Edit Images with GIMP

The name may be funny, but this image editing app is incredibly serious. The Raspberry Pi is perfectly adept at photo editing, and you can use GIMP to create icons, images and works of art for your programs.

GETTO KNOW GIMP Your Raspberry Pi can display images with its built-in Image View app but for any image editing you’ll need GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program). GIMP is a powerful software package for photo editing and is a great tool to install on your Raspberry Pi. STEP 1 Open terminal and enter: sudo apt install gimp to download and install the GIMP package. An alert will appear saying: “after this operation, 117 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]?” Enter: y and press Return. GIMP will now be installed in Raspberry Pi OS. GIMP is a lot larger than most programs you’ll install, so the installation takes longer. STEP 2 When the installation has completed you will find GIMP under Menu >…

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