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On 14/04/14 13:31, Neil Winchurst wrote: > I do use Gimp quite often but I find it a bit heavy going sometimes. > It seems to be a bit OTT for me much of the time. Very often I am > preparing a photo for one of my blogs so I do not need to do much. > > Very often all I do is, > > crop it a bit if needed > scale the image > sharpen it up a bit > check levels > check curves > add a border > flatten the image > export it to jpg > > I know that there is so much more available in Gimp but I am talking > about preparing a photo for showing on the web, not for printing. So I > am wondering if anyone could suggest a program similar to Gimp but > simpler to use, that is much less of a heavyweight. > > Thanks, > > Neil Might be worth trying out Krita, a KDE app - to get the latest you'll want to install a PPA though. sudo apt-add-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install krita It's still pretty powerful but less weird and confusing than the Gimp. Regards -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq