Questions tagged [gimp]
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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In Kubuntu 20.04, some applications do not use the global menu
I am using Kubuntu 20.04. I added global menu to the panel. Most of the applications are using the global menu perfectly. But Gimp, Inkscape and Texmaker are not using the global menu at all.
How can ...
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Open only GIMP's color selector or open it directly upon invocation?
I like GIMP's color selector, which pops up as a dialog window when one clicks a color square in GIMP's toolbox.
Is there a way to launch only the color selector without the overhead of loading GIMP? ...
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GIMP logs me out
Never seen an error like this. I am using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. With gimp 2.1.0. I open an image in gimp, a basic little png and the screen goes black and I'm reset to outside my login page. I log back in ...
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Gimp giving me "Failed to load module "atk-bridge" "canberra-gtk-module"
When i run:
flatpak run org.gimp.GIMP//stable
I get
Gtk-Message: 17:30:34.696: Failed to load module "atk-bridge"
Gtk-Message: 17:30:34.754: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
But GIMP ...
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GIMP Segmentation fault (dl-reloc.c not found)
Suddenly my GIMP 2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1 does not start any more in Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit with the latest updates as of 2017/12/04 19:48
Once I start it from the command line, it just says:
Segmentation ...
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Getting invisible menus in LibreOffice, Skype, and Gimp
I am randomly getting clear menus and other working windows while working in LibreOffice and Gimp. I think I get them with Skype, but since it doesn't show a frame, there is nothing to make an image ...
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Gimp does not respond when I use Cage Transform tool
When I use Cage Transform tool and I select the cage, the program works fine. But when I close the area, the program says "Transforming the region" (or something like that since I have Gimp in catalan)...
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compiler does not find gegl even though PKG_CONFIG_PATH set correctly
I'm trying to install Gimp 2.8 as the new version of Gimp (2.10) breaks several things that I used to use all the time. I'm trying to compile Gimp 2.8 for the source code. When I run
./configure
I ...
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GIMP icon in GNOME Classic's window list changes after opening an image
I am using Ubuntu 18.04 with GNOME Classic. With GNOME Classic I use window list, this shows me all my currently open apps:
When I open a file in GIMP, the icon in the window list changes and appear ...
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Connect GIMP snap to gmic
So I have installed the GIMP snap, it works nicely. However, how do I get it to use gmic? Can I just point the plugin path to gmic, and where would that be?
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Qt error trying to install quiteinsane gimp plugin
I am trying to install the quiteinsane gimp plugin on Ubuntu 16.04.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/quiteinsane/
I am getting this error:
checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt (>= Qt 2.2.2) (...
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Can't move layers into layer groups in gimp
I have an image with 2 layers at the moment, I created a layer group to start organizing stuff before I continue with my design, however, as much as I click and drag the layers to the group nothing ...
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How to install GIMP documentation properly on 22.04
I tried using the Ubuntu Software app to install gimp, but it didn't have the documentation and the app couldn't find the doc packages. So I used Snap to uninstall it, and then using apt I've ...
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For ubuntu: where to find GIMP XSane plugin?
Noobie: I am using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and GIMP 2.10.30. GIMP does not see my scanner (Brother MFC-J491DW Printer). Told to dowload and install XSane and Gimp plug in. Downloaded and installed XSane but, ...
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Cannot print a scanned document
Ubuntu 20.04, all up to date.
I just scanned a page using the Ubuntu standard Scan-app and a Canon LiDE 110 and saved it as a .png and .pdf.
I have a Brother HL-L2340D printer that is working fine ...
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Gnome Imageviewer 3.36.3 cannot open svg file
Using Ubuntu 20.04 to analyse start-up performance, I ran the following systemd command:
sudo systemd-analyze plot > systemd-analyze-plot.svg
However the default native Gnome image viewer/Eye of ...
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How to list all installed GIMP plugins?
I need to use resynthesizer plugin in GIMP. I installed gimp-plugin-registry, but I am not sure whether it contains mentioned plugin.
