find previously run code was too inefficient.
Now I just Ctrl-R <type some part of the function I want> Ctrl-R (as many time as needed to find it back). 😊
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/670/835/881/667/080/original/bf662a4c20cab39f.mp4

2024-12-17 00:41:18 UTC

So today I kinda finished my branch for a new public filter API in #GIMP 3.0.
We used to have special-case code for specific filters. Now it will be generic code able to apply *any* GEGL operation as a filter in @npub1jxd…txs3, just like the GUI already allows!
Of course, it makes use of the non-destructive filter infrastructure so you can append filters non-destructively or merge them old-school!
Tonight my brain is foggy (too much code). I'll review again and will merge tomorrow. 🥳
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/665/361/169/628/007/original/5b6dde2cbc925b31.mp4

2024-11-28 13:33:36 UTC

News on the planning for @npub1jxd…txs3 3.0.0 RC2:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/planning-of-gimp-116878574

2024-11-21 00:45:53 UTC

Happy 29th birthday, @npub1jxd…txs3 ! 🎂🎉
On 1995-11-21, #GIMP was born as a General Image Manipulation Program 🖼️🎨 as a student project in the University of California 🧑‍🎓. 29 years later, it is still there, more independent than ever as a worldwide Community, Free Software project!
Since in my current part of the world, it's been the 21st for many hours now, I figured I'd wish our dear project and its contributors all the great future it deserves! 💌

2024-10-29 22:49:51 UTC

On the last sprint towards @npub1jxd…txs3 3.0 RC1 (Release Candidate 1)…
https://www.patreon.com/posts/gimp-3-0-rc1-is-114969141

2024-10-28 01:26:46 UTC

Before going to bed, I thought I might share this screenshot. Yes, it was quite a packed weekend!
#GIMP3 #RC1 #development
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/382/437/374/111/660/original/39f790e15131294c.png

2024-10-26 15:37:22 UTC

Now 98% till @npub1jxd…txs3 3.0 RC1! 🥳 And yesterday in particular a particular huge milestone was passed with the last major API update (though I'm still looking at details in case of forgotten issues in the API)!
You may notice that we are only 1 opened issue down since last screenshot, but that's because a lot of other issues were also fixed (342→365 closed issues). The team is working hard! 💪
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/374/436/778/893/756/original/f043f63b9fb138ce.png

2024-10-10 11:40:56 UTC

So we now passed under the bar of 10 reports opened, to handle for #GIMP 3.0 RC1 to go live! 🥳
The release is getting so close that we can feel it in the air… 💨
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/282/925/080/005/974/original/b65b978b720d5f42.png

2024-09-23 20:04:18 UTC

Small report about advancements in @npub1jxd…txs3 and #ZeMarmot work:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/getting-very-to-112629889