Can I keep my 2.10x install and still install 3.0?

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Have and use way too many plugins that likely are broken in 3.0 and do not want to lose. If anyone can answer this question, please let me know. Call me reluctant. Should I have to bite the bullet, I need Resynthesizer, G’MIC, Mathmap, User Filter, and Shellout at the very lease. Have lots of Script-fus as well. Probably will be holding back since I’ve been burned in the past when GIMP upgraded from 2.6x to 2.8x as well as 2.8x to 2.10x. lol

Yes; remember 1.X to 2.X upgrade as well but that was over 20 years ago. lol

:slight_smile:

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when ever there is a big change like this coming i can go like “oh let me try to avoid it as long as possible” or “oh fuck it lets just rip the band aid off now and fix the shit, now is as good as a moment than any other”

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Indeed, true, darix. lolololol

Ripped the bandaid too many times, though. I’ll leave the bandaid on for now. :wink:

:slight_smile:

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If you want to try 3.0, get a portable version and have at it?

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https://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp3-tools/ ofn3
http://gimpchat.com/download/file.php?id=77514 RemoveBG3.zip [3,17 KiB]](http://removebg3.zip%203,17%20kib/)
https://github.com/rpeyron/plugin-gimp-fourier/releases/tag/v0.4.5%2Bgimp3rc1
https://github.com/akkana/gimp-plugins/tree/master/gimp3
https://github.com/sylale/gmic-qt/releases/download/gmic_3.5.2/gmic_3.5.2-QT-CLI-Gimp-3.0.0-RC2-CLANG-Win64.7z
[]Resynthesizer3.0.zip [128,9 KiB] http://gimpchat.com/download/file.php?id=77766
Beautify Plug-ins for GIMP 3.0 RC2(include simple-border) • GIMP Chat Beautify3.0.zip
Luminosity Mask Drive-Thru 2, a Gimp 3 plugin • GIMP Chat
Yin-Yang 2, a Gimp 3 Plug-in • GIMP Chat

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I am on windows and just installed GIMP 3.0 and it did not remove my 2.10 version. I had to do that myself. I can’t guarantee your computer would work that way.

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More concerned that the Registry will get mucked up making 2.10x broken, Terry. Again, have way too much invested in 2.10X to give those features up at the moment. Call me chicken and, if an egg ain’t broken, why try to fix it. lol

:slight_smile:

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Good idea; did that in the past using samj’s builds as I recall. Might try it when I see a feature that other are using but lacking in 2.10X that I want to use. :slight_smile:

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I still have my 2.10.38 rev1 and 3 on Windows 10. Can’t open them both at the same time. I won’t get rid of 2.10 yet as I need a lot of the stuff in it.
(*If I have 2.10 open, and forget and open 3 it opens in 2.10’s window)

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Good to know, Sallyanne; still, might wait a few more weeks/months (years?) to bite the bullet. lololol

:slight_smile:

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Many of your links do not open and the second one is reported as potential danger by the operating system.

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Here you can find a BIMP-like plugin that works in GIMP 3.0 for all o.s.:

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Just type in what you are looking for in your browser and, based on the prompts, you will find
I don’t know why the links don’t open

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I have been using GIMP Windows for many years and the various versions have worked smoothly so far:

Obraz1
Obraz1249×226 3.97 KB

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It works fine on my browsers Firefox and Safari. I just checked it.

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I can confirm that Gimp 3 has installed on my Win11 system as a separate instance. In fact, I now have three separate installs:

  • GIMP 2.10.38 (1.21 GB)
  • GIMP 3 (667 MB)
  • GIMP 3.0.2-1 (880 MB)

I cannot remember being given the option to upgrade/update or install separately, the GIMP 3 install just runs et voilà, another instance. Version 3.0.0-1 has upgraded to 3.0.2-1 though…

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If you start Gimp with a -n or --new-instance argument, Gimp starts a new instance unconditionally (in other words the Gimp instance you start doesn’t try to identify an already running instance to hand over the work).

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