LenyFeb 16
Mark McCaughrean

RE: https://floss.social/@GIMP/116074918261285003

Lovely to see my #JWST image of The Dragon Jet featured as the latest #GIMP 3.2 release candidate (RC3) splash screen.

Question is, with my Orion Nebula long-wavelength & short-wavelength images used for RC1 & RC2, respectively, which one is going to end up used for the official 3.2 release?

There are rumours of a vote being held – which one would you prefer? 🙂

(Thanks again to Jehan & his development team for the honour 🙇‍♂️)

Feb 15 at 3:48pmIceCubesApp
Show threadDerick RethansFeb 16
@markmccaughrean I had already spotted it in the wild (on my computer)!
Show threadSolar🌄GardenFeb 16
@markmccaughrean "my Orion Nebula long-wavelength & short-wavelength images" cant find an Orion mention without leaving here; can you post links? thx - most definitely would like to have something more durable for a splash than the current stable GIMP 3.x has!
Show threadCmykStudentFeb 16
@wavesculptor @markmccaughrean You can see an example in our earlier release candidate news post: https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/11/17/gimp-3-2-RC1-released/#new-splash-screen
GIMP - GIMP 3.2 RC1: First Release Candidate for GIMP 3.2

Release news for version GIMP 3.2 RC1

Show threadMark McCaughreanFeb 16

@CmykStudent @wavesculptor And similarly for RC2, here’s the short-wavelength image of the Orion Nebula. Both were taken with the NIRCam instrument on JWST, but over different wavelength ranges, so showing complementary scientific insights.

The original full-scale SW image is 21K pixels wide, so full of detail – the images used for the RC splash screens have all necessarily been scaled down.

https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/12/15/gimp-3-2-RC2-released/

GIMP - GIMP 3.2 RC2: Second Release Candidate for GIMP 3.2

Release news for version GIMP 3.2 RC2

Show threadMark McCaughreanFeb 16
@CmykStudent @wavesculptor The full-res versions of these & other of the JWST images from my scientific programmes can be seen on my Flickr page here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/72642321@N03/
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