Install GIMP 2.8.6 In Ubuntu [PPA]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.gimp.org/">GIMP</a> 2.8.6</b> has been released recently, bringing many bug fixes and small enhancements. In this release, the single-window mode has received special attention and some annoyances, like the close button not quitting GIMP or the right docks not keeping their size, have been fixed.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9DKIsl6-L1RuRuLR6h-xy_jE2yxubnaodM8gDo-7fuEn_Ow4ZdmcRrBr7ornh575jwYcbI5AjNwjB5LE0yJ0XXvoxihQCt3fdPe9jczAZpmyWs2yNcfU76k8e3kVnOYMJY6xbHX5MQg/s1600/gimp-2.8.6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GIMP 2.8.6" border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9DKIsl6-L1RuRuLR6h-xy_jE2yxubnaodM8gDo-7fuEn_Ow4ZdmcRrBr7ornh575jwYcbI5AjNwjB5LE0yJ0XXvoxihQCt3fdPe9jczAZpmyWs2yNcfU76k8e3kVnOYMJY6xbHX5MQg/s320/gimp-2.8.6.png" title="GIMP 2.8.6" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>Changes in GIMP 2.8.6 (stable):</b><br /><ul><li>Fix saving to URIs, it was broken to only allow exporting, and fix save/export of compressed files;</li><li>Fix brush spacing for drawing in any direction;</li><li>Increase the maximum size of clipboard brushes and patterns to 1024x1024;</li><li>Make sure data objects are saved when only their name was changed;</li><li>Don't allow single-window docks to shrink smaller than their requisition;</li><li>Make sure a single-window's right docks keep their size across sessions;</li><li>Allow to change the spacing of non-generated brushes again;</li><li>In single-window mode, make Escape move the focus to the canvas and beep if the focus is already there;</li><li>Be smarter about unavailable fonts, and don't crash;</li><li>Make clicking the single-window's close button quit GIMP;</li><li>Make view-close (Ctrl+W) only close image windows and tabs, not docks;</li><li>Add SIGNED_ROUND() which also rounds negative values correctly;</li><li>Make GIMP_PLUGIN_DEBUG work again after GLib changed logging;</li><li>Fix zealous crop for transparent borders;</li><li>Add a default "Color from Gradient" dynamics and tool preset;</li><li>Many other bug fixes and translation updates.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">GIMP 2.8.x is the stable branch and no new features will be added. The next major GIMP release will be 2.10, which is expected to be fully ported to GEGL, OpenCL acceleration support in GEGL, get support for layer masks on layer groups, a new wrap tool, seamless cloning, an unified transform tool and more. Then, with GIMP 3.0, the application is expected to be ported to GTK3 (currently work in progress). The estimated release dates for GIMP 2.10 and 3.0 are not known yet.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install GIMP 2.8.6 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks to +<a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/117581776478455814502/posts">Thorsten Stettin</a>'s GIMP PPA which has been updated today, you can <b>install the latest GIMP 2.8.6 in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander (currently under development), 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04 by using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install gimp</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Thorsten's PPA also contains some GIMP goodies which I'm sure you'll like so I'll tell you how to install them below.</b></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>GIMP Plugin Registry</b>, a collection of GIMP plugins which includes GIMP FX Foundry and many other useful plugins, can be installed from the same PPA:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install gimp-plugin-registry</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">Another package available in Thorsten's PPA is <b><a href="http://gmic.sourceforge.net/">G'MIC</a></b>, a tool that's available as a GIMP plugin which comes with a large number of pre-defined image filters and effects (more than 190). Install it using the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install gimp-gmic</code></pre>And finally, two other packages are available in this PPA: <br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">gimp-help 2.8 (version 2.6 is available in the Ubuntu repositories) for about 19 languages, including English, Greek, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Chinese and more - to install it, search for it in Synaptic or USC;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">GIMP Lensfun, a plugin to correct lens distortion using the lensfun library - you can install using "sudo apt-get install gimp-lensfun".</li></ul>

Install GIMP 2.8.6 In Ubuntu [PPA]

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XnRetro: Add Instagram-Like Effects To Your Images With This Desktop App

