Ubuntu – lightweight tool to crop images quickly

image processingsoftware-recommendation

I need to crop images often – photos, printscreens, etc., and loading gimp for such a simple task takes way too long. Can you recommend a faster alternative?

Best Answer

Gthumb is a nice image viewing/editing tool with simple editing tools like cropping.

Instructions for cropping in gThumb 3.2.8

  1. Open your image in gThumb

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  1. Open the Edit sidebar by pressing e or clicking on the easel in the top-right corner of the window

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  1. In the sidebar click on Crop and then crop the image as you desire

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  1. Once finished press Enter or Crop. Then, in the Edit sidebar press Save to overwrite the original file or Save As to save to a new image file.