r/GIMP • u/hollygolightly1990 • 1d ago

Drop Shadow Filter Problem

Every time I've gone to use it, it's made Gimp crash. This is my third time and I've lost edits every single time. Is anyone else experincing this or is it just me?

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u/ProfessionalLet9385 1d ago

If you already know that it'll crash, why do you not save before you try the shadow?
This way you do at least not loose edits.

BTW: would be interesting to know at least your GIMP and OS version.

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u/hollygolightly1990 1d ago

macOS, not sure about the version and I do save it but the files don’t open when I reopen Gimp

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u/Francois-C 1d ago

the files don’t open when I reopen Gimp

So it's not just Drop Shasow that has a problem.

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u/CMYK-Student GIMP Team 17h ago

The version should show on the splash screen, or if you go to the Help Menu and choose "About GIMP". (If you're on macOS, it might be the general GIMP menu instead)

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u/hollygolightly1990 11h ago

3.0.4... I guess I should probably update it and see if that helps.

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u/Stratelier 10h ago

The last bugfixes for 3.0 are with 3.0.8, go get that.

Or you can jump straight to the most current versions, 3.2.6 (or 3.2.4).

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u/hollygolightly1990 9h ago

I updated it and it seems to be going a lot smoother. My dad’s a tech guy and he mentioned putting my computer to sleep to when I asked him

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u/micahpmtn 1d ago

Ctrl-S is your friend. Know it. Memorize it. Use it.

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u/ExternalDistrict4256 1d ago

Linux, Windows, MacOS? Which GIMP version?