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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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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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 getting removed all of a sudden
This happened twice and that's why I think that something is wrong.
After booting up my system, I search for GIMP on in the apps list, but it is not there. I open up the terminal and type gimp, but it ...
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GiMP ( snap ) and thumbnails for .xcf files
On Ubuntu ( Budgie ) 20.04 when using Gimp as a snap, you’ll see thumbnails for .xcf files only « inside » Gimp and nowhere else ( Nemo, Nautilus, gThumb… )
1⋅ how tell my session to look for ...
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How van unistall completely gimp from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS? [closed]
I've install gimp easily with apt-get install gimp.
This installed also a lot of files, I'm wonder why there is an easy way to uninstall like to install it.
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GIMP and github plugin issue
I have Gimp 2.10.14 on my Ubuntu 16.04 (32-bit) installed via flatpak. Since i wanted to make use of re-synthesizer plugin available from https://github.com/bootchk/resynthesizer i downloaded it and ...
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Snap , app armor and gimp plugins
I installed gimp 2.10 using snap in Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit and want extract/move plugins to required directory:
/home/velukutty/snap/gimp/253/.config/GIMP/2.10/plug-ins
But unable to do so due to ...
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Good program to cut out image regions manually
I have to process several hundred images manually. The work consists of cutting out square regions from the pictures. I want to save these regions. When saving, there should not be any loss of quality....
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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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Ubuntu 20.04 error on install gimp : Depends: libgimp2.0 (>= 2.10.18) but it is not going to be installed [duplicate]
I have this issue when I search to install Gimp:
$ sudo apt-get install gimp
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not ...
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GEGL version too old error?
I am getting GEGL version too old error whlie opening GIMP after updating to Ubuntu 20.04. The complete error is
GEGL version too old!
GIMP requires GEGL version 0.4.22 or later.
Installed GEGL ...
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How do I run GIMP 2.10 from a command line in Ubuntu 20.04 [duplicate]
I installed flatpack GIMP 2.10 in a fresh Ubuntu 20.04 VM, and I'm trying to run it from a command line. (I'm hoping that error messages will tell me why my Python script won't load.) Unfortunately, ...
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can't load raw files in to gimp version installed by snapd on 20.04
When I installed 20.04 I loaded the version of Gimp from the ppa and everything worked with the .config files I brought across from 18.04. I had to reinstall the system, probably due to an error I ...
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Installing Gimp on Ubuntu problems [duplicate]
I have just installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my old PC. I have tried to install GIMP, but without any success. I used
$ add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
The process ran for a while, but I ...
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Files from separate partition not accessible by Okular and GIMP (Ubuntu 18.04)
During installation of Ubuntu 18.04 I created a separate partition /store. Files are accessible, but I cannot open files on it with okular and GIMP. No exact errors are displayed, okular just says ...
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How to install gimp-GAP for gimp snap
I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04 and I've installed Gimp via Software Manager (so that it became a snap, located in /snap/gimp/252/). Now I want to install gimp-GAP. I see no other way than to ...
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Create a text layer in psd
Is there a command line to create a text layer (PSD format)?
I checked gimp but wasn't able to do it.
My expected output is a .psd file with one layer of text "hello world".
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Gimp does not remember my last brush
I often paint on screenshots to highlight parts. I like a 4 pixel pink brush fot this.
Unfortunately Gimp does not remember my last setting. After starting Gimp again the brush is 20 pixel and black. ...
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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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GIMP Screen Resolution Issue
I am using ubuntu 20.04 on Lenovo Yoga 920 Vibes Windows 10, virtual box. It has 16GB Ram, 4k Resolution 3840 x 2160 host/guest Resolution. So I've changed scaling to 200% in Ubuntu. but GIMP is not ...
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Unable to install gimp (Unmet dependency) [closed]
I am trying to install GIMP on an Ubuntu 20.04 fresh install. Unfortunately, I get this:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages ...
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GIMP 2.10 Drop Shadow are in separate layer - how to achieve like in GIMP 2.8
I am trying to use GIMP 2.10 like I used the previous version but am running into problems. I been using GIMP since 2007.
The latest is that when I use Drop Shadow (under filters), the shadow is put ...
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Is this a known bug in `xsane`?
I'm trying to use GIMP 2.8.15 with xsane 0.999 to control my ancient (built in 1998) Agfa Arcus 1200 scanner in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (AMD FX8350, 8 cores/threads, 16 GB RAM).
I've got everything ...
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In GIMP 2.10 - How do I set it so that the background is always transparent and not a solid color?
I just updated to GIMP 2.10 from 2.8 and I can't find the place to make the window always open with a transparent background.
Thanks!
Carol
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While using GIMP, how to use the mouse wheel to enlarge and decrease the entire window
I would like to use the mouse wheel to move enlarge the entire window that I am using in GIMP instead of just zooming in on an area in the window.
How do I accomplish this?
