I-GTK sisishunqulelo sento eyaqala njenge-GIMP yaThatha iKit, kodwa ngoku ithala leencwadi lisetyenziswa zezinye iisoftware ezininzi, uninzi lwayo olunxulumene ne-GNOME. Le yinto esele ikhona Sichaza ngasentla ngoMeyi, xa sasithetha malunga nokuba phantse wonke umntu unyuka ukuya kwi-GTK4 kwaye i-GIMP isekwi-v2 yethala leencwadi "elilodwa". Nokuba yeyiphi na imeko, bebesebenzela ukuya kwi-GTK3 kangangexesha elithile, kwaye kwiiyure ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo bakhuphe GIMP 2.99.16 apho loo nxalenye sele iphelisiwe.
I-GIMP 2.99.x ligama kunye namanani eenombolo ze i-preview ye-GIMP 3.0, eyathi yona yaziwe ngaphakathi njenge-GTK+3 port version. Ke ngoko, into yokuba umsebenzi wokuyilayisha kwi-GTK3 sele igqityiwe isenza sicinge ukuba ukukhutshwa kwenguqulelo ezinzileyo kusondele. Asiyonto ndiyithethayo; yinto uJehan athi kwisithuba kwibhlog esemthethweni yeprojekthi, ngakumbi ngakumbi "Sikufutshane kunangaphambili ukukhulula i-GIMP 3.0, sinikezela ngophuhliso lwamva nje: GIMP 2.99.16!".
I-GIMP 2.99.16 isisondeza kwi-GIMP 3
Ngoku, oko akuthethi ukuba iya kuphuma kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezizayo. Inyaniso Ayaziwa ukuba iya kufika nini na I-GIMP 3.0, kwaye konke abakuthethileyo ngayo kukuba "Oku kungenxa yokuba siceba ukukhulula i-GIMP kwakamsinya ngokwaneleyo ukuze siqinisekise ukuba inokupakishwa kulo lonke usasazo lwamva nje.”. Kuyaziwa ukuba kusekho izinto ezimbini ezibalulekileyo ekufuneka zenziwe, enye yazo kukuhlengahlengiswa kwe-API kunye nenye iprojekthi yokuhlaselwa kwendawo ("Ukuhlaselwa kweSpace").
Kuyo yonke enye into, i-GIMP 2.99.16 ize nezinto ezininzi ezintsha, njengokuphuculwa kwezixhobo zokubhaliweyo, ukulungelelaniswa kunye nokuhanjiswa kunye nesixhobo sokuguqulwa esidibeneyo kunye nakwiifomathi zefayile. Nabani na ofuna ukuyizama, kwaye akasebenzisi i-macOS, unokukhuphela kule nto unxibelelwano.