Ranar 21 ga Nuwamba ta cika shekaru 25 tun bayan sanarwar farko na editan hoto na kyauta GIMP. Aikin ya girma daga aikin da ɗaliban Berkeley biyu, Spencer Kimball da Peter Mattis suka yi. Duk marubutan biyu sun yi sha'awar zane-zanen kwamfuta kuma ba su gamsu da matakin aikace-aikacen hoto akan UNIX ba.
Da farko, an yi amfani da ɗakin karatu na Motif don ƙirar shirin. Amma yayin da yake aiki akan sigar 0.60, Bitrus ya gaji da wannan kayan aikin har ya rubuta nasa kuma ya kira ta GTK (GIMP ToolKit). Daga baya, GNOME da Xfce mahallin mai amfani, da cokali mai yatsu na GNOME, da ɗaruruwa, idan ba dubban aikace-aikacen mutum ɗaya ba, an rubuta su bisa GTK.
A cikin ƙarshen 90s, ƙungiyar masu haɓakawa daga ɗakin studio na Hollywood Rhythm & Hues sun zama masu sha'awar aikin kuma sun shirya sigar GIMP tare da tallafi don ƙara zurfin zurfin ta kowane tashar launi da kayan aikin asali don aiki tare da rayarwa. Tun da gine-ginen aikin da aka samu bai gamsar da su ba, sun yanke shawarar rubuta sabon injin sarrafa hoto akan jadawali na acyclic kuma daga ƙarshe sun ƙirƙiri tushen ɗakin karatu na GEGL. Cokali mai yatsa na GIMP da aka ƙirƙira a baya ya rayu ɗan gajeren rayuwarsa a ƙarƙashin sunan FilmGIMP, daga baya aka sake masa suna Cinepaint kuma an yi amfani da shi wajen samar da fina-finai sama da dozin biyu na kasafin kuɗi. Daga cikin su: "The Last Samurai", "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", "Harry mai ginin tukwane" series, "Planet na birai", "Spider-Man".
A cikin 2005, sabon mai haɓaka Evind Kolas ya ɗauki ci gaban GEGL, kuma bayan shekara ɗaya ƙungiyar ta fara sake rubuta GIMP a hankali don amfani da GEGL. Wannan tsari ya ɗauki kusan shekaru 12, amma a ƙarshe, ta 2018, shirin gaba ɗaya ya canza zuwa sabon injin kuma ya sami tallafi don yin aiki tare da madaidaicin madaidaicin 32 ragowa na iyo kowane tashar. Wannan yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan sharuɗɗa don yiwuwar amfani da shirin a cikin yanayin ƙwararru.
Tsakanin 2005 da 2012, ƙungiyar ta haɗu tare da Peter Sikking, shugaban kamfanin Man + Machine Works na Berlin, wanda ya ƙware a UX/UI. Ƙungiyar Bitrus ta taimaka wa masu haɓakawa na GIMP su tsara wani sabon matsayi na aikin, sun gudanar da tambayoyi guda biyu tare da masu sauraron da aka yi niyya, sun rubuta ƙayyadaddun ayyuka masu yawa, kuma sun tsara gyare-gyare da yawa. Shahararru daga cikin waɗannan sune keɓancewar taga guda ɗaya da sabon kayan aikin noman shuka, manufar wuraren zafi waɗanda daga baya suka yi ƙaura zuwa wasu aikace-aikace kamar su darktable da LuminanceHDR. Mafi wanda ba a yarda da shi ba shine rarraba zuwa adana bayanan ƙira (XCF) da fitar da duk wasu (JPEG, PNG, TIFF, da sauransu).
A cikin 2016, aikin yana da nasa aikin raye-raye na dogon lokaci, ZeMarmot, yayin da yake aiki akan shi, an gwada wasu ra'ayoyin don inganta GIMP don masu sauraron da aka yi niyya. Sabuwar irin wannan haɓakawa shine goyan baya don zaɓin nau'i mai yawa a cikin reshen haɓaka mara ƙarfi.
Sigar GIMP 3.0 bisa GTK3 a halin yanzu yana cikin shiri. An tsara aiwatar da aikin sarrafa hoto mara lalacewa don sigar 3.2.
Duk masu haɓaka GIMP na asali sun ci gaba da aiki tare (ɗaya daga cikinsu har ma ya auri 'yar'uwar ɗayan) kuma yanzu suna gudanar da aikin. KyankyasoDB.
Peter Mattis suka shiga taya murna sannan ya godewa ‘yan agajin da suka ci gaba da aikin da ya fara.
Spencer Kimball ya ba da 'yan kwanaki da suka wuce hirar bidiyo game da CockroachDB. A farkon hirar, ya yi magana a taƙaice game da tarihin halittar GIMP (05:22), sannan a ƙarshe, lokacin da mai masaukin baki ya tambaye shi ko wace nasara ce ya fi alfahari da ita, sai ya amsa (57:03). : "CockroachDB yana gabatowa wannan matsayi, amma GIMP ba har yanzu aikin da na fi so ba ne. Duk lokacin da na shigar da GIMP, na ga cewa ya sake yin kyau. Idan GIMP ne kawai aikin da na ƙirƙira, zan yi la'akari da cewa rayuwata ba ta zama a banza ba."
source: linux.org.ru