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.xnview.com/en/xnretro/">XnRetro</a> is a free to use (but not open source) tool available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X (as well as iOS and Android) that allows you to easily apply various vintage effects, borders and more to your images.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/xnretro_1.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="XnRetro Linux" border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdbkRZv95Mm63ti19mKKoiI6mPqKKP-p0UkdClMMDQdAfwX2NU1yowkTHP0KuMiLKCgbxyIPIjssVAokp9TWqz9U0hSQNeuqWf1feh-92eyraUbLNchopFDTFOtTPt97Fkj8dFMhXK3c7o/s320/xnretro_1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">There are many applications you can use to apply effects to your photos but XnRetro is one of the easiest to use, comparable to Instagram I'd say: you simply select an image and the effect you want to apply (you can use multiple effects if you want) and you immediately get a preview. You can then save the image or share it on websites such as Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, Imgur and so on:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/xnretro_2.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="XnRetro Linux" src="http://img.netupd8.com/xnretro_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application also allows you to tweak the effects by adjusting various settings such as the brightness, contrast, exposure, saturation, noise, rotate the picture and so on.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Please note that in my test under Ubuntu 13.04, XnRetro failed to upload images to some websites, such as Imgur or Imageshack, so this feature is a bit buggy for now, at least on Linux.</div><br /><br /><b>XnRetro features:</b><br /><ul><li>20 color effects;</li><li>15 light effects;</li><li>5 Vignette effects;</li><li>28 frame borders;</li><li>adjustable contrast, gamma, saturation and so on;</li><li>share the resulted image on Flickr, Picasa, Facebook, Imgur, Tumblr, ImageShack, YFrog, GlowFoto or TwitPic.</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Download XnRetro</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Download XnRetro for Linux, Windows, MacOS X from <a href="http://www.xnview.com/en/xnretro/">HERE</a>. Or get the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/xnretro/id592583459">iOS</a> or <a href="http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xnview.XnRetro">Android</a> app.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Note for Linux users:</b> there's only a 32bit binary but it should work on 64bit (I've tested it under Ubuntu 13.04 64bit). To run it, extract the downloaded archive and double click "xnretro.sh", then select "Run". You can also run it by double clicking "XnRetro" but that might not work on all Linux distributions.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>thanks to <a href="https://plus.google.com/114564489020097923600">Satya</a> for the tip!</i></div>

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GIMP 2.8.4 Released, Install It In Ubuntu

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuUs_g2WOfz6R3j96qwKLrGVU5O6avFE70FYPPJNGRHpZMjWQEoVQD4GP-2J7swk4odokpefS3ry6NTV7rJyYaEd7pk40DHIiyXBvEZ4cSkbQxqJdwW6gqcohpTymkSO1vSULIx1y533w/s1600/gimp-2.8.4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gimp 2.8.4" border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuUs_g2WOfz6R3j96qwKLrGVU5O6avFE70FYPPJNGRHpZMjWQEoVQD4GP-2J7swk4odokpefS3ry6NTV7rJyYaEd7pk40DHIiyXBvEZ4cSkbQxqJdwW6gqcohpTymkSO1vSULIx1y533w/s320/gimp-2.8.4.png" title="gimp 2.8.4" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>GIMP 2.8.4</b> has been released yesterday, bringing some important bug fixes. This is the stable GIMP branch and no new features will be added in the 2.8.x releases, only bug fixes.</div><br /><b>Here are the most important changes in GIMP 2.8.4:</b><br /><a name='more'></a><ul><li>Better names for the default filters in save and export</li><li>Make tool drawing (esp. the brush outline) much more responsive</li><li>Remember the "maximized" state across sessions</li><li>Simplify the splash image code a lot, makes it appear immediately again</li><li>Allow the text tool to start on an image without layers</li><li>Various fixes for text style attribute handling</li><li>Set unconfigured input devices to eraser if GTK+ says they are erasers</li><li>Make libgimp drawable combo boxes aware of layer groups</li><li>Fix item width in GimpPageSelector (used e.g. in PDF import)</li><li>Better default values in the Drop Shadow script</li><li>Fixed bugs in the BMP plug-in</li><li>Lots of bug fixes and translation updates</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The next major GIMP release - 2.10 -, should get high bit depths, support for layer masks on layer groups, complete the port to GEGL and more, while with version 3.0, GIMP should finally be ported to GTK3. There's no planned release date for either GIMP 2.10 or 3.0 yet. </div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install GIMP 2.8.4 in Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 or 13.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04 users can install the latest GIMP 2.8.4 by using Otto's PPA - add the PPA and install / upgrade GIMP using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install gimp</code></pre><br />From the same PPA you can also install <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/06/new-gimp-plugin-registry-version-brings.html">GIMP Plugin Registry</a> which is a collection of hundreds of GIMP plugins:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install gimp-plugin-registry</code></pre><br /><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/gmic-more-than-190-image-filters-and.html">G'MIC</a> is also available in this PPA. It's a tool that comes with a huge list of filters and effects - install it using the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install gimp-gmic</code></pre><br />For source files, Windows or Mac OS X binaries, see the GIMP <a href="http://www.gimp.org/downloads/">downloads page</a>.

