Last year GIMP developers expressed a goal of [1]releasing GIMP 3.2 within one year of GIMP 3.0 . With [2]GIMP 3.0 having released in March , it looks like their GIMP 3.2 release goal will become a reality with the GIMP 3.2-RC1 debuting today.

Following the [3]GIMP 3.1 development releases , the GIMP 3.2 release candidate surfaced today with renewed confidence of seeing GIMP 3.2.0 stable within the coming months.

GIMP 3.2-RC1 features a number of vector layer updates which in turn allow for proper SVG exporting now. Exporting to SVG can now be done as actual vectors while raster layers can be optionally embedded as PNG or JPEG content. The PDF plug-in now exports vector layers too as actual vector layers.

GIMP 3.2-RC1 also features text editor improvements, continued updates to the non-destructive filter code, ongoing UI/UX improvements, PowerVR "PVR" texture file support, security fixes, and other improvements.

And even a new splash screen too:

Downloads and more details on today's GIMP 3.2-RC1 release via [4]GIMP.org .



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/GIMP-3.2-One-Year-Goal

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/GIMP-3.0-Tagged

[3] https://www.phoronix.com/news/GIMP-3.1.4-Released

[4] https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/11/17/gimp-3-2-RC1-released/