Fotoxx is a free open source Linux program for image editing and collection management
Review
View gallery of: thumbnail, meta, list, recently viewed or edited images, or the newest images; Gallery sort: filename, file modification date/time, photo date/time (EXIF), file size (bytes), image size (pixels); Click thumbnail for full-size view, image zoom in/out and pan/scroll; RAW file conversion, single or batch, save as TIFF/PNG with 16 bits/color; Edit RAW files directly using RawTherapee or the Fotoxx edit functions; Edited files are saved with a version number, originals are kept; Undo/Redo edits, go back and forth to compare edited versions; Editing a full image or a separate selected area;
Large set of functions to edit, repair, enhance, and transform images:
brightness, color, contrast, trim/crop, rotate, upright, resize, sharpen; denoise, color saturation and temperature, white and black points …; Smart Erase (power lines, signs, litter …); Fix red eyes with one click per eye; Make a black/white or color negative, positive from negative, or sepia; Warp an image to fix perspective, straighten curves, or for special effects; HDR: combine dark/bright images, adjust relative inputs by editing curves; Suppress noise by combining and averaging multiple high-noise photos; Panorama: combine 2-4 overlapped images horizontally or vertically (hand-held photos work OK – some care is needed, but not a tripod); Convert photo to drawing (charcoal, blackboard, colored lines); Convert a photo into a cartoon-like drawing; Add embossed effect (surface depth, 3D texture); Make tiles: any size, with or without borders. Pixelize to obscure a face; Paint or unpaint with the mouse, with variable brush size and transparency; Add texture to an image background, random or repeating pattern; Convert an image into a mosaic using tiles made from image collection; Transformations: sphere, twist, stretch, inside-out, tiny planet, Escher spiral; Many convolution kernels are supplied. Add custom convolution kernels; Blur: ordinary, radial, directed, background only, paint blur using mouse; Area Rescale: select an area to freeze and rescale the rest of the image; Add text to an image with variable font, size, angle, transparency, shadow; Add lines and arrows to an image; And much more;
Custom scripts: record a series of edits and use as a new edit function; Custom user menu: collect frequently-used functions into a custom menu; Plugins: use other edit apps (e.g. Gimp) as Fotoxx plug-in edit function; Batch tools for renaming, resizing, converting, processing RAW files, adding/revising/reporting metadata, and executing custom edit scripts; Batch utility to set photo date/time or shift by any amount (e.g. fix time zone); Metadata edit and report (tags, dates, captions, geotags … any metadata); Search images using any metadata and folder/file names or partial names: dates, tags, locations, ratings, captions, comments, exposure data …; Find duplicate images within current gallery view or entire image collection; Slide show: show album images with animated transitions and pan/zoom; Print an image at any scale. Printer color calibration tool is available; Custom keyboard shortcuts can be assigned to most functions; Comprehensive user guide and context help popups via F1 key.
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Installation
The software Fotoxx is available for installation on Linux.
Installation method OS Deb Ubuntu* 16.04/18.04/19.04/20.04, Linux Mint 18/19, Debian RPM openSUSE, Rosa Linux, Mageia, ALT Linux, Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and others AppImage Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, CentOS, elementaryOS, Linux Mint and others
*Ubuntu (GNOME), Kubuntu (KDE), Xubuntu (XFCE), Lubuntu (LXDE)
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Software Information
Language Interface: English, Catalan, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Description version: 20.17 Developer: Kornelix Programming language: C++ License: GPL v3 Software website: kornelix.net/fotoxx/fotoxx.html
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