Fotoxx 15.11.1-3

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Fotoxx is a free Linux program for editing photos or other images and managing a large collection. Image directories (folders) can be viewed as a scrolling gallery of thumbnail images. Navigating directories and subdirectories is simple and fast. Click on a thumbnail for a full window view of the image. The image can be zoomed, panned and scrolled using the mouse. Gallery thumbnails can vary from small to huge. Popup windows can be used to view multiple images at any scale. Galleries are also used to display image search results and albums. Albums are ordered collections of selected images. Fotoxx has many editing tools that go beyond the basics. Images with severe problems (underexposed, false colors, blurred, uneven lighting, hazy/foggy background) can be brought back to life. Details lost in shadows or haze can be brought out.

Fotoxx is standards compliant. Nothing done by Fotoxx makes your images less usable with other applications. Fotoxx uses your image files wherever they are: they are not moved or duplicated. Fotoxx does create an index for fast image searching, and thumbnail images for fast gallery displays. These add typically 1-2% to overall storage requirements.

Fotoxx can import RAW images and perform all processing in deep color (24 bits per color used internally). Edited images can be saved as JPEG, TIFF (8/16 bits/color), or PNG (8/16 bits).

Image edit functions are interactive, giving rapid response to adjustments using the full image or a chosen area. Undo and Redo can be applied serially to all the edits of an image. Intermediate and final results can be saved as file versions.

Objects or areas within an image can be selected and edited separately (select by matching tones, following edges, or freehand draw). There are no layers - results are seen instantly in the edited areas. Selected areas can be copied and pasted into other images, resized, turned, brightened, etc.

Batch functions are available to copy, move, rename, resize, upright, convert format, and add/revise metadata.

Several tools are available to change size and shape: crop, resize, rotate, fix perspective, flatten curved book pages, curve/warp the whole image or selected areas within the image.

Dust spots from old slides or photos can be removed, roadside trash or power lines can be erased. Panoramas can be made by stitching photos together seamlessly, matching brightness and color. Photos with a range of exposure values can be combined into an HDR image with adjustable contributions. Photos with varying depth of focus can be combined into an image that is sharp over the combined range. Photos of one scene taken at different moments can be combined to remove passing autos or tourists. Multiple photos made under low light conditions can be combined to reduce noise. Images and text can be combined into a montage, using the mouse to position and resize the elements and adjust overlaps and transparencies.

Fotoxx has a batch edit tool to speed the processing of multiple images requiring the same edits: record the edits made to a base image and then apply these edits automatically to any number of images.

Artistic effects are available to convert a photo into a line drawing, sketch, painting, embossing, cartoon, dot image, or mosaic. Background patterns can be added; e.g. the texture of artist's linen.

Images can be rapidly searched using file and folder names, dates, assigned tags, ratings and other data stored in the image metadata, from the camera or manually edited. All search criteria can be used in combination; e.g. find Chicago photos for years 2002-2005 containing tags "Barbara" or "Barbie". Locations (from a camera GPS receiver or entered manually) can also be searched. You can view a map of any region in the world, at any scale, using an internet map service. Images having location data show as red dots on these maps. You can click the dots to get a gallery display of the corresponding images, which can be viewed full size or edited. Local map files of the world, each continent, and some countries are also available, and you can add your own maps at any scale. Local maps have no dependency on the internet. You can jump from a given photo to its position on a world map, where you can find other photos from the same or nearby positions.

Slide shows can be prepared. Choose animated transitions between images, pan and zoom effects, and places to auto-pause for narration.

Fotoxx includes a comprehensive user manual that also serves as interactive help on a function by function basis. You should take the time to read the overview pages. The function details can be viewed as needed for reference.


Detailed List of Fotoxx Capabilities

Overall Operation

• Thumbnail browser and navigator, variable thumbnail size or list view.
• Click on a thumbnail image to view or edit, or use a File Open dialog.
• View and edit most image formats and camera RAW formats.
• Menu-driven function selection, with custom popup menu for favorites.
  
• Edits have live feedback using the whole image or a chosen zoomed area.
  
• Edits are accumulated. Stepwise undo/redo and before/after compare.
• Edit the whole image or a selected object or area within the image.
• Use the mouse to select/enclose an object or area to edit. No layers.
• Select using freehand draw, follow edge, spread into matching tones, others.
• Selections can be cut out, saved, pasted, resized, rotated, edited.
• Zoom in/out with mouse clicks or mouse wheel. Edit zoomed image.
• Scroll/pan a zoomed image by dragging the mouse.
  
• Save edited image: replace, save as new file version or new file name.
• Saved image formats: JPEG, PNG (8/16 bits/color), TIFF (8/16).
• Comprehensive user guide is available in English.
• F1 key pops-up the current menu topic in the user guide.

Retouch Functions

• Internal edit calculations use the 'float' number type (24 bits per color).
• Brightness/color/contrast curves: drag curves using the mouse while
  watching a live image (sub-second response on a strong PC).
• Remove color castes, even if they vary across the image.
• One-click white balance or black level setting.
• Color temperature adjustment with a slider control.
• Sharpen, Blur, Noise reduction (several methods available).
• Red-eye removal: usually 1 click each, with backup method for hard cases.
• Expand and/or flatten brightness distribution to enhance details.
• Tone Mapping (change contrast distribution to enhance details).
• Fix brightness uniformity problems (vignetting and others).
• Smart erase: remove power lines, ground litter, etc. from photos.
• Anti-Alias: suppress pixelation (jagged edges) in low resolution images.
• Remove dark spots on images from dusty scanned slides or old photos.
• Make calibrated color adjustments or match to specific colors.
• Find and fix hot/dark pixels (from camera sensor defects).
• Remove chromatic aberration (color fringes) by rescaling RGB color layers.
  
