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A quote from wiki.ubuntu.com: " The GIMP has been removed from the default installation in order to make room for more features and content to be included in Ubuntu. Basic functionality for image editing provided by The GIMP can be found in some of Ubuntu's other applications, such as F-Spot. The GIMP remains available in the package repository. " In the next version of the well known Linux distribution Ubuntu (10.04 - Lucid Lynx) the Ubuntu developers decided to adjust the default applications. GIMP will be classified as software for specialists which means that GIMP will not be installed by default any longer. This is how you can install GIMP from command line. Open up the terminal and type: $ sudo apt-get install gimp

Work with the images as you do it in " photoshop in ubuntu using gimpsho p" . GIMPshop is a modification of the free/open source graphics program GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), intended to replicate the feel of Adobe Photoshop. Its primary purpose is to make users of Photoshop feel comfortable using GIMP. GIMPShop tries to replicate Photoshop’s interface as close as possible , hence many tutorials designed for Adobe Photoshop could be followed for GIMPshop !! . Now besides all the interface change it adds naming convection similar to photoshop to Gimp . Other than this all the features of GIMP are preserved . Like GIMP which is crossplatform and runs on Windows , Linux , OS X ,Solaris GIMPshop too is crossplatform. Since GIMPshop is based on GIMP so it has all the features of GIMP+some extras. Howto Install Gimpshop in Ubuntu If you want to install gimpshop first you need to download .deb package from here . Now you have gimpshop_2.2.11-1_i386.deb package install...

If you want to create a reflection effect in GIMP, you can use this simple script . Download. Just copy the script to your gimp installation directory. Example: /usr/share/gimp/2.X/scripts replace X with the version number.. Restart GIMP Open a Picture Go to Filters > Decor > Reflectio n Save your picture as PNG (to use alpha channel) or JPEG.