PhotoPrint

[Ralf Mardorf]

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, see https://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