{"id":8074,"date":"2018-08-20T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=8074"},"modified":"2018-08-20T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T14:10:00","slug":"gimp-2-10-6-released-vertical-text-new-filters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/08\/gimp-2-10-6-released-vertical-text-new-filters\/","title":{"rendered":"GIMP 2.10.6 Released with Vertical Text, New Filters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gimp-icon1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>GIMP, the popular cross-platform image editor, reached 2.10.6 release a day ago with new features, optimizations, and bug-fixes.<\/p>\n<p>GIMP 2.10.6 release highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Add support for <b>vertical text<\/b> (top-to-bottom writing)<\/li>\n<li>New filter: <b>Little Planet<\/b> to create \u201clittle planets\u201d from 360\u00d7180\u00b0 equirectangular panorama images.<\/li>\n<li>New filter: <b>Long Shadow<\/b> simplifies creating long shadows in several visual styles.<\/li>\n<li>Add <b>vertical straightening<\/b> support in the Measure tool<\/li>\n<li>Rendering most drawable previews asynchronously.<\/li>\n<li>Option to disable rendering layer group previews completely (Preferences > Interface > respective checkbox).<\/li>\n<li>For more details, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gimp.org\/news\/2018\/08\/19\/gimp-2-10-6-released\/\" target=\"_blank\">release note<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/gimp-splash-600x352.jpg\" alt=\"GIMP 2.10 Splash\" width=\"600\" height=\"352\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/gimp-splash-600x352.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/gimp-splash-450x264.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/gimp-splash.jpg 693w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install GIMP 2.10.6 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~otto-kesselgulasch\/+archive\/ubuntu\/gimp\" target=\"_blank\">otto06217&#8217;s PPA<\/a> contains the most recent packages for <b>Ubuntu 18.04 and higher<\/b>, <i>as usual GIMP 2.10.6 will be available a few days later<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcuts, or by searching for &#8216;Terminal&#8217; from app launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch\/gimp<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type your password (no visual feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/gimp-ppa-bionic-600x79.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"79\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/gimp-ppa-bionic-600x79.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/gimp-ppa-bionic-450x59.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/gimp-ppa-bionic.jpg 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> After added the PPA, you can upgrade to GIMP 2.10.6 once it&#8217;s published via <b>Software Updater<\/b> (Update Manager):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/upgrade-gimp-450x303.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"303\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/upgrade-gimp-450x303.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/upgrade-gimp-600x404.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/upgrade-gimp.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Or run following commands one by one in terminal to install or upgrade GIMP image editor:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install gimp<\/pre>\n<h4>How to Restore:<\/h4>\n<p>For any reason, you can downgrade to the stock version of GIMP by running following command in terminal to purge the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:otto-kesselgulasch\/gimp<\/pre>\n<h4>Install GIMP 2.10.6 flatpak in Ubuntu 16.04 &#038; Higher<\/h4>\n<p>For Ubuntu 16.04 and higher, the latest GIMP is also available as <a href=\"https:\/\/flatpak.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">flatpak<\/a> (runs in sandbox) package.<\/p>\n<p>1. Run commands to install Flatpak framework in Ubuntu 16.04 via PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexlarsson\/flatpak\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get update\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install flatpak<\/pre>\n<p><i>Ubuntu 18.04 and higher can skip the first 2 commands since flatpak is available in the universe repository.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>2. Install GIMP flatpak application via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">flatpak install https:\/\/flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/org.gimp.GIMP.flatpakref<\/pre>\n<p>Once installed, it will be made available exactly the same way as other applications.<\/p>\n<p>3. (<b>optional<\/b>) To remove the GIMP flatpak, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">flatpak uninstall org.gimp.GIMP<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GIMP, the popular cross-platform image editor, reached 2.10.6 release a day ago with new features, optimizations, and bug-fixes. GIMP 2.10.6 release highlights: Add support for vertical text (top-to-bottom writing) New filter: Little Planet to create \u201clittle planets\u201d from 360\u00d7180\u00b0 equirectangular panorama images. New filter: Long Shadow simplifies creating long shadows in several visual styles. 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