One of the drawbacks to most people who want to migrate to Linux is that it lacks some really good image manipulation applications. However, thanks to the tireless efforts of a lot of programmers, there are some pretty cool image manipulation applications out there that most newbies are bound to find useful. Below are five of such applications

CinePaint

This app started as a fork of the popular Gimp project, aimed at creating a more professional image manipulation program aimed at the movie industry. The major difference between CinePaint and Gimp is that it supports 32bit colors with support for other image formats such as OpenEXR, DPX and Cineon. The download file together with installation instructions can be found here.

KToon

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