2026-03-02 by GIMP Team

We’re excited to release the third release candidate of GIMP version 3.2! It contains a number of bug fixes and final polishes as we prepare the first stable release of GIMP 3.2.

Release Highlights
New Splash Screen
Non-Raster Layers
Color Operations
UX / UI Improvements
File Formats

   DDS
   JPEG2000
   OpenEXR
   Procreate Swatches
   Swatchbooker Palettes
   XMC
   WebP

Bug Fixes and Improvements
Fancier .dmg and Windows installer; and sturdier .appimage
API
Security
Around GIMP

   Website
   Translations
   Google Summer of code

Release Stats
Downloading GIMP 3.2 RC3
What’s next

What’s next

We nearly thought that the RC2 would be the last release candidate, but it turned out we found more things we were not really happy with, for a stable version. And the more we fixed, the more it became clear that a RC3 was needed.

We are now in a state where we feel happy again. Of course, there are some things we would like to spend more time on, but we have to stop somewhere. Hopefully you will think the same! So as usual, we are calling for everyone to massively test this version 3.2.0 RC3. Please everyone, test and report any issue you find!

Depending on the testing feedback, we may get GIMP 3.2.0 out very soon!

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