In the next article we are going to take a look at LazPaint 7.1.4. If you are looking for an image editor similar to Paint.Net or PaintBrush, this is an open source image editor that works in Gnu / Linux may interest you. Its goal is to be simpler than GIMP.
The program will allow us to read and write the usual image formats and interoperate with other editors, such as MyPaint, Gimp o Chalk, layered across the OpenRaster format. It also imports Paint files and Photoshop files. Additionally, you can import 3D objects in Wavefront format (.obj). In the program we will find functions for the manipulation of color and complex selection functions, various filters and rendering of textures.
LazPaint was started to demonstrate the capabilities of the graphics library BGRABitmap. Thanks to the help of the community Lazarus, the program has been compiled for; Gnu / Linux, Windows, MacOS X, FreeBSD and Raspberry Pi.
General characteristics of LazPaint 7.1.4
Among the features that we can find in version 7.1.4 of this program, we can highlight:
- Includes different tools. We will find in the program many tools available to draw on the layers.
- Additionally, it has features such as those of open and burn image files in various formats, including multi-layered images and 3D files, tools to highlight parts of images with anti-aliasing, and mask changes.
- We can select parts of an image with antialiasing and modify the selection as a mask.
- In the program interface we can find a color windowa whirlpool bath, layer stack window and other toolbox window.
- We can start the program from the command line.
- Support of keyboard shortcuts. The key F6 hides / shows all tool windows. If we hold the key space pressed, we can temporarily change the mode of movement of the images.
- We will be able define the position of the light (shaded text, shaded shapes)
- It includes tools for color manipulation.
- Also we can use filters. Filters can be applied to the entire image or to the active selection.
- Many can be done common actions from the toolbar.
- El zoom meeting can be changed with the magnifying glass+ or -), or clicking the 1: 1 button to display the image in its original size in pixels, or the zoom adjustment button to set it so that the entire image is visible within the window. The program also features x3 smart zoom, which changes the size of the x3 image and detects edges.
- Possible undo / redo the last 200 operations. If you have any doubts about what you are drawing, you will have the possibility to undo the process to the beginning, save a copy and redo the modifications before continuing.
- An image can be resample, flip horizontally and vertically.
These are just some of the features in this version. It can see more about LazPaint 7.1.4 in the project GitHub page.
Install LazPaint 7.1.4 on Ubuntu
This image editor offers .deb packages (32 and 64 bits) available for download at releases page of the project, or we can also open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and use wget to download the .deb package corresponding to our team. For this example I'm going to download the 64-bit one with the command:
wget https://github.com/bgrabitmap/lazpaint/releases/download/v7.1.4/lazpaint7.1.4_linux64.deb
Once the download is finished, we will only have to open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and go to the folder in which we have saved the .deb file. When we get to the right folder, we can install it by running the following command:
sudo apt install ./Downloads/lazpaint*.deb
Once the installation is finished, we only have to locate the program launcher on our computer.
uninstall
To remove LazPaint 7.1.4, we will only have to open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and simply execute the command:
sudo apt remove lazpaint
Users can find more information about this project on the official sites. We will find information in the PTM Wiki by LazPaint, the Lazarus forums, the Facebook by LazPaint and the Youtube From this project.