I've looked all through ...
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Neither Gimp not Inkscape see my printer; working fine from other applications
I just reinstalled this Ubuntu 19.10 from scratch. All is well, including the Brother MFC-J895DW multifunction printer. But when I start either Gimp or Inkscape, they don't see that any printer is ...
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Unable to remove GIMP on Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS [duplicate]
I am trying to uninstall Gimp but unable to do so. It is also not allowing me to install any other packages as well.
Error on running "sudo apt-get remove gimp"
Reading package lists... Done
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Is there a powerful image file manipulation app with a standard GUI?
Several times a year, I scan a document which doesn't fit in my scanner, so I scan it as more than one image and stitch the parts together to create a single image of the original.
As long as I can ...
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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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Unable to use colors to paint in GNU Image Manipulation Program except black color
I am using the "GNU Image Manipulation Program" to edit some images. I am selecting "Red", "Green" or whatever color, but when I start "Painting" or "Bucket fill tool" it's not working. I only see a ...
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xcf2png -- XCF version 12 not supported [closed]
Gimp 2.10.8
Ubuntu 19.10
xcftools_1.0.7-6_amd64
I want to use commandline to convert Gimp xcf files to png.The output file rose.png is a fail.
xcf2png rose.xcf -o rose.png
Warning: XCF version 12 ...
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The number of tools in GIMP Toolbox have reduced. How to restore them?
There used to be many tools in the GIMP Toolbox. However, recently after an Update, many of the tools in the Toolbox seems to have been removed. How do I restore the original layout of the Toolbox?
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Installation of Gimp failed in Ubuntu 16.04
I am using Ubuntu 16.04 and I have been using Gimp for long time. Out of a sudden it refused to open complaining about:
libstdc++.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
directory
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gimp 2.10 stopped working on 16.04
--RESOLVED-- with rm, reinstall :: sudo snap install gimp --edge
gimp 2.10 worked from CLI for about a year ..
Now error appears: gimp or snap gimp -->
/snap/gimp/227/usr/bin/gimp: error ...
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Where have my GIMP fonts gone?
Yesterday I has scores of fonts to chose from on GIMP, today I only have Padauk!!
Where have they all gone? I've not knowingly done anything with fonts etc. They are all there in Libre Office.
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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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Not able to use gimp-fourier plugin on ubuntu 18.04.4
I tried to install this fft plugin for GIMP:
https://www.lprp.fr/gimp_plugin_en/
Following:
tar xvzf fourier-0.4.*.tar.gz
cd fourier-0.4.*
make clean
make
make install
After that, I added the plug-...
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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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Resynthesizer GIMP 2.10/14 Windows vs Ubuntu 18.04
Managed to copy the necessary files to the plugins directory in Windows, and the resynthesizer tools work in Windows.
My question is, why is it so un-godly difficult to do the same thing in Linux and ...
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Will GIMP, Inkscape work on ldm / lxde / lubuntu in 18.04
I am using Ubuntu 18.04 default. I would like to use lubuntu-desktopso that the RAM consumption is less. But I see that it needs ldm. I was wondering whether switching from gdm to ldm will make GIMP, ...
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How can I increase the dots per inch of a PDF file?
Does anyone know of a program that can increase the dots per inch (DPI) of a PDF files e.g. from 100dpi when scanned to 200dpi?
GIMP can do this but the issue is that I have PDFs with many pages. ...
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beginner wanting to remove gimp [duplicate]
I installed GIMP to make a Christmas card and now everytime I try to open LibreOffice, GIMP opens instead. I can right clip on the file and use the "choose program" to select LibreOffice, but this is ...
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GIMP using command line
I want to do some operation on some images using GIMP through the command line on Ubuntu.
Operations that I want to do are:
Open an image
Convert an image to gray-scale
Convert a PNG image to JPEG
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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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GIMP install failed by ubuntu-software and also "sudo snap install gimp" [duplicate]
I get the following error while trying to install gimp either through Ubuntu-software of Terminal:
error: snap "gimp" has "install-snap" change in progress
When I run the command "snap changes". It ...
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How to add GIMP to the www-data group? [duplicate]
My GIMP cant access files in the /var/www/html folder where I run my projects on localhost. I assume I have to add GIMP to the www-data group, right?
My user is already a member of the www-data group ...
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Why apt asking to uninstall GIMP when installing ardour?
When running Ubuntu 19.04, I'm trying to install ardour, but apt is requesting to uninstall GIMP:
$ sudo apt install ardour
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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In GIMP it's not letting me fill certain pixels
When I draw something in gimp, it removes certain pixels/not letting me fill them in. Let's say I draw a cube. 128x128 pixels. 29 of them won't let me fill them in.
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No printer in GIMP 2.10 print dialog in Ubuntu 18.10
GIMP print dialog screen:
Printer installed in system:
In the same time TextEditor and Firefox dialogs looks fine:
How to fix?
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