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gThumb 3.12.5 Released with Few Bug-fixes (Ubuntu PPA)

gThumb image viewer and organizer released new 3.12.5 release this Sunday. It is a small release only contains translation updates and a few bug-fixes. Bug fixes in the release include: When the ‘Store metadata inside files if possible’ option is active, comment a picture will delete its Color Profile tag. Build issue with libjxl 0.9 for […]

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How to Enable JPEG-XL (.jxl) Image Support in Ubuntu 22.04/20.04

Want to open (or export to) .jxl files? Here’s how to enable the image format support in Ubuntu and Debian. JPEG-XL (.jxl) is a royalty-free raster-graphics image format supports both lossy and lossless compression. It includes features such as animation, alpha channels, layers, thumbnails, and has better compression efficiency (60% improvement) comparing to JPEG. GNOME […]

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How to Install Latest libheif to handle HEIF/AVIF in Ubuntu 22.04/20.04

This simple tutorial shows how to install the latest version of libheif library, for better HEIF and AVIF image formats support, in Ubuntu 22.04 and/or Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Libheif is a popular free open-source library for encoding and decoding HEIF and AVIF. Which, also has partial support for JPEG-in-HEIF, JPEG2000, uncompressed (ISO/IEC 23001-17:2023) capabilities. It […]

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Darktable 4.6.0 Released! Auto-Save, rgb primaries Module [Ubuntu PPA]

  Darkable, the popular photography app and raw developer, released new major 4.6.0 version a day ago! The new release introduced auto-save feature for editing history. By default, it save changes every 10 seconds. User can go to ‘Preferences -> storage‘ to change the time interval, or set it to 0 to disable it. Darktable […]

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digiKam 8.2.0 Released, Updated Frameworks & Few Hundred Bug-fixes

  digiKam, KDE’s photo management software, released version 8.2.0 this Sunday. The new release includes most recent Libraw library, updates runtime libraries to Qt 5.15.11, KDE frameworks 5.110, Exiftool 12.70, and Exiv2 28.1. For Windows user, digiKam now has new Windows installer compiled under Windows with VCPKG tool-chain and based on Qt6 and KF6 frameworks. […]

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Switcheroo – Simple & Modern GTK4 Image Converter for Linux

Looking for app to convert your photo images into other formats? Try Switcheroo. For batch image processing, I’d recommend to use Converseen. However, stupid simple applications are always good choices for beginners. And, Switcheroo is one stupid simple app for converting photo images, while having modern look and feel in today’s Linux desktop. With it, […]

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Shotwell updated to 0.32.3 with Some Fixes

Shotwell photo viewer and organizer released new 0.32.3 version a day ago with minor updates. The release came with some bug-fixes and minor changes, they include: Fix asking twice on closing viewer with modified image Do not try to reload photo on shutdown Do not abort if new thumbnail size does not exist Open fullscreen […]

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digiKam 8.0.0 Released! How to Install in Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04

digiKam, the popular KDE photo management software, released new major 8.0.0 version! Here are the new features and how to install guide for Ubuntu users. digiKam 8.0.0 is a big release after two year of development. It features new online documentation that is well written with plenty of screenshots and screencasts. An EPUB is also […]

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Darktable 4.2.1 Released with Various Bug-fixes, New Cameras Support

Darktable, the free open-source photography application and raw developer, released version 4.2.1 a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 22.10. Darktable 4.2.1 is a new point release. There’s no big features but minor changes. It now uses magic bytes to identify JPEG files, so even JPEG […]

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Converseen batch image converter adds option to Remove Metadata

Converseen image converter announced 0.9.10.0 release few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu via PPA. Converseen is a free and open-source tool for converting or resizing a large quantity of photo images to another format with a few mouse clicks. The new 0.9.10.0 release redesigned the Images Settings dialog. Previously, it automatically […]

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This App Enhance your Photo Images to 4K Resolution or Higher

Got photo images but not clear enough? Or you want to convert them into 4K resolution without losing quality? This app can help! It’s upscayl, a free and open-source app for Linux, Windows, and macOS. It uses AI modules to upscale single or batch of photo images into 7680×5120 (or double resolution 15360×10240). Supported AI […]

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Darktable 4.2 Released! How to Install in Ubuntu 22.04 via PPA

Darkable, the popular free open-source photography app and raw developer, released new 4.2.0 release a day ago. Darktable 4.2.0 is a big release with following changes: New Sigmoid display transform module Two new algorithms in the highlight reconstruction module: “inpaint opposed” and “segmentation based”. Possible to preview the effect of a user-generated style on an […]

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Hugin 2022.0.0 Released! How to install it in Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04

The Hugin panorama photo stitcher finally announced the 2022.0.0 release! Ubuntu PPA updated for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 22.10. One year per release! The 2022 release is finally here, though there’s not so many changes! Add simple edge fill option to fill black edges in panorama with homogenous color. Simplified the […]

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RawTherapee 5.9 is out! How to Install in Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04

RawTherapee, the free open-source raw image converter and digital photo processor, released version 5.9 recently after more than 2 years of development. RawTherapee 5.9 features new “Spot Removing Tool” under Details tab for removing dust specks and small objects; Local Adjustments tool under Local tab for performing a wide range of operations on an area […]

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Panorama photo stitcher – Hugin 2022 in Beta Now [Ubuntu PPA]

Hugin, the popular free and open-source panorama photo stitcher application, now is in beta stage for the upcoming 2022 version. Changes in this release according to the launchpad milestone include: Add simple edge fill option to fill black edges in panorama with homogenous color. Simplified the assistant page with only the necessary GUI controls to […]

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Darktable 4.0 Released with New Features! How to Install via Ubuntu PPA

Darktable, free open-source photography app and raw developer, now is at the new major 4.0 release! See what’s new and how to install it in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04 & Ubuntu 18.04. Darktable 4.0 features Filmic v6 which introduced new color science. The change removes the mandatory desaturation close to medium white and black and […]

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GIMP 2.10.32 Released with Support for 8/16-bit CMYK(A) TIFF Files, BigTIFF

GIMP 2.10.32 is here almost six months after GIMP 2.10.30 with a bunch of cool changes, starting with support for importing 8-bit and 16-bit CMYK(A) TIFF files, support for importing and exporting BigTIFF files, as well as built-in support for JPEG XL files (without the need of a third-party plugin). This release also improves support […]

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How to Import Your Photos Easily from iPhone to Ubuntu 22.04

It’s easy to make backup of your iPhone’s photos, since Ubuntu now has out-of-the-box support for accessing iOS files. To make life easy, the gThumb image organizer can even pop-up the photo import dialog automatically once your iPhone is plugged in via USB port. Install and setup gThumb 1.) Firstly, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to […]

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GIMP 2.10.30 Bugfix Release Now Available

There’s still some time to go before seeing the long-awaited GIMP 3.0 release for this open source image manipulation program but at least out today is GIMP 2.10.30 for bettering the current stable series. Here’s what’s new!
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Darktable 3.8 Open-Source RAW Image Editor Released as a Massive Update

Darktable 3.8 comes with major changes like a completely revamped keyboard shortcut system with support for controlling the app with other devices, such as game controllers or MIDI devices, a new diffuse or sharpen module that lets users simulate or revert diffusion processes to reconstruct images, as well as a new scene-referred blurs module that […]

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