{"id":32637,"date":"2020-08-15T15:33:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T15:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=32637"},"modified":"2024-04-24T16:30:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T16:30:17","slug":"photoflare-image-editor-inspired-photofiltre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/08\/photoflare-image-editor-inspired-photofiltre\/","title":{"rendered":"Photoflare &#8211; Simple Powerful Image Editor Inspired by PhotoFiltre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32638\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/photoflare-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photoflare is an open-source simple and powerful image editing software inspired by PhotoFiltre.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/PhotoFlare\/photoflare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photoflare<\/a> is written in C++ with Qt5 framework. It works on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS, and features basic image editing capabilities, paint brushes, image filters, colour adjustments and more advanced features such as Batch image processing.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the community version, the software also offers studio edition requires to pay for packages.<\/p>\n<p>Features of Photoflare include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Simple but powerful, and very fast to do everything.<\/li>\n<li>Works on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS.<\/li>\n<li>Basic image editing capabilities<\/li>\n<li>Paint brushes<\/li>\n<li>Image filters<\/li>\n<li>Color adjustments<\/li>\n<li>And more advanced features such as Batch image processing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32639\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/photoflare.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/photoflare.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/photoflare-450x287.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>How to Install Photoflare in Ubuntu:<\/h3>\n<h4>Option 1: Ubuntu PPA<\/h4>\n<p>The software has a <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~photoflare\/+archive\/ubuntu\/photoflare-stable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stable PPA<\/a> which so far contains the latest packages for Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, and Ubuntu 23.10.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.)<\/b> To add the PPA, open <u>terminal<\/u> either from system application launcher or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. When it opens,\u00a0 run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:photoflare\/photoflare-stable<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32640\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/photoflare-ppa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/photoflare-ppa.png 560w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/photoflare-ppa-450x77.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.)<\/b> After adding PPA, update system package cache and install the image editor via commands:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo apt update\r\n\r\nsudo apt install photoflare<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32641\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/apt-photoflare.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/apt-photoflare.png 560w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/apt-photoflare-450x179.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Option 2: Flatpak package<\/h4>\n<p>For choice, user can install the software as Flatpak runs in sandbox environment. Meaning even the old <b>Ubuntu 16.04<\/b> and <b>Ubuntu 18.04<\/b> can install the latest version of this image editing app.<\/p>\n<p>1. (<b>Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 18.04 only<\/b>) First, press <code>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> on keyboard to open terminal, run command to add the Flatpak PPA for old Ubuntu that don&#8217;t have the package in system repository:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:flatpak\/stable<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password when it asks (no asterisk feedback) and hit Enter to continue. Next, run <code>sudo apt update<\/code> to refresh system package cache.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>2. Then, run command to enable Flatpak support:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-39141\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-600x229.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-600x229.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-300x115.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-768x294.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy.webp 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. Finally, install the app as Flatpak package by running the command below in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak install https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/io.photoflare.photoflare.flatpakref<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/flatpak-photoflare.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-46341\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/flatpak-photoflare-700x502.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/flatpak-photoflare-700x502.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/flatpak-photoflare-300x215.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/flatpak-photoflare-768x551.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/flatpak-photoflare.webp 894w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once installed, search for and launch the app either from start menu or &#8216;Activities&#8217; overview depends on your desktop environment. If app icon not visible, try log out and back in to apply path environment changes.<\/p>\n<p>And for future versions, use the command to check updates:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak update io.photoflare.photoflare<\/pre>\n<p><b>Uninstall Photoflare:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To remove Photoflare image editor, either use your system package manager or run command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo apt remove photoflare<\/pre>\n<p>And remove the PPA either via <i>Software &amp; Updates<\/i> under <i>Other Software<\/i> tab, or by running command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:photoflare\/photoflare-stable<\/pre>\n<p>To uninstall the Flatpak package, use command:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak uninstall --delete-data io.photoflare.photoflare<\/pre>\n<p>Also run <code>flatpak uninstall --unused<\/code> to remove useless run-time libraries.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photoflare is an open-source simple and powerful image editing software inspired by PhotoFiltre. 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