GIMP 2.8.4 Released, Install It In Ubuntu

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MyPaint 1.1.0 Released With New Color Dialog And Geometry Tools, More

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mypaint-1.1.0.png" rel="image_group" title="MyPaint 1.1.0"><img alt="MyPaint 1.1.0" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mypaint-1.1.0_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>MyPaint, an open source application for digital painters</b>, has reached version <b>1.1.0</b>, the new version bringing <b>new blending models, new geometry tools like sequence of lines, curved lines and ellipses, a new color dialog and other interesting changes.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">MyPaint is especially designed to create images from scratch and it's not intended to be an image manipulation application (like GIMP), although you can still do many such operations using it. The application features a simple interface, unlimited canvas, extensive brush creation, basic layer support and more and is available for Linux, Windows and Mac OSX.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mypaint-1.1.0_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MyPaint 1.1.0 - some of the new features: new color dialog, geometry tools"><img alt="MyPaint 1.1.0" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mypaint-1.1.0_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MyPaint 1.1.0 - some of the new features: new color dialog, geometry tools</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>New features / changes in MyPaint 1.1.0:</b><br /><ul><li>geometry tools: sequence of lines, curved lines, ellipses;</li><li>new brush and layer blending modes; different layer merging;</li><li>new color dialog: palette and gamut mapping;</li><li>improved document frame, can be resized on canvas;</li><li>symmetric drawing mode;</li><li>old color changer ("washed") from 0.6 is available again;</li><li>toolbar improvements, e.g. move layer mode, pan/zoom;</li><li>revised cursor and on-canvas color picker;</li><li>better separation of mypaint's brush library; json brush file format;</li><li>translations, performance improvements, bugfixes, and more.</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Install MyPaint in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest MyPaint 1.1.0 stable isn't available in any PPA, but you can use the MyPaint Testing PPA, which even though it uses fresh GIT builds, it should be "fairly stable and tested". <b>Add the PPA and install MyPaint in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 and 12.04 using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:achadwick/mypaint-testing<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install mypaint mypaint-data-hires</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There are no MyPaint 1.1.0 binaries for other Linux distributions, Windows or Mac OSX yet, but you can grab the 1.1.0 source or older binaries from the MyPaint <a href="http://mypaint.intilinux.com/?page_id=6">downloads</a> page.</div><br /><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install the latest MyPaint from GIT via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=27110">AUR</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/mypaint-1.1.0-released">libregraphicsworld.org</a></i></div>

MyPaint 1.1.0 Released With New Color Dialog And Geometry Tools, More

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gThumb Gets WebP Support In The Latest 3.1.1 Release

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>gThumb, an image viewer and organizer, has reached version 3.1.1, adding</b> <b>support for WebP</b>, the image format that employs lossy and lossless compression, developed by Google as a WebM sister project.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The new version also comes with a new <b>application menu on the top GNOME Shell bar</b> when used with GNOME Shell.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7Qx1XjT6BDSTIDdwMVvGFFzxfOHVEoutN9QsBPwsU71yPtfbdBc2aEFqpqHcq_WP4fAsz-nWF0kNnVtj5d6ZPJVFEughfh7XxqkiaW1uIV9p0w29KVLRSd9Z43S_y6-GmeoIdh988qTf/s1600/gthumb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gthumb" border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7Qx1XjT6BDSTIDdwMVvGFFzxfOHVEoutN9QsBPwsU71yPtfbdBc2aEFqpqHcq_WP4fAsz-nWF0kNnVtj5d6ZPJVFEughfh7XxqkiaW1uIV9p0w29KVLRSd9Z43S_y6-GmeoIdh988qTf/s320/gthumb.png" title="gthumb" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>Other changes in gThumb 3.1.1 :</b><br /><ul><li>Allow to specify the format options when saving a file (can be disabled)</li><li>Save and restore the window maximized state, the filterbar status, the visited locations history and the viewer sidebar status</li><li>Image viewer: use the dark background by default, and use a more neutral color instead of black</li><li>Video viewer: save and restore the volume level</li><li>Rotation tool: allow to rotate an image from -180 to 180 degrees</li><li>Selections: allow to cut the files</li><li>Added a menu item to hide/show the file properties</li><li>Enhance colors: use a faster algorithm and rename to "Adjust Contrast"</li><li>Equalize histogram: use a faster algorithm</li><li>Desaturate tool: added ability to choose the method to use, renamed to "Grayscale"</li><li>Removed the format chooser from the file dialog</li><li>Added an high resolution application icon</li><li>More</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, with this version, gThumb depends on GTK3.4 so for instance, it can't be compiled on Ubuntu 11.10 (and obviously older versions) anymore. </div><br /><br /><h2>Install gThumb 3.1.1 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest gThumb 3.1.1 is available in the WebUpd8 gThumb PPA for Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04 - add the PPA and install it using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/gthumb<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install gthumb</code></pre><br />For other Linux distributions, get the latest gThumb from <a href="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gthumb/3.1/">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><i>Other packages from our PPAs updated today: <a href="http://ppa.webupd8.org/post/32256413648/audacious-3-3-2">Audacious 3.3.2</a>, <a href="http://ppa.webupd8.org/post/32258183535/umplayer-youtube-update">UMPlayer</a>, <a href="http://ppa.webupd8.org/post/32257799992/subtitle-editor-0-40-0-available-in-our-main-ppa">Subtitle Editor 0.40.0</a>.</i>

