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Install G’MIC Plugin For GIMP Image Editor On Ubuntu 15.10

By Sourabh /  Category: How To, Ubuntu

Install G’MIC Plugin for GIMP image editor on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and Linux Mint. G’MIC (GREYC’s Magic for Image Computing) is a GIMP Plugin and a standalone image editing software.

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G’MIC is an editing tool for Linux Ubuntu Systems. G’Mic comes with a command-line tool and a plugin for GIMP. G’MIC 1.6.8 is the latest version of the G’MIC (GREYC’s Magic Image Converter) editing tool. Here are the details of the new features added to this G’MIC release:

The latest version available is G’Mic 1.6.8 which has been recently released, coming with the following changes:.

  • G’MIC project page : http://gmic.eu
  • Plug-in for GIMP : http://gmic.eu/gimp.shtml
  • Buy hot chocolate for the main developer 😉 : http://gmic.eu/morechocolate.shtml

New features:

  • [all] Added color conversions from/to YIQ colorspace.
  • [all] New function init() in math parser, used to do initialization work for the parser (variables, etc..) only once, when multiple evaluations are required.
  • [all] New command -inpaint_gaussian that implements yet another (fast) inpainting method using simple gaussian interpolation of surrounding pixels.
  • [all] New command -inpaint_patchmatch which implements a multi-scale inpainting algorithm based on the patchmatch method. This command can be used from the GIMP plug-in as well, with entry Repair / Inpaint [multi-scale].

Improvements:

  • [all] Commands -cut and -threshold run in interactive mode now returns the chosen values into the status.
  • [all] Improve auto-detection of math expressions that can be safely run in parallel.
  • [all] New variables interpolation and boundary available in the math parser, to default the corresponding argument values when accessing image pixels.
  • [all] Reduce stack usage a little bit on Windows.
  • [cli] When saving animated .gif, the fps argument can now be specified as a float-value (so 0.5 fps = 1 frame every 2 seconds is possible for instance).
  • [doc] Improved reference documentation (particularly the .pdf version) : http://gmic.eu/reference7
  • [doc] Updated presentation slides for the G’MIC project : http://gmic.eu/img/gmic_slides.pdf

Bug fix:

  • [all] And a lot of small bugfixes (see comments below).

Install G’MIC 1.6.8 on Ubuntu

G’MIC 1.6.8, the latest G’MIC software can be installed on Ubuntu Systems via PPA. Open Terminal and run the following commands to install G’MIC on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint and Derivatives:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install gimp-gmic

Once installed, you can open the G’MIC Plugin for GIMP image editor on Ubuntu Systems.

To open GMIC:

  • Open GIMP from Ubuntu Dash

gimp-start

  • Open a photo in GIMP
  • Go to Filters > G’MIC

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You can see G’MIC dialog on the screen. Once the plugin is open, you can select the effect(s) you want to apply for an image.

If you aren’t happy, you can uninstall and remove G’MIC by running the command given below:

$ sudo apt-get remove gimp-gmic