.TH FOTOXX 1 2017-08-01 "Linux" "Fotoxx man page" .SH NAME Fotoxx - photo/image editor and collection manager .SH SYNOPSIS \fBFotoxx\fR [ \fBoptions\fR ] [ \fIfile\fR | \fIdirectory\fR ] .SH DESCRIPTION Organize and manage a large image collection. Edit and optimize photos and other images, search images, and perform batch operations. Fotoxx is a GTK application which operates in its own window. The included user manual explains its operation in great detail. The following is a summary of capabilities. .SH OVERVIEW Image edit functions include: - View and edit most image and RAW file types - Works internally with 24-bits/color, outputs 8 or 16 bits/color - Trim (crop), Resize, Flip, Level, Rotate, Add Text - Adjust brightness/color/contrast using movable curves - Edit the brightness distribution directly for best balance - Eliminate color caste and reduce fog/haze - Retinex method - Enhance faint details - magnify gradients, flatten distribution - Sharpen, Blur, Reduce noise, Remove red-eyes, fix perspective - Edit selected objects or areas separately within an image - Special function to select complex edges such as hair or trees - Copy and paste selected objects or areas across images - Remove a color caste that may vary across the image - Fix vignetting and other brightness uniformity problems - Warp (stretch/distort) an image by dragging the mouse - Record edits for one image, apply to any number of images - Special effects (drawing, painting, cartoon, 3D relief ...) - Edit and apply canned and custom convolution kernels - Pixel edit with variable brush transparency and blending - Paint retouch functions locally and gradually with the mouse - Smart erase: remove ground litter, power lines, etc. - Erase dust: remove dust spots on images from scanned slides - Flatten photo of a curved book page, stretch compressed text - Write text on an image (font/color/transparency/shadow/angle) - Mashup: Arrange images and formatted text in a layout - Panorama, HDR and Stack composites (hand-held camera OK) - Combine multiple photos with varying focus depths (HDF) - Show videos as images and thumbnails, edit metadata, play - Use Gimp, ImageMagick, etc. as plug-in functions Utility functions include: - Context aware help available via the F1 key - Thumbnail browser and navigator, click image to view/edit - Hierarchical directory view - expand or collapse at each level - Custom "favorites" menu with user content and layout - Assign custom keyboard shortcuts to menu functions - Bookmark image locations, jump to bookmarked location - Edit any image metadata (EXIF/IPTC tags, dates, comments...) - Convert image color profile (e.g. sRGB <-> Adobe RGB) - Search and report any metadata - reports thumbnails with text - Use geotags from camera GPS, add/edit geotags manually - Search images by time, location, tags ... any metadata - World map at any scale, click on a marker for image gallery - Save and recall named map locations (map position and scale) - Batch convert format, resize, move, export, burn DVD/BlueRay - Batch rename images, insert dates and sequence numbers - Batch convert RAW files to tiff-8/16, png-8/16, jpeg - Batch add/change metadata (tags, time, location ... any) - Print image at any size for any paper format - Calibrate printer for more accurate printed colors - Create albums (views), arrange images, drag & drop - Slide-show with animated transitