{"id":9060,"date":"2019-06-13T15:16:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T15:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=9060"},"modified":"2019-06-13T15:16:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T15:16:28","slug":"gimp-2-10-12-released-bug-fixes-cool-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/06\/gimp-2-10-12-released-bug-fixes-cool-improvements\/","title":{"rendered":"GIMP 2.10.12 Released with Bug Fixes, Cool Improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gimp-icon.png\" alt=\"GIMP extra color palettes\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5457\" \/><\/p>\n<p>GIMP image editor 2.10.12 was released a day ago with mostly fixes for some annoying bugs.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also some cool improvements in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gimp.org\/news\/2019\/06\/12\/gimp-2-10-12-released\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GIMP 2.10.12<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improved Curves tool<\/li>\n<li>Layers support for TIFF exporting<\/li>\n<li>Support for user-installed fonts on Windows<\/li>\n<li>Faster painting<\/li>\n<li>Improved symmetry painting support<\/li>\n<li>Incremental mode in the Dodge\/Burn tool<\/li>\n<li>Free Select tool now creates a preliminary selection<\/li>\n<li>New Offset tool<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/gimp-splash-450x264.jpg\" alt=\"GIMP 2.10 Splash\" width=\"450\" height=\"264\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/gimp-splash-450x264.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/gimp-splash-600x352.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/gimp-splash.jpg 693w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install Latest GIMP in Ubuntu &#038; Linux Mint:<\/h4>\n<p>Ubuntu users can install the latest GIMP via 3 ways: <b>GIMP PPA<\/b>, <b>Snap package<\/b>, <b>Flatpak package<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b> 1.) GIMP Snap package:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>GIMP Snap is still in v2.10.10 at the moment of writing. As usual it will be updated in a few days.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>GIMP Snap is a containerized software package. Once installed, it will be updated automatically when maintainer published a new release package.<\/p>\n<p>For Ubuntu 18.04 and higher, install GIMP snap package from Ubuntu Software:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/gimp-ubuntusoftware.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/gimp-ubuntusoftware-600x362.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"362\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/gimp-ubuntusoftware-600x362.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/gimp-ubuntusoftware-450x271.png 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/gimp-ubuntusoftware-768x463.png 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/gimp-ubuntusoftware.png 826w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Ubuntu 16.04, run following commands one by one to install GIMP snap:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get install snapd<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo snap install gimp<\/pre>\n<p><b>2.) GIMP PPA:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s an unofficial <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~otto-kesselgulasch\/+archive\/ubuntu\/gimp\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GIMP PPA<\/a> that maintains native GIMP for Ubuntu packages for Ubuntu 18.04 and higher.<\/p>\n<p><i>The PPA is not updated at the moment of writing. Check the PPA link above. It should be updated in 2 or 3 days.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>1. Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch\/gimp<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gimp-ppa-cosmic-600x95.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"95\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gimp-ppa-cosmic-600x95.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gimp-ppa-cosmic-450x71.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gimp-ppa-cosmic.jpg 739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2. Then you can upgrade GIMP using Software Updater is an old version was installed.<\/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 command to install GIMP:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo apt-get install gimp<\/pre>\n<p><b>3.) GIMP Flatpak:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Flatpak is a containerized software package. GIMP Flatpak package is available in <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/details\/org.gimp.GIMP\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">flathub repositoy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Uninstall:<\/h4>\n<p>To remove GIMP snap package, either use Ubuntu Software or run command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo snap remove gimp<\/pre>\n<p>To remove GIMP PPA package, and restore to original status, run command in terminal to purge PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:otto-kesselgulasch\/gimp<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GIMP image editor 2.10.12 was released a day ago with mostly fixes for some annoying bugs. There&#8217;s also some cool improvements in GIMP 2.10.12: Improved Curves tool Layers support for TIFF exporting Support for user-installed fonts on Windows Faster painting Improved symmetry painting support Incremental mode in the Dodge\/Burn tool Free Select tool now creates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[1490],"class_list":["post-9060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","category-news","tag-gimp-2-10"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}