I am trying to replace my old Windows XP with Linux. I have installed Ubuntu 12.04. Now, I am stuck with the photo editor. I have installed Gimp, but I've got an issue. Gimp won't recognize the true image resolution. Photos from my camera come out in resolution of 314 dpi, but Gimp recognizes every photo as 72 dpi. Is there any solution to this problem?

I see the newest version of Gimp is 2.8, but I can only install 2.6, whether from the Software Center or via the Terminal. Is it possible to install Gimp 2.8 on Ubuntu 12.04?

I loved to use PhotoScape on my XP, but I see there is no PhotoScape version for Linux. Is there any similar photo editing software for Ubuntu 12.04?

Hate to leave my XP, but since Microsoft will end the support next year, I am forced to find some replacement on this old computer.

Not sure.  I'm sure it's a setting somewhere.  Graphic software to me is like sitting down in the cockpit of a UFO.  I run Xubuntu and use Gimp, but it doesn't have an issue with pics...

Google for user forums for Gimp, and post your problem among the geeks, to see what they come up with. Most freeware doesn't come with user manuals anyway, so if you aren't ready for tons of experimenting, that may be the fastest way to get an answer.

Quote from: quiller on December 04, 2013, 08:50:28 PM
Google for user forums for Gimp, and post your problem among the geeks, to see what they come up with. Most freeware doesn't come with user manuals anyway, so if you aren't ready for tons of experimenting, that may be the fastest way to get an answer.

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http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/

Quote from: taxed on December 04, 2013, 09:02:24 PM
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http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/

I repeat: "most." I didn't google it, or use Ubuntu myself. But since you have their manual, what's the solution?

Quote from: quiller on December 04, 2013, 09:07:01 PM
I repeat: "most." I didn't google it, or use Ubuntu myself. But since you have their manual, what's the solution?

dunno.  I don't read manuals....

Quote from: taxed on December 04, 2013, 09:13:07 PM
dunno.  I don't read manuals....

Quote from: taxed on December 04, 2013, 09:02:24 PM
http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/

Thanks. At a first glance, I found a couple of pages in the manual. They philosophize something about the size of a pixel is relative. Gimp loads my photos of 314 dpi as they are 72 dpi by default, and then I have a possibility to adjust the resolution for printing. I don't want to adjust the resolution, I just want my photo editor to recognize the original resolution, no matter the size of a pixel.

http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-tutorial-quickie-scale.html

QuoteThe unit of size for the purpose of displaying an image on a screen is the pixel. You can see the dialog has two sections: one for width and height and another for resolution. Resolution applies to printing only and has no effect on the image's size when it is displayed on a monitor or a mobile device. The reason is that different devices have different pixels sizes and so, an image that displays on one device (such as a smartphone) with a certain physical size, might display on other devices (such as an LCD projector) in another size altogether. For the purpose of displaying an image on a screen, you can ignore the resolution parameter. For the same reason, do not use any size unit other than the pixel in the height / width fields.

http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-tutorial-quickie-scale-print.html

QuoteAs discussed before, pixels don't have a set size in the real world. When you set out to print an image on paper, GIMP needs to know how big each pixels is. We use a parameter called resolution to set the ratio between pixels and real-world units such as inches.

By default, most images open with the resolution set to 72. This number was chosen for historical reasons as it was the resolution of screens in the past, and means that when printed, every pixel is 1/72 of an inch wide. When printing images are taken with modern digital cameras, this produces very large but chunky images with visible pixels. What we want to do is tell GIMP to print it with the size we have in mind, but not alter the pixel data so as not to lose quality.

Quote from: quiller on December 04, 2013, 08:50:28 PM
Google for user forums for Gimp, and post your problem among the geeks, to see what they come up with. Most freeware doesn't come with user manuals anyway, so if you aren't ready for tons of experimenting, that may be the fastest way to get an answer.

Thanks for the advice, that makes sense.

Quote from: milos on December 05, 2013, 02:11:32 AM
Thanks for the advice, that makes sense.

Many geek sites assume you speak the same "slanguage" as they do, so you may get hammered with stuff so esoteric that it makes your brain bake. Start with searches at the sites you do visit. Join only if you find a thread you believe may lead to people who actually CAN answer your question. Even then, a word of caution (which applies to Windoze as well).....

ALWAYS make a back-up of your settings before you do install or try to modify any given program. This way you can recover if it doesn't work out.

For the sake of comity between myself and a certain high-ranking forum officer here, I'll let you figure out if Ubuntu is right for you...but don't expect all freeware to behave well while using Ubuntu.

Quote from: taxed on December 04, 2013, 09:13:07 PM
dunno.  I don't read manuals....

Typical male! First thing I do? Look at the picture and dive in, if I have an issue, I call the 800#.

Quote from: Solar on December 05, 2013, 07:05:38 AM


Typical male! First thing I do? Look at the picture and dive in, if I have an issue, I call the 800#.

You must love talking to people with accents you can't cut with a chainsaw.

Quote from: quiller on December 05, 2013, 07:12:46 AM
You must love talking to people with accents you can't cut with a chainsaw.

I went through three of them yesterday before I got someone that I could understand and could help me.  45 min on the phone and the last person I talk with solved my problem in under 1 min.   

Quote from: quiller on December 05, 2013, 07:12:46 AM
You must love talking to people with accents you can't cut with a chainsaw.

This is George Washington, help today you, can I how?

Nah, I had in mind the furniture from that Swedish co. they actually have English speaking Swedes to help you.
But the instructions were originally in German, translated by Chinese and printed in English.
Man, that's cryptic as Hell.

It took me a while to get the hang of Paintshop Pro (back about ten versions ago, and I never changed). But that's for Billy Gates's Windows. May I offer up the blatant heresy here that Ubuntu may not allow what this CPFer is seeking, and a PC-based program like PSP would work better, with vastly more features?

I bought my copy for $10 at a computer show. Call it almost freeware, if it's old enough but can still produce images you'll like.