How can I retrieve list of all installed plugins in GIMP?
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How can I grant GIMP access to all the contents of my home folder?
I have installed GIMP through snap, and it works well. However, I need to access with it to some folders and files that are not in my default /home/user paths (i.e. ~/Desktop, ~/Music and so on), some ...
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Some files listed in Debian/package.install do not install while building deb
I'm trying to build GIMP 2.10.20 into Ubuntu PPA. Everything's good, GIMP was built success and working good, except the languages (missing *gimp20*.mo files).
They are not included in the libgimp2.0 ...
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GIMP 2.10.20 snap install has no icons in the menus
I have just recently installed Ubuntu 20.04, and soon after installed the GIMP 2.10.20 snap package. I noticed that almost all of the dropdown menus and context menus had no icons next to them, unlike ...
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ubuntu some programs look very small
hello there i have installed gimp , pinta , maltego , and for some reason all of them have very small interface that you can't work with it at all you can't see the tool bar while other applications ...
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JPEGs showing shifted colors in certain applications
I am running Kubuntu 19.10 with a Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti graphics card with the v435 drivers.
After editing some photos in Darktable, I have found out that sometimes certain applications show ...
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Setting PKG_CONFIG_PATH for gegl library still didn't allow configure to proceed
I'm installing GIMP 2.8 (I need that version in order to use a plugin not available with GIMP 2.10). There is one last library needed, it asks for gegl-0.2.
My system has gegl-0.3 so I set up the ...
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How do I install Gmic and Resynthesizer plugin for gimp 2.10?
I installed GIMP 2.10.8 with snap. I can't find the resynthesizer plugin for download for Linux. The gmic zip I got from https://gmic.eu/download has a gmic_gimp_qt. I copied it into snap/gimp/130/....
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GIMP-2.8 not exporting multiple pages in my PDF
I'm able to export the top layer to pdf using gimp, but unable to get the second layer to be the second page. Watched a lot of tutorials and not sure how to get gimp to save the multiple layers as ...
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convert gimp mng to pdf no longer works
For over 4 years, I have been successfully using the Askubuntu method:
How can I export a PDF from GIMP with each layer on a new page
on LTS 14.04 to export an mng file and then convert to pdf. ...
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Why does Gimp show a second icon when running it?
Why does Gimp 2.10.4 show a second icon when running it?? One is brown and one is grey next to it. Is this a gui bug or a useful feature for whatever?
After moving the grey icon whithin the launcher/...
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trackpad button / click & drag doesn't work, sends key event (Surface Pro2 Ubuntu 16.04)
I've been using Ubuntu on my Surface Pro 2 for a few years (since 14.04), and it's mostly working fine out of the box now with 16.04, (kernel 4.3+). However one thing which which really bugs me is the ...
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Can you suggest any tool for automated crop/rotate of multiple images on scanned on A4 pages?
Can you suggest any tool to auto crop and rotate multiple images on scanned A4 page ?
I need to scan a lot of old photos and extracting all those photos to separated files from original A4, croping ...
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Install GIMP (The following packages have unmet dependencies)
Trying to install GIMP with apt-get install gimp when I get this message:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gimp : Depends: libgimp2.0 (>= 2.8.16) but it is not going to be ...
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How to enable the thumbnail of gimp brushes on nautilus
I've recently install a box with ubuntu gnome 14.04 and I've noted that the gimp brushes don't have a thumbnail. The xcf is ok with a gnome app for that, but for the .gih and .gbr I don't find yet an ...
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How to add text effects in GIMP 2.8?
Is there any text effects option for GIMP 2.8 ? Like add material, fire, glow etc Or even simpler ones like gradient or different colours in same letter.
I am open to add as many text effects ...
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How do I mass-convert png images to GIMP brushes?
I've been trying to make some battlemaps for my DnD game in GIMP, I downloaded a whole bunch of assets and textures in png format. To be able to easily use them, I'd like to mass-convert the PNGs into ...
