{"id":13139,"date":"2019-04-01T03:11:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T03:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=13139"},"modified":"2019-04-01T03:11:38","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T03:11:38","slug":"15-best-linux-photo-image-editors-i-discovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/04\/01\/15-best-linux-photo-image-editors-i-discovered\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Best Linux Photo\/Image Editors I Discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, I have reviewed of some the best photo editing software available on different Linux distributions. This fifteen are not the only photo editors available but are among the best and commonly used by Linux users.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17932\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Best-Linux-Image-Editors.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17932\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Best-Linux-Image-Editors.png\" alt=\"Best Linux Image Photo Editors\" width=\"720\" height=\"345\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17932\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-17932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">15 Best Linux Image Photo Editors<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Don\u2019t Miss:<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/best-free-video-editing-softwares-for-linux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">8 Best Video Editing Softwares I Discovered for Linux<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>1. GIMP<\/h3>\n<p>GNU image manipulation program (GIMP) is an open source photo editing tool that has features such as:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>image composition<\/li>\n<li>photo retouching<\/li>\n<li>image authoring<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>GIMP is highly customizable and pluggable through third party plugins and its users range from graphic designers, photographers, graphical illustrators and even scientists.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17915\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/gimp.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/gimp.png\" alt=\"Gimp Photo Editor\" width=\"1163\" height=\"733\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17915\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-17915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gimp Photo Editor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>2. Photoshop WINE<\/h3>\n<p>Many users who have migrated from Windows to Linux may just enjoys this, it is one of the most popular photo editing tools available. Though you can not install it directly on Linux, but you can use\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/install-wine-in-rhel-centos-and-fedora\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WINE<\/a>\u00a0to install it and use it on many Linux distributions.<\/p>\n<p><center><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2601749019656699\" data-ad-slot=\"5590002574\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\"><ins id=\"aswift_4_expand\"><ins id=\"aswift_4_anchor\"><iframe id=\"aswift_4\" name=\"aswift_4\" width=\"780\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/ins><\/ins><\/ins><\/center>WINE helps Linux users to use some of the favorite Windows programs on Linux and Photoshop is just one of them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17916\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Photoshop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Photoshop.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop Editor\" width=\"740\" height=\"456\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17916\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-17916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photoshop Editor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>3. Pinta<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Pinta<\/strong>\u00a0is also a great photo editing application which works similar to Windows\u00a0<strong>Paint.NET<\/strong>. Just think of it as a Linux version of Windows Paint. It simple and easy to use allowing users to do quick photo editing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17917\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Pinta.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17917\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Pinta.png\" alt=\"Pinta Image Editor\" width=\"1100\" height=\"750\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17917\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-17917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pinta Image Editor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>4. DigiKam<\/h3>\n<p>It is an open source and good photo editor for dedicated photographers in KDE, it offers easy to use functions to enhance usability.<\/p>\n<p>It has the following features:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>directory for tutorials on how to use it<\/li>\n<li>facial recognition support<\/li>\n<li>easy photo importing and exporting to different formats<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"attachment_17918\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DigiKam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17918\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DigiKam.jpg\" alt=\"DigiKam Photo Editor\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17918\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-17918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DigiKam Photo Editor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>5. ShowFOTO<\/h3>\n<p><strong>ShowFOTO<\/strong>\u00a0is a standalone image editor under the digiKam project. It is free and comes with all the standard photo editing functionalists such as transformation, adding effects, filtering, metadata editing and many more.<\/p>\n<p>It is light weight and not feature rich though it is a good image editing software that doesn\u2019t require other software to run.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17919\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ShowFoto.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17919\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ShowFoto.png\" alt=\"ShowFoto Image Editor\" width=\"1016\" height=\"740\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17919\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-17919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ShowFoto Image Editor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>6. RawTherapee<\/h3>\n<p><strong>RawTherapee<\/strong>\u00a0is a free and open source photo editor for optimizing digital images. It is feature rich and powerful when you need quality digital images from RAW image files. RAW files can be modified and then saved in compressed formats as well.<\/p>\n<p>It has many features as listed in project homepage including:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>variety of supported cameras<\/li>\n<li>exposure control<\/li>\n<li>parallel editing<\/li>\n<li>color adjustment<\/li>\n<li>option of using secondary display<\/li>\n<li>metadata editing and many more<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"attachment_17920\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Rawtherapee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Rawtherapee.jpg\" alt=\"Rawtherapee Image Editor\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17920\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-17920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rawtherapee Image Editor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>7. Fotoxx<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Fotoxx<\/strong>\u00a0is also a free and open source photo editing and collection management tool. It is intended for dedicated photographers who need a simple, fast and easy tool for photo editing.<\/p>\n<p>It offers photo collection management and an easy way to navigate through the collection directories and subdirectories using a thumbnail browser.<\/p>\n<p>It has the following features:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>use simple clicks to transform photos<\/li>\n<li>ability to retouch photos in enormous amounts of ways<\/li>\n<li>artistic photo transformation such as animations<\/li>\n<li>access to work with meta-data and many more<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"attachment_17921\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fotoxx.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17921\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fotoxx.jpg\" alt=\"Fotoxx Image Editor\" width=\"637\" height=\"511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17921\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-17921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fotoxx Image Editor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>8. F-spot<\/h3>\n<p>It is a free and open source, feature rich photo editing and management software for Gnome desktop environment.