Debian Imaging Raster graphics editors packages

Navigate a large image collection with a thumbnail browser. View and edit image files (RAW, jpeg, png, tiff ...). Editing is done in 24 bits/color, output is 8 or 16 bits/color. Fotoxx has extensive tools for edit, repair, and special effects. Fotoxx is fast and interactive: view full image as it changes. Undo and redo within and across edit functions. File versioning: save and recall multiple edit stages. Select image features or areas to edit separately from background. Copy and paste area selections within and across images. Composite functions: HDR, HDF, panorama, stack, image/text montage. Metadata edit and report: tags, captions, dates, locations ... Search images based on any metadata and folder/file names or parts. Albums: select images and arranged order with drag and drop. Slide Show with animated transitions and pan/zoom. Scalable world map with image markers - click marker for gallery. Batch functions: convert, resize, upright, move, revise metatata. User Guide (English) describes all functions in great detail.

GIMP is an advanced picture editor. You can use it to edit, enhance, and retouch photos and scans, create drawings, and make your own images. It has a large collection of professional-level editing tools and filters, similar to the ones you might find in Photoshop. Numerous fine-control settings and features like layers, paths, masks, and scripting give you total control over your images.

Many image file formats are supported, including JPEG, Photoshop (.psd), and Paint Shop Pro (.psp) files. It can also be used to scan and print photos.

To open files remotely (like over HTTP), install the gvfs-backends package.

To use a MIDI device (like a musical keyboard) as an input controller in GIMP, install libasound2 and read the how-to at /usr/share/doc/gimp/README.MIDI

XPaint is suitable for producing simple graphics. It does offer some advanced features such as image processing functions and gradient fill.

In the C Script Editor of XPaint, the External editor in the File menu will invoke x-terminal-emulator -e sensible-editor.

The gv package will be needed for PDF/PS reading, netpbm will be needed for external conversion, lpr for printing.

showFoto is the standalone image editor of the digiKam project.

It runs without digiKam images database support, but provides all Image Editor functions.