![]() ![]() ![]() Start GIMP and open a RAW file photoflow should be used to process the file, as in the screenshot. ![]() The VIPS packages that ship with the Ubuntu distributions are usually too old to work with PhotoFlowĬopy the plug-in executable to GIMP’s plug-in folder:Ĭp -a Release/share/photoflow/plug-in/pfgimp $HOME/.config/GIMP/2.9/plug-ins/ Libtiff5-dev libpng12-dev libjpeg-dev zlib1g-dev libfftw3-dev libxml2-dev libexif-dev libexiv2-dev libgexiv2-dev liborc-0.4-dev libsigc++-2.0-dev libgtkmm-2.4-dev gobject-introspection libpugixml-dev libopenexr-dev Install the required build dependencies (this list might not be complete, and is only valid for Ubuntu and derivates, and some package names might change across Ubuntu versions): If you feel brave enough to test it, here are the steps to follow: Pre-compiled windows and OSX versions might come in some near future, but there are still some building issues to address there. The plug-in still has to be compiled from sources, and requires the installation of the GIMP 2.9 development packages. Moreover, the plug-in provides all the non-destructive editing capabilities of the standalone editor, including RGB curves, Lab-based BW conversion, selective color editing, etc… In fact, the photoflow plug-in only works with the 2.9 version of GIMP, and is at the moment of writing not yet compatible with earlier versions. Once the processing is finished, the result is sent back to GIMP as a newly opened image.Ĭompared to UFraw, the photoflow plug-in sends the image data back to GIMP in 32-bits floating-points format, so that one can fully exploit the high bit depth capabilities of GIMP 2.9. The plug-in works is similarly to the UFraw one: when opening a RAW image, GIMP opens the GUI interface of the plug-in and sends the RAW file to it for processing. Just run this command: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp sudo apt update & sudo apt install gimpĪlternatively, you can tackle the task head-on and build GIMP from source.įinally, if you’re in no rush to run the latest release you can wait for the unofficial GIMP AppImage (currently on v2.10.3) to be updated.Recently I have been working on a version of my PhotoFlow RAW editor that works as a GIMP plug-in. If you’re an Ubuntu user you can add Otto Kesselgulasch’s GIMP PPA to upgrade to the latest release. Bonus: this is an officially maintained package, too! The best place is on Flathub, where the latest version of GIMP is always available to install. Ubuntu 18.04 ships with a much older version of GIMP in its archive (GIMP 2.8.22) so to benefit from all the changes and improvements in the 2.10.x series you’ll need to do look elsewhere. You can find a full change-log for this release attached to the GIMP mailing list announcement. Better support for PSD files saved using “Maximize Compatibility” option.Dashboard widget can now show detailed memory usage.Apply multiple transformations simultaneously in the transform filter.The improvements referenced above aren’t the only changes in GIMP 2.10.4: To rectify and auto-rotate your misaligned images just select the Measure tool from the tool picker, measure the angle of the horizon on your image, and then click the new “Straighten” button to have GIMP adjust your image accordingly. If so GIMP’s new auto-straighten option is at hand to help. Have you ever taken a really nice photo of a landscape, sunset or event only to later notice that you took it at an angle? Font TaggingĪnother font-related change in this release is the ability to tag fonts in the same manner as gradients, brushes and patterns.Īs mentioned, I have a tonne of fonts on my system (I make a lot of banners and graphics for this site, and don’t like things to look “samey”) and font tagging allow me to label them based on style or tone, e.g., “comic book”, “thin”, “official company fonts”, for faster finding later. This caveat is temporary and GIMP will let you know when it’s finished loading your fonts. The relative downside to asynchronous font loading (as you’ll see in the video above) is that not all of your fonts might will be available right away should you try to use the text tool the moment the app appears. ![]()
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