G'MIC - A Full Featured GIMP Plugin for Image Processing - How to Install in Ubuntu and Linux Mint Using PPA

G’MIC is a GIMP plugin comes with 400+ filters to transform your image.

G’MIC or “Grec’s Magic for Image Computing” is a full featured free and open source image processing suite that comes with GIMP plugin. It comes with a GUI and with 450+ filters right in the GIMP filters menu with auto preview. It also have ability to update the add-on filters from internet while you are manipulating you images. G’MIC also have a feature to visualize 1d/2d/3d datasets.

Due to its extensive library, there are other open source softwares such as Krita, Flowblade uses G’MIC features.

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G’MIC Feature Highlights

450+ Filters to choose from
Live Preview Mode
Update Filters from Internet
Command Line and GUI version available
Easy Access from GIMP Filters Menu
Online Version available here.

How to Install

Ubuntu, Mint, elementary, Debian

To install G’MIC in Ubuntu, Ubuntu Derivatives, Linux Mint using terminal run below commands in sequence. Enter password when prompted.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gimp-gmic

You can also install the command line only version using below

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gmic

Note:

There is an online version of the plugin available here which you can try out!

How to Use

Open GIMP, load an image. In the top menu, find it under Filters -> G'MIC

G'MIC for GIMP 2.8 - Linux 64 bits — G’MIC for GIMP 2.8 – Linux 64 bits

G'MIC - Command Line — G’MIC – Command Line

Troubleshooting and Support

If you face any issues while installing or using G’MIC, you may drop a note using comment section at the end of this article, Or you can post your query in any of the support channels mentioned below.