Some conventions and keyboard shortcuts found in Deluxe Paint, which was ubiquitous on the Amiga, are recognized.
Project Dogwaffle uses Lua programming language to let the end-user create new imaging filters.
When the core GIMP-original gluas syntax is used without proprietary extensions, these imaging filters can be shared and used across these applications for the benefit of other users.
In v9.5/9.6, the 3D Designer had a fairly major addition of features for more realistic looking landscapes, with erosion, sediments, and texturing based on elevation and slope.
Several additional features were released through the year as add-on plugins such as a Worley Noise filter.