Initially used in GIMP to handle colour correction and flattened representations of layers, the GEGL library is now used for all tile management and to build the underlying graph for a project. GIMP 2.10 is a pretty major overhaul of the software’s core architecture, representing the result of six years of development work to port the software to GEGL, its new image-processing engine.Ĭreated in 2000 by developers at Rhythm & Hues, GEGL (GIMP E Graphical Library) was originally used in the studio’s VFX-focused Film GIMP image-editing software, since renamed CinePaint. Major structural changes: 32-bit workflow, multithreading, GPU acceleration Most of the functionality was previously avaiable in the experimental GIMP 2.9 series of releases, but this is the first time it has been available in a stable build.
The release also introduces two complete new transform tools, on-canvas filter previews and gradient editing, new layer blending modes and improved foreground selection. The GIMP team has released GIMP 2.10, a major update to the open-source image-editing software, adding support for HiDPI monitors, 32-bit and linear workflow, and GPU-accelerated image processing.
The tool – you can see it in action here – is one of a range of major features added in this landmark stable build of the open-source image-editing tool. The output of GIMP 2.10’s new Warp Transform tool.
