PhotoPrint

[Robert Heller]

At Thu, 27 Apr 2023 03:22:30 +1000 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> Looking at the blackfiveimaging.co.uk site it seems I would need to 
> compile the package from source code.
> At 87 I have forgotten how to take source code and compile and install 
> the finished program.
> 
> Is there any program in the ubuntu repository which has similar 
> functionality?

I earlier suggested GIMP.

> 
> Regard
> 
> Peter Goggin
> 
> On 26/4/23 16:22, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > after taking a look at the homepage via the Ubuntu package search link
> > provided by Little Girl, Gimp isn't what the OP is looking for.
> >
> > "PhotoPrint can do the following:
> >
> >      Print photographs 1-up, 2-up, 4-up or with any user-selectable
> >      number of rows and columns.
> >      Create posters, split over several pages.
> >      Arrange images into a sort of Carousel, fading from one to another.
> >      (Ideal for CD labels)
> >      Crop images to fit a specific frame.
> >      Apply a decorative border to an image.
> >      Make use of ICC colour profiles to provide accurate output.
> >      Send 16-bit data to the printer, to avoid "contouring" problems in
> >      smooth gradients.
> >      Apply a handful of effecs to an image, including sharpening,
> >      removing colour and adjusting colour temperature (ideal for cooling
> >      or warming black-and-white prints)." -
> > http://blackfiveimaging.co.uk/index.php?article=02Software%2F01PhotoPrint
> >
> > To me this sounds like a tool for non-professional to easily fix some
> > issues, arrange and print photos.
> >
> > IMO Gimp is absolutely the wrong tool for professionals as well as non-
> > professionals. Btw. a professional might use "Photoshop Lightroom" to
> > develop digital photos and "InDesign" to prepare printing. There's
> > "Photoshop Lightroom" alike software available for Linux, but to my
> > knowledge nothing is able to replace "InDesign". To my knowledge the
> > only alternative to Adobe for professional grade work is the Affinity
> > suite, seehttps://affinity.serif.com/en-us/  . I can comment on the
> > workflow, but not on files used for professional printing.
> >
> > I purchased the universal license and used it a lot on my iPadPro. I
> > installed it on a Linux host running Windows 11 as a VirtualBox guest,
> > but haven't used it on my old desktop PC, this might change on my new
> > desktop PC.
> >
> > Again, Linux does provide alternatives for "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom"
> > and "Affinity Photo", but I'm not aware of software running on Linux
> > that can replace "Adobe InDesign" or "Affinity Publisher".
> >
> > Even if somebody should be fine with "Scribus" or "LibreOffice", you
> > cannot compare the workflow provided by a suite with a mixture of
> > different Linux programs, all with completely different user interfaces.
> >
> > Back to the OP's needs. I suspect the OP want's something comparable to
> > a combination of
> > "Snapseed" (iOS, Android,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapseed  ) and
> > "Instagram Layout" alike software.
> > My impression is that this is what "PhotoPrint" does offer. I might be
> > mistaken.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ralf
> >   
> >
> 

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