Converter – A GUI frontend for ImageMagick for image compression and conversion

Convert And Resize Your Images Using Imagemagick Gui Frontend

Converter‘ acts as a GUI frontend for the ImageMagick command line image manipulation tool for those people who are not comfortable typing commands every time they have to modify something in their image. It makes the whole process a lot easier and faster.

In this tutorial, we will discuss the installation, features, and usage of this application on all the major Linux distributions.

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Features of Converter

You can perform the following functions using this application:

  • You can convert images from one format to another such as WebP, GIF, PNG, JPEG, and even PDF.
Converting An Image To Different Formats
Converting An Image To Different Formats
  • You can also crop and resize the images if you want to do that.
You Can Also Rezise The Images
You Can Also Resize The Images
  • You can select the compression quality of your output images in the Menu.
  • Keyboard shortcuts such as Ctrl+O are available so that you can work in a fast manner using your keyboard.

Installing Converter on Linux

This application is available only as a flatpak on the Flathub store, so if you have Flatpak enabled on your system, then you can install it directly by typing the following command:

flatpak install flathub io.gitlab.adhami3310.Converter
Installing Converter Flatpak Application
Installing Converter Flatpak Application

Once installed, you can launch the application from your Application Grid/Menu.

Summary

Converter is not available in the official repositories of every Linux distribution, which is a bummer because it is a really easy to use and beginner-friendly front-end to ImageMagick CLI tool. Flatpaks are a nice workaround for small developers who do not have the resources or time to maintain their application for every Linux distribution. Still, you can give it a try if you are looking for a GUI image converter.