I think gthumb is perfect for such needs. Its neither too complicated, nor too simplistic. Offers enough features to be a capable image editor.
On 22 July 2011 21:39, Fredrick <[email protected]> wrote: > Other simple image editors are Kolourpaint, gnome-paint and xpaint > > I personally prefer kolourpaint as a simple image editor, but I think it > depends on too many KDE libraries to be feasible for inclusion in Xubuntu > On Jul 22, 2011 8:09 AM, "James Freer" <[email protected]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bruno Benitez <[email protected]> > > To: xubuntu-devel <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:51 > > Subject: Replacing GIMP > > > > > > Hello, how is everybody? Hope you are all okay. > > > > > > I have always found that having GIMP as the default graphic editor for > > any distribution to be "too much", I am of the opinion that people get > > scare if then come and see so many options and floating menus and etc, > > so I think that Xubuntu (and any linux distro if that matters) should > > have a standard simple graphic editor. > > > > > > > > I think the best options today are GNU Paint and Pinta , if anything i > > support the second one. > > > > > > > > > > I think that having a simple editor will make people like the system > > better, also integrating it to the screen capture program could be a > > great idea, i know that today on the screencapture program that comes > > whit xubuntu an "open whit..." option appears as part of the options of > > what to do whit the screenshot, it could be really cool if the > > preselected option where "Open whit... [image editor]" and the user can > > choose then if to edit it, add words, cut, mark things, etc, or simply > > save it to a file. > > > > > > > > > > well i think thats pretty much it. :) thank you for reading. > > -- > > Bruno.- > > > > In response to your post i hope it's ok to volunteer some thoughts. > > > > Having a simple editor that is inline with the xubuntu practice of > > minimal and simplicity is a good idea. But the application does need to > > work effectively. > > > > examples > > a] Bulk rename is fine - effective and fit-for-purpose.... i used to > > use kRename [now redone and rather complicated. > > b] dics burning xfburn and Brasero are fine... no need for k3b. > > c] Ristretto... poor compared with eog. eog is still lightweight but > > more capable. > > > > As for Gimp i find it too advanced for my photo uses and have used > > Imagemagick for sometime now as it fits together well with the album > > generator llgal. Pinta would seem a good idea. I don't know if there is > > another command line editor but in xubuntu the 'openterminal here' that > > comes up in Thunar is ideal [don't think ubuntu had this] for then > > running a comand line app. Just seems to fit nicely with copying pics > > to directories and batch rename, resize and watermark. > > > > yours > > james > > > > > > -- > > xubuntu-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > >
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