GIMP (short for the GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free software raster graphics editor. It is primarily employed as an image retouching and editing tool.
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How do I get GIMP 2.8?
I understand that there is a new version of the GIMP available, although it appears that the only way of doing this is by compiling from source :P
Is there another way of getting it, or if I have to ...
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When will Gimp 2.8 come to the software repository?
I'm not a novice, I could find a ppa or just compile it but I like to keep my systems tidy. So with that being said, when will Gimp 2.8 come to the software repository?
Also, rather than just getting ...
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Which app can I use for easily annotating pictures/screenshots?
Often I need to annotate (draw some arrows, lines, basic shapes like squares, ellipses etc and enter some text) on top of pictures (JPG, PNG images) and screenshots (again png images). I would also ...
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How do I install Gimp 2.7?
I just reinstalled my Ubuntu system with 11.10, but ran into a problem when I tried to install Gimp 2.7.
I always get unmet dependencies (it's german, so I can't tell you the exact english ...
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How to upload an image to deviantArt directly from Inkscape and GIMP?
How can I upload an image directly from Inkscape or GIMP to deviantArt?
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Can i install Gimp 2.7?
I am trying to install Gimp 2.7 on my Ubuntu 11.10 64bit.
I used the following:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gimp
This issue is ...
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GIMP won't open any more
My GIMP is not opening any more, after trying to upgrade to 2.7 (I added the PPA to do that).
I got an error when trying to upgrade that said some dependencies couldn't be solved.
So I removed the ...
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Why doesn't GIMP support CMYK?
Why does GIMP not support CMYK? This is a feature that I really need as a user and I don't know why it is not supported in GIMP by default. Is there possibly a way of which I could add support for ...
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Is there a better way to redact a PDF?
I had to print a couple of PDFs recently to send to someone, but I wanted to redact (black out) a couple small bits of text.
A quick google search didn't turn up any tools for this specific purpose, ...
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BABL: Recreate aclocal.m4 with macros from libtool 2.4
I am trying to install the development version gimp2.7.2 on my Ubuntu 11.04 box.I was following these instructions for the same.I ran into an error at the step where I had to make babl.
sudo make
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How can I repair my system if I forgot to remove the Gimp registry plugin when using Gimp 2.8?
I've installed gimp 2.8 on ubuntu 12.04 forgetting to remove gimp registry plug-in and now I can not open gimp, remove it, repair it and the ubuntu software centre doesn't work anymore saying me I've ...
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Is there a 'contiguous' option for the magic wand in Gimp?
In Photoshop the Magic Wand tool has a contiguous setting, that when enabled, will cause the Magic Wand to select only one area. If disabled you will end up with several areas of the same color ...
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how to go back to gimp 2.6?
on an old PC, I have Lubuntu 12.10. during GIMP installation, the newest version was installed (ver. 2.8), but I think its a little heavy for an old machine like mine with a poor Intel Celeron CPU ...
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Why am I getting “size mismatch” errors from the Iceland mirror?
After installing Ubuntu 12.04 (clean install) I fetch a bunch of program via synaptic (installed specially), all programs worked except Gimp 2.8. So I tried purging Gimp, install again (no luck). ...
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How to re-install GIMP 2.6 after trying GIMP 2.8?
Ok...
I tried GIMP 2.8, but felt more comfortable with 2.6. I removed the PPA's from Ubuntu Software Centre, removed and purged GIMP, and even rm the .gimp-2.8 folder. But when I go to install GIMP ...
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Getting Wacom Bamboo Pen + Touch pressure sensitivy in GIMP
I've installed my Wacom Bamboo Pen + Touch (CTH-460) in Ubuntu (at least on one system, not another) and the pen works well for controlling the mouse cursor. However, I can't get pressure sensitivity ...
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How do I install Gimp 2.7.3?
I'm trying to install gimp 2.7.3 from the repository of launchpad ppa:matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn, but when I try to install, it installs the package gimp with the 2.6 version instead of the 2.7, but ...
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Restoring default fonts
I tried copying my fonts (mostly TTF files) backups (including fonts used in Windows, odf etc) to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ and run sudo fc-cache -fv. But this corrupted my Gimp Installation. ...
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GIMP Package dependencies cannot be resolved
I need a little help from some friends. I installed GIMP-2.7 via PPA when I already had GIMP-2.6 installed via software center, and then I wanted to use 2.6 again. I am using Ubuntu 11.04. I removed ...
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Kubuntu 11.04 bad experience, Gimp crashes and other bugs
I installed Kubuntu 11.04 64bit today.
First let me expose some issues, this is not a rant, just some observations on Kubuntu 11.04 :)
Flash doesn't work. The package "flashplugin-installer" was ...
