Fotoxx
Quick Start
Menu: Help > User Guide
Please
read the first few pages. In Fotoxx, use key F1
to get help for whatever you are
doing.
Index Image Files - Runs
after initial installation (slow) and afterwards as needed (fast).
Creates an index of key image data.
Makes
thumbnail galleries and image searching fast.
Image Zoom: Left / right mouse click, or
mouse wheel.
Image Scroll / Pan: Drag the zoomed image with the mouse.
View Modes - These three buttons select the viewing mode
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Image File: View the current image using the entire window. |
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Gallery: View a thumbnail gallery of
the
current directory, image album or search results. Navigate the
directories containing your image files. Click thumbnail to view full
size. |
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World Maps: View a map (world,
continent, country, city), click on a marked location to view a gallery
of photos from that location. Requires optional package fotoxx-maps. |
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File: Select
an image file as the current image to view or edit. Print, delete,
trash, view a gallery of recently seen images or newest images. Open a
RAW file. |
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Save: Save a modified image to the original file, new file version, or new file name. |
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Open previous or next file (right / left mouse click). Move sequentially within a gallery. |
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Metadata: Edit image
captions,
comments, ratings, tags
(keywords), geotags (locations) ... Search images using these criteria, file and directory names, dates, or any image data. |
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Areas: Select image areas to
edit
separately. Copy and paste selections within or across images. |
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Edit: trim / crop, rotate, resize, brightness, color, contrast, tone mapping, add text ... |
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Repair: sharpen, clean noise, fix red eyes, adjust color, paint, clone ... |
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Bend: fix perspective, straighten curves, flatten book page, various types of warping ... |
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Effects: posterize, convert to drawing or painting, emboss, tiles, dots, cartoon, vignette ... |
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Combine: combine multiple images for HDR, HDF, stack, panorama, mashup. |
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Undo / Redo: Left / right click for before / after view, within an edit or for each completed edit for the current image file. |
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Tools:
User settings, batch functions (move, rename, convert, RAW
files ...), manage albums, slide show, various utilities. Used in both File View and Gallery View. |
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Help: Read the user guide, check
release notes for recent changes. |