RAR files are compressed using a proprietary format. Most (if not all) GNU/Linux distributions include Info-ZIP, which can be used to decompress ZIP files, along with a GUI frontend, such as File Roller for GNOME and Ark for KDE. ZIP files can be extracted easily in Windows and GNU/Linux with the utilities included with your OS. 2 Copying the plugin to the GIMP plugin directoryĮxtracting plugin packages Īlmost every plugin you download will come in a package.Users can add his PPA now and anticipate an update shortly. While this repo does not carry the very latest stable release at the time of writing this, Otto’s pretty quick at packaging things up. It will also be possible to install GIMP 2.10.18 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and above by adding Otto Kesselgulasch’s popular (if totally unofficial) GIMP PPA on a compatible distro.

Linux users can also install the latest GIMP release as a Flatpak app on most major Linux distributions (including Ubuntu) via Flathub: Users can download GIMP 2.10.18 for Windows, macOS and Linux direct from the official GIMP website: Those interested in learning more can head over to the official GIMP blog for more detail about the latest release. In all, a solid update for this FOSS favourite - and further evidence of the momentum now stacked behind the project (GIMP feature updates used to be few and far between).

New 3D Transform tool to rotate and pan items.

Compact slider style with improved user interaction.

Tools now grouped in toolbox by default.

These and other changes included in GIMP 2.10.18 in summary: In this release Photoshop files load faster up to 2x times faster, and takes a baby step towards better CMYK support, as the app is able to load CMYK(A) PSD files in 8bit by converting pixels to an RGB(A) floating using an sRGB profile.

Why? Well, it does two things: 1) it helps people switch from Photoshop to GIMP if some of their existing files and projects can come along too and 2) it helps people collaborate! I know, I know: Photoshop is the devil and etc, but improving Photoshop file support in GIMP is important.

This update also brings improved support for. A bunch of additional settings/options allow users to control the transformation, including the ability to use a local frame reference inlace of a global one.

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