gThumb Gets WebP Support In The Latest 3.1.1 Release

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Install GIMP 2.8.2 In Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin

<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAKfGbd-bTsfgjpUIT0qrFXZYpgeEm1SFLWyzIKZBIBxFoWBafS2eOfjoNgyi8PeeP3gW9OWLUARN1iHgASpU-DKn5TGnV5YG2ctqc8n1pf_1KTVzS3doCREoMjDpV3h-pJtqRxjsl89aL/s1600/gimp-2.8.2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gimp 2.8.2" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAKfGbd-bTsfgjpUIT0qrFXZYpgeEm1SFLWyzIKZBIBxFoWBafS2eOfjoNgyi8PeeP3gW9OWLUARN1iHgASpU-DKn5TGnV5YG2ctqc8n1pf_1KTVzS3doCREoMjDpV3h-pJtqRxjsl89aL/s320/gimp-2.8.2.png" title="gimp 2.8.2" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>GIMP 2.8.2 has been released a few days ago with lots of bug fixes, but without any new features.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>Among the changes included in the latest GIMP 2.8.2 are:</b><br /><ul><li>Mention that the image was exported in the close warning dialog</li><li>Fix the visibility logic of the export/overwrite menu items</li><li>Remove all "Use GEGL" menu items, they only add bugs and zero function</li><li>Improve performance of display filters, especially color management</li><li>Fix the image window title to comply with the save/export spec and use the same image name everywhere, not only in the title</li><li>Fix positioning of pasted/dropped stuff to be more reasonable</li><li>Fix remembering of JPEG load/save defaults</li><li>Mac OSX / Windows fixes</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The 2.8.x series won't include any new features, just bug fixes. The <a href="http://wiki.gimp.org/index.php/Roadmap">plan</a> is to add full GEGL support, high bit depths, an unified transform tool and other new features with GIMP 2.10 and finally port GIMP to GTK3 with version 3.0.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install GIMP 2.8.2 in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The PPA that provides GIMP 2.8.x for Ubuntu 12.04 users has been updated today with the latest GIMP 2.8.2. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the PPA and install GIMP 2.8.2 in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install gimp</code></pre><br />For source files, Windows and Mac OSX installers, see the <a href="http://www.gimp.org/downloads/">GIMP download page</a>.

Install GIMP 2.8.2 In Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin

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gThumb 3.0.2 Available For Ubuntu 12.04 And 11.10 (PPA)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sf6nGT3r1NJvao4NTozPyajGPJTtg-UIpx_gekqD9PfzBzwgFMhoxt-90gHzqu4CtkvgROcPACtN9w65HicYcq05BDEsPQB_69evsq90fpbxifrjEYKhwdSHlV3pW8rFn8uFKvavI_wp/s1600/gthumb-3.0.2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gthumb 3.0.2" border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sf6nGT3r1NJvao4NTozPyajGPJTtg-UIpx_gekqD9PfzBzwgFMhoxt-90gHzqu4CtkvgROcPACtN9w65HicYcq05BDEsPQB_69evsq90fpbxifrjEYKhwdSHlV3pW8rFn8uFKvavI_wp/s320/gthumb-3.0.2.png" title="gthumb 3.0.2" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://live.gnome.org/gthumb">gThumb</a> is an image organizer/viewer that can export images to PicasaWeb, Facebook, Flickr or Photobucket, comes with some basic image editing features such as cropping, resizing, rotation, image enhancing, has video support, can import images from digital camera and many other cool features.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>gThumb 3.0.2, which has been released yesterday fixes some annoying bugs, like the broken video thumbnails</b>.</div><br /><b>Other fixes included in gThumb 3.0.2:</b><br /><ul><li>Fixed fullscreen toolbars with multiple monitors</li><li>Fixed error when rotating keeping the original size</li><li>Photobucket exporter: fixed crash when closing the dialog</li><li>Delete key does nothing when image first opened</li><li>Picasa Web exporter: images not displayed in the export dialog</li><li>Fix parallel build problems with enum generation</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Install gThumb 3.0.2 in Ubuntu 12.04 or 11.10</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Ubuntu 12.04 repositories provide gThumb 2.14.3 while the Ubuntu 11.10 repositories have gThumb 2.13.1, but you can upgrade to the latest gThumb 3.0.2 which uses GTK3 in Ubuntu 12.04 or 11.10 using the gThumb WebUpd8 PPA (packages also available in the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~nilarimogard/+archive/webupd8">main WebUpd8 PPA</a>):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/gthumb<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install gthumb</code></pre>