\u00a0<strong>F-spot<\/strong>\u00a0allows users to edit, modify, save, organize, find and share images easily.<\/p>\n<p>It has some of the following user feature:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Photo editor with rich colour adjustment functionalities<\/li>\n<li>Tag icon editor<\/li>\n<li>export images to the web<\/li>\n<li>create photo CD<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"attachment_17922\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/F-Spot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17922\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/F-Spot.png\" alt=\"F-Spot Image Editor\" width=\"1280\" height=\"742\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17922\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-17922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">F-Spot Image Editor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>9. UFRaw<\/h3>\n<p><strong>UFRaw<\/strong>\u00a0which stands for \u201c<strong>Unidentified Flying Raw<\/strong>\u201d is a software that reads and manipulates RAW images files from various types of digital cameras. You can use it independently as a standalone software or as a\u00a0<b>GIMP<\/b>\u00a0plug-in.<\/p>\n<p>UFRaw uses Dave Coffin\u2019s raw conversion utility\u00a0<b>DCRaw<\/b>\u00a0to read raw images and its color management workflow is based on\u00a0<b>Little CMS<\/b>. This allows a user to apply\u00a0<b>ICC<\/b>\u00a0color profiles to images being edited.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17923\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/UFRaw.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17923\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/UFRaw.png\" alt=\"UFRaw Image Editor\" width=\"1113\" height=\"801\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17923\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-17923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UFRaw Image Editor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>10. GTKRawGallery<\/h3>\n<p><strong>GTKRawGallery<\/strong>\u00a0is another free and open source workflow oriented photo editing and retouching software. It also works with raw 16 bit color depth camera images using tools such as Exiftool, Dcraw and Imagemagick.<\/p>\n<p>It allows users to do the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>image browser and photo album manager<\/li>\n<li>image modification tools for 16 bit\/channel post-processing<\/li>\n<li>batch Processor to speed up workflow and batch conversion with different available styles<\/li>\n<li>fast image tagging<\/li>\n<li>color Management<\/li>\n<li>print support<\/li>\n<li>advanced Metadata Editor<\/li>\n<li>dropbox uploader<\/li>\n<li>facebook, Flickr and Picasa Web Albums Publisher<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"attachment_17924\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/gtkrawgallery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/gtkrawgallery.jpg\" alt=\"GTKRawGallery Image Editor\" width=\"1437\" height=\"838\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17924\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-17924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GTKRawGallery Image Editor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>11. LightZone<\/h3>\n<p><strong>LightZone<\/strong>\u00a0is also a free and open source photo editing software for photographers which offers RAW file processing and editing. It offers powerful, highly flexible and customizable tools that a user can build in a stack. The stack of tools can be turned on or off, readjusted, rearranged to fit user needs in different sessions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17925\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/LightZone.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/LightZone.png\" alt=\"LightZone Image Editor\" width=\"800\" height=\"561\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17925\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-17925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LightZone Image Editor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>12. Pixeluvo<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Pixeluvo<\/strong>\u00a0is also a powerful layer-based image editing software that offers its users RAW image processing, color correction tools, different image enhancement filters and many more.<\/p>\n<p>It has the following features:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>fix perspective distortion<\/li>\n<li>Add a vignette to your photos<\/li>\n<li>transform the feel of an image with the Quick Color filter<\/li>\n<li>add text or captions to your images<\/li>\n<li>remove noise and JPEG compression artifacts<\/li>\n<li>boost image detail<\/li>\n<li>add a tilt-shift effect to images<\/li>\n<li>image spot-heal tool<\/li>\n<li>clone tool<\/li>\n<li>text tool<\/li>\n<li>warp tool<\/li>\n<li>filter brush and many more<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"attachment_17926\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Pixeluvo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17926\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Pixeluvo.png\" alt=\"Pixeluvo Image Editor\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17926\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-17926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pixeluvo Image Editor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>13. Photivo<\/h3>\n<p>This is also a free and open source photo editor for Linux users. It is feature rich can also offers RAW and bitmap file processing under 16-bit processing in a non-destructive manner. It is known have some of the best powerful and flexible photo editing algorithms available.<\/p>\n<p>It has the following features:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>16-bit internal processing with LCMS2 color management<\/li>\n<li>works with RAW and bitmaps files<\/li>\n<li>integration of Gimp workflow for import and export<\/li>\n<li>adaptive saturation.<\/li>\n<li>film grain simulation<\/li>\n<li>cross processing<\/li>\n<li>black and white conversion.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"attachment_17927\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Photivo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17927\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Photivo.jpg\" alt=\"Photivo Image Editor\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17927\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-17927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photivo Image Editor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>14. AfterShot Pro<\/h3>\n<p>AfterShot Pro is powerful, fast, highly flexible and pluggable photo workflow and management software. It offers RAW processing functionalists and advanced non-destructive photo editing.<\/p>\n<p>You can store images in folders and use meta-data tools to search images by keywords, tags and even camera setting and many more. It is up to 30% more faster under the new 64-bit performance.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17928\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Aftershotpro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Aftershotpro.jpg\" alt=\"Aftershotpro Image Editor\" width=\"768\" height=\"448\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17928\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-17928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aftershotpro Image Editor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>15. Darktable<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Darktable<\/strong>\u00a0is a free and open source photography workflow software and also RAW file developer. It is a virtual light table and darkroom for photographers which helps them to manage their digital negatives in a database.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17929\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Darktable.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17929\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Darktable.png\" alt=\"Darktable Image Editor\" width=\"700\" height=\"381\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17929\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-17929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Darktable Image Editor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>Thanks for reading and hope you find this article useful, if you know of other good photo editors available in Linux.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/best-image-photo-editors-for-linux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, I have reviewed of some the best photo editing software available on different Linux distributions. 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