GIMP 3.1.4 is out today as the second development release treking toward GIMP 3.2. Most notable with GIMP 3.1.4 are the initial implementations of two of the main features planned for GIMP 3.2: link layers and vector layers.

GIMP 3.1.4 has initial support for Link Layers, which allow linking external image files as a layer in your project. With Link Layers you could use an external SVG image file as a link layer, edit that Scalable Vector Graphics file in Inkscape, and then see it immediately updated within GIMP. This Link Layers support has been several years coming and will finally be ready with GIMP 3.2.

The other big feature of GIMP 3.1.4 is Vector Layers, which allow creating shape and setting its fill and stroke properties. From there you can change the shape path and make other changes non-destructively without losing any sharpness. Vector Layers work originates all the way back to 2006 when it began as a Google Summer of Code project.

GIMP 3.1.4 also adds a GEGL Filter Browser developed via Google Summer of Code, MyPaint Brushes 2 support, updates to GIMP's Text Tool, support for importing signed JPEG 2000 images, import handling for non-DXT PAA textures, and TIFF image handling improvements.

GIMP 3.1.4 also brings additional user interface work and a variety of fixes.

Downloads and more details on the big GIMP 3.1.4 release via [1]GIMP.org . It's great to see GIMP 3.2 inching toward release in a bit more of a steadfast manner than GIMP 3.0 and to see Link Layers and Vector Layers materializing for this release.



[1] https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/09/01/gimp-3-1-4-released/