gThumb 3.0.2 Available For Ubuntu 12.04 And 11.10 (PPA)

gThumb is an image organizer/viewer that can export images to PicasaWeb, Facebook, Flickr or Photobucket, comes with some basic image editi...

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New GIMP Plugin Registry Version Brings 8 Updated Plugins [PPA]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBsKZhgddqpVSQxqM1YgmwHXsNUQcP8aQ1W73srscx5YuyFDcsB_vTgIcCPoy1Bf7NQ9LxuIN4oTydPw0vItTv_BbKnYLkHKj1PSfS4WI7d2mSrvGPDMenpyBvu-Ybml4JNcVSShEkAuB9/s1600/gimp-plugin-registry.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gimp plugin registry" border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBsKZhgddqpVSQxqM1YgmwHXsNUQcP8aQ1W73srscx5YuyFDcsB_vTgIcCPoy1Bf7NQ9LxuIN4oTydPw0vItTv_BbKnYLkHKj1PSfS4WI7d2mSrvGPDMenpyBvu-Ybml4JNcVSShEkAuB9/s320/gimp-plugin-registry.png" title="gimp plugin registry" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>GIMP Plugin Registry is a collection of GIMP plugins which includes <a class="external" href="http://gimpfx-foundry.sourceforge.net/">GIMP FX Foundry</a> and many other useful plugins.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">With a bit of a delay (sorry!), I've updated the GIMP Plugin Registry package available in the main WebUpd8 PPA with the latest version from Debian unstable. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The new version brings a <b>new plugin: GIMP Resynthesizer</b> (content aware fill), a plugin which, given a sample of texture, can create more of that texture. It can be used for removing objects from images, creating themed images and more.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>There are also 8 updated plugins:</b> <a href="http://registry.gimp.org/node/101">add-filmgrain</a>, <a href="http://registry.gimp.org/node/120">contactsheet</a>, <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/elsamuko/gimp">elsamuko</a> (which consists of 23 cool effects, including: color tint, sunny landscape, movie 300, photochrom, vintage look, che guevarra, obama hope, antique photo border, technicolor 2 & 3 and more), <a href="http://registry.gimp.org/node/24537">ez-perspective</a>, <a href="http://registry.gimp.org/node/1444">focusblur</a>, <a href="http://registry.gimp.org/node/186">layerfx</a>, <a href="http://registry.gimp.org/node/18435">openraster</a> and <a href="http://registry.gimp.org/node/33">safe-for-web</a>.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install GIMP Plugin Registry in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're using the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/gimp-28-stable-finally-available-for.html">GIMP 2.8 PPA in Ubuntu 12.04</a>, you'll find the latest GIMP Plugin Registry available in that PPA so all you have to do is search for it in Ubuntu Software Center / Synaptic for it.</div><br /><b>Older Ubuntu version (11.10, 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04) users or Ubuntu 12.04 users who haven't added the GIMP 2.8 PPA can install the latest GIMP Plugin Registry by adding the main WebUpd8 PPA:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install gimp-plugin-registry</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">(there aren't any conflicts if you add both the main WebUpd8 PPA and the GIMP 2.8 PPA: GIMP Plugin Registry from the GIMP 2.8 PPA will be installed if this PPA is enabled and not the version in our PPA)</div><br />Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/download-gimp-28-script-fus-pack-more.html">Download GIMP 2.8 Script-FUs Pack (More Than 100 Effects And Filters)<br /></a>

New GIMP Plugin Registry Version Brings 8 Updated Plugins [PPA]

GIMP Plugin Registry is a collection of GIMP plugins which includes GIMP FX Foundry and many other useful plugins. With a bit of a delay (s...

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