--- title: Install PixelFx on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of PixelFx for on elementary OS - Photo editor, filters and presets url: https://snapcraft.io/install/pixelfx/elementary --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install PixelFx on **elementary OS** # PixelFx [keshavbhatt (keshavnrj)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/keshavnrj "View all snaps from keshavbhatt (keshavnrj)") * [keshavbhatt (keshavnrj)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/keshavnrj "View all snaps from keshavbhatt (keshavnrj)") * [Art and Design](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=art-and-design) * [Photo and Video](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=photo-and-video) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/pixelfx/elementary#install) #### Photo editor, filters and presets PixelFx is a fast, friendly photo editor for the Linux desktop. Make every photo better while you watch: pick a look and see it on your own photo, fine-tune light and colour with the controls photographers expect, and finish a whole folder of photos in one go. Your originals are never changed. **Looks: one click, shown on your own photo** * **Built-in looks** such as Vivid, Warm, Cool, Film, Faded, Golden hour, Teal and orange and Noir, each tile previewing your photo. * **A strength slider** for every look, live while you drag. * **Make your own looks** from steps, or bring your **.cube and HaldCLUT LUTs**. Export a look to share it, or bake it to a .cube. **Presets: hundreds ready to go** * **More than 400 built-in presets** in 12 categories: film, black and white, cinematic, portrait, landscape, seasons, places, vintage and more. * **Preview by resting** on a preset, with an amount from 0 to 200, favourites and recent ones. * **Bring your Lightroom and Camera Raw presets** (.xmp), with a list of anything left out. * **Save your own** from the whole edit or only the parts you choose. **Every control you expect** * **Light:** exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites and blacks, plus **one-click Auto**. * **Colour:** white balance (as shot, auto, picker, temperature and tint), vibrance and saturation. * **Colour mixer** for eight colour bands, with a picker that adjusts the colour you click on the photo. * **Curves**, **colour grading**, **detail** (clarity, texture, sharpening, noise reduction, dehaze) and **effects** (vignette, grain, fade). * **Lens corrections** from the Lensfun database. * **Live histogram** with clipping warnings. **Crop, straighten and fix** * **Crop** with common ratios, rotate and flip. * **Straighten** with a dial or a drawn level line. * **Fix leaning buildings**, or square a page or a wall from its **four corners**. * **Heal** blemishes, dust and small objects with a spot or a brush. **Compare and undo with confidence** * **Before and after** with a draggable divider, side by side, or hold Space for the original. * **Undo, history and named snapshots** for every photo. * **Copy and paste settings** across many photos at once. * **Non-destructive:** edits are remembered for every photo, even after renames and moves. **Batch: many photos at once** * **Process whole folders** with stacked presets and looks, Auto, a size, a watermark and a format, in the background. * **Convert and resize only**, for jobs like HEIC to JPEG or shrinking photos for email. * **Make files smaller** with a report of the space saved for each photo. * **Rename with tokens** such as {name}, {date} and {camera}, with a live preview. * **Pause, stop and retry**, and a notification when a batch finishes. * **Save batch recipes** and run them again, even from the command line. **Export the way you need** * **JPEG, PNG, TIFF, WebP, JPEG XL and more**, with quality and 16-bit options. * **Size presets** for Instagram, stories, the web and print, with output sharpening. * **Colour spaces:** sRGB, Display P3 and Adobe RGB. * **Keep or strip metadata**, with location removed by default. * **Watermark** with text or a logo, and an estimated file size before you save. **Opens what you shoot** * **Camera RAW, HEIC, AVIF, JPEG XL**, JPEG, PNG, TIFF and WebP, with embedded colour profiles honoured. * **Drag and drop** photos and folders, or paste an image from the clipboard. **Made for the desktop** * **Dark, light or follow the system** theme. * **Full screen** and a distraction-free view. * **Keyboard shortcuts** for everything, listed with F1. ### Package name * pixelfx --- ### License * GPL-3.0-or-later --- ### Last updated * 10 November 2026 - latest/stable * 10 November 2026 - latest/edge --- ### Websites * [ktechpit.com](https://ktechpit.com/USS/public/product.php?slug=pixelfx "https://ktechpit.com/USS/public/product.php?slug=pixelfx") --- ### Contact * [connect@ktechpit.com](mailto:connect@ktechpit.com "mailto:connect@ktechpit.com") --- ### Donations * [www.paypal.com](https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/keshavnrj/11 "https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/keshavnrj/11") --- ### Source code * [github.com/keshavbhatt/PixelFx](https://github.com/keshavbhatt/PixelFx "https://github.com/keshavbhatt/PixelFx") --- ### Report a bug * [github.com/keshavbhatt/PixelFx/issues](https://github.com/keshavbhatt/PixelFx/issues "https://github.com/keshavbhatt/PixelFx/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/pixelfx/elementary#report-snap-modal) --- [See more information about pixelfx ›](https://snapcraft.io/pixelfx) ## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install PixelFx Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following: ``` sudo apt update sudo apt install snapd ``` Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install PixelFx To install PixelFx, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install pixelfx ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? Want to publish your own application? Visit [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/) now. [Back to top](https://snapcraft.io/install/pixelfx/elementary) © 2026 Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu and Canonical are registered trademarks of Canonical Ltd. 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