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Can not print larger size of image using Gimp
I scanned an insurance card and want to print it larger than it's actual size so the picture is easier to read.
I tried scanning at a higher dpi.
Is there a way to do so?
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Typing randomly (?) stops working in applications, often after they've been open for a while
I'm using Xubuntu 18.04. Sometimes, applications will randomly (?) stop accepting typed input from my keyboard. This just affects a single application at a time; all other open applications continue ...
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Recently used files not working for screenshots created with ALT - PRINT
I create a screentshot with ALT - PRINT.
The file gets created in my ~/Bilder (German for Images) directory.
But if I open Gimp and then choose "open" then "Recently files", I don'...
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gimp no longer starts: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
What happened to my gimp?
$ dpkg --list | grep gimp
ii gimp 2.10.24-2 amd64 GNU Image Manipulation Program
ii gimp-data ...
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GIMP: How do I make all pixels transparent except for ones with a certain color?
Not sure if this is the right place for this, but I did see another GIMP question on this forum, so here we go:
I have an image of a hand-written note written in blue ink on lined paper. The lines are ...
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How to delete a specific plug-in in GIMP
How can I remove a plug-in from GIMP, keeping all other plug-ins intact? I use Ubuntu 20.04 and GIMP 2.10.18.
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Ubuntu 20.04 set mouse wheel at Wacom Inuos Pro S
I want to switch from Windows/Photoshop to Ubuntu/GIMP.
My problem is the "Wacom Intuos Pro S Finger touch". It works out of the box but I can't map the touch ring.
I need "ctrl + mouse ...
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Xsane Plugin in Gimp can Preview an image, but can't open the scanner to scan it
I have Lubuntu 20.04LTS and an Epson 4-in-1 XP-440 that's fairly vanilla and is supported. All features were plug-and-play in 18.04LTS...worked out of the box like a charm. I upgraded to 20.04LTS ...
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When I have the "File" menu open in Gimp or LibreOffice, why can't I use my Xfce4 shortcut keys like the start menu, etc?
When I open the "File" menu or any of the other menus in LibreOffice or GNU Image Manipulation Program, why do my xfce4-keyboard-settings shortcuts stop working until I click off the menu in ...
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How tell my Ubuntu to look for thumbnails not only in ~/.cache/thumbnails?
If a specific app does not store the thumbnails it generates for its type of files into the usual ~/.cache/thumbnails
then those thumbnails are only shown inside that specific app and not in default ...
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add flatpak GIMP to the ubuntu menu
I installed GIMP with flatpak since 2.10 is not available in the software center. Now I can only start it from the console with "flatpak run org.gimp.GIMP". How do I add that flatpak GIMP to the ...
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Filter Newsprint in Gimp 2.10
In Gimp 2.10, the Filter "Newsprint" is no more available in the menu "Filter distorts". Does a plugin exist for providing this filter? I am using Ubuntu 18.04.4.
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I can't install the snap version of GIMP
While installing GIMP, Ubuntu Software said that:
Unable to install "GNU Image Manipulation Program":
snap "gimp" has "install-snap" change in progress
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GIF maker for 18.04 without losing quality
I am looking for a GUI tool like GIMP to create animated GIFs from PNGs. I tried GIMP 2.10. The quality of GIF is low in it. Perhaps to reduce the size of GIF, but there are burrs on the side of the ...
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Looking for a way to automatically resize and skew (perspective) images
Today I'm tasked with doing a piece alignment system for a customer.
He needs to align cut pieces (roughly about 50 cm) in a table, so they're processed (table moves after the operator has aligned ...
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Heal selection not working on Gimp 2.10.10 (Ubuntu 19.04)
I added these files inside the plug-ins folder and made sure they all were executable and able to Read and Write. I opened GIMP but Heal Selection didn't appear under Filters>Enhance
I installed gimp ...
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Where and how to place local modification of GIMP apparmor profile
Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop
GIMP snap installed (graphic images manipulation)
AppArmor in use as installed then configured by Canonical
All them in virtual machine hypervisored by VmWare
Host machine ...