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Photoflare

Version: 1.6.6 Web: https://github.com/PhotoFlare/photoflare

There are several categories of open source image editors. Usually we recommend Gimp for advanced users, Krita for digital artists and a whole variety of Paint-like tools for basic drawing, cropping and other common tasks. There’s certainly a gap in the market for a beginner-friendly photo editor that’s simple to use, but contains advanced options should you need them. If you’re struggling to think of a program that meets these requirements, then struggle no more as we take a look at Photoflare, a feature-rich open source image editor for Linux.

Photoflare looks like an advanced image viewer, but it’s designed for editing images instead of merely browsing them, and is ideal for quick edits and enhancements. The main window’s toolbar has an extended set of utilities for changing brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, as well as flipping and rotating.

Many more tools can be accessed from the Adjust and Filter sections of the program’s menu. Photoflare boasts a rich set of filters for making the image softer, sharper, fixing blemishes and dust, and also turning an ordinary photo into a painting. All filters are applied immediately, with no configuration windows. That makes Photoflare less advanced than Gimp, but also keeps things straightforward for those new to image editing. The program lacks layers functionality or a freehand selecting tool, but there are plenty of transformation options, a good colour tool and a wealth of filters and effects.

The right-hand panel gives you access to some brushes, erasers and also the Stamp tool for cloning parts of the image. This makes Photoflare ideal for removing dust and scratches from old photos, and it’ll also do a great job at making underexposed or pale vacation shots look more vivid. The program sports a tabbed interfaces and enables you to keep several images open at once. There’s also the adjustable grid view, a text tool and even a built-in batch image processor. A superb offering in one compact package!

YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER

Qytdl

Version: GIT Web:https://github.com/jahendrie/qytdl

One of our favourites command line tools in Linux is , an incredibly popularity and ease of use is also the source of inspiration for numerous graphical front-ends that aim to bring even more comfort to your Linux desktop. It’s not difficult to find dozens of graphical clients at Github, but some are ugly, some are abandoned, some misbehave or don’t work at all.