• Edit individual pixels or small areas using the mouse.
• Clone: paint over unwanted objects with background taken from elsewhere.
• Retouch functions can be amplified/attenuated by brightness/color/contrast.
• "Paint" most retouch functions locally and gradually using the mouse.

Transform Functions

• Trim (crop): drag a mask or directly set desired size and aspect ratio.
• Resize: use 1/2, 2/3 etc. or set desired size. Lock or change aspect ratio.
• Rotate in 90 degree steps or use any angle. Level by dragging the image edge.
• Flip (mirror) horizontal or vertical.
• Make a black/white or color negative, or positive from negative.
• Convert the color profile of an image, e.g. Adobe RGB <--> sRGB.
• Convert to black/white with sepia tint (aged photo effect).
• Write text on image: adjustable font, color, transparency, angle, watermarks.
• Warp an image to fix perspective, straighten curves, or for special effects.
• Flatten a photo of a curved page from a thick book, stretching squished text.

Combine Image Functions

• HDR: combine dark/bright images, adjust relative inputs by dragging curves.
• HDF: combine near- and far-focus images to get a greater focus depth.
• Suppress noise by combining and averaging multiple high-noise photos.
• Remove transient people or cars: combine photos from different moments.
• Panorama: combine 2-4 overlapped images horizontally or vertically
  (hand-held photos work OK (some care is needed, but not a tripod).
• Mashup (photo-montage): arrange images and text on a background, move around
  with the mouse, adjust size, angle, transparency, font and font effects.

Arty Transforms

• Posterize an image (reduce color depth).
• Convert photo to drawing (charcoal, blackboard, colored lines).
• Add embossing effect (surface depth, 3D texture).
• Make tiles: any size, with or without borders. Pixelate to obscure a face. 
• Roy Lichtenstein effect: convert an image into a matrix of dots.
• Simulate a painting: aggregate adjacent matching tones into larger patches.
• Paint or unpaint using the mouse, with variable brush size and transparency.
• Convert a photo into a cartoon-like drawing.
• Add texture to an image background, random or repeating pattern. 
• Convert an image into a mosaic using tiles made from your image collection.
• Convert an image into a spherical projection.
• Use a custom-made image transform kernel.
• Select foreground topic and blur the background.
  

Metadata Functions

• Show all metadata in a popup window, or a compact report with key items.
• Search and report any metadata, show thumbnail gallery with metadata.
• Edit tags, geotags (location data), ratings, comments, captions ... any metadata.
• Search images using these criteria plus folder/file names (also partial match).
• Search output is a thumbnail gallery. Search speed is nearly instantaneous.
• Manage tags: create, delete, group into categories for easy lookup.
  
• Geotags (earth coordinates and location names) may come from a camera GPS
  or be entered manually. Batch processing of many images makes this practical.
  
• Location Report: click on table to view a gallery of images by country, country and
  location, or country, location and date-group (groups of images with nearby dates).
  
• Timeline Report: click on a calendar with image counts by month. Click on any
  year or month to get an instant gallery of images for that time period.
  
• View locations of geotagged images as red markers on a map. Click a location to
  get a corresponding gallery of images. Click gallery thumbnails to view or edit.
• Locally stored maps (huge) for the world and all continents are available.
  
• Web maps may also be used to view any location in the world at any scale
  (works well if you have a good internet connection).
  
• Create your own custom maps (city, region, campus, national park ...) which
  automatically inherit image location markers like the other maps.
  
• Fotoxx metadata is standards compliant and usable with other apps (no lock-in).

Other Functions

• Build a custom graphic menu in a popup window. Add your most frequently
  used functions and arrange their layout using the mouse.
• Slide-show mode: arty transitions, optional keyboard navigation, zoom in/out.
• Select images from the thumbnail gallery browser, burn a DVD or BlueRay.
  
• Brightness distribution graph, updated live with image edits.
• Batch functions: rename, resize, copy/move, change format, revise metadata.
• Batch convert RAW files to JPEG, TIFF (8/16 bits), or PNG (8/16 bits).
  
• View thumbnail gallery of most recent images, click thumbnail to open.
• Build albums of selected images: add, delete, arrange (drag & drop), slide-show.
• Monitor color/contrast and gamma test images are provided.
• Grid Lines (horizontal, vertical, vary count/spacing, shift positions).
• Print images using standard paper formats or custom dimensions.
• Calibrate printer colors and print with improved color accuracy.
• Move a simulated magnifying glass around an image to view any area at full size.
• Use Gimp, ImageMagick, etc. as plug-in edit functions (minor setup needed).
• Switch GUI between English and any of the supported languages.
• Batch edit: record edits made to one image and apply to multiple images.
• Flickr upload: upload selected image files to the Flickr photo web service.
  

Languages 
The GUI is available in English, Catalan, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish. A comprehensive user guide is provided in English. If you can help with translations, see the topic Translations in the User Guide. This is technically easy but would require several days of work: there are over 1200 text strings to translate.

Hardware  
Fotoxx works best on a strong PC (2+ processor cores, 8+ GB). Weaker computers may be quite slow or may fail to edit very large images. 64-bit Linux is required. Monitors used for photo editing should be at least HD in size and have good color accuracy (most do not).

Performance and Limitations
Most image edit functions respond within a second on a strong PC and for images up to 20 megapixels. 100 megapixel images can be processed on a PC with 8+ GB RAM. Some composite functions (panorama, HDR) may need a minute or more when combining many large images. Search speed is generally below 2 seconds for collections up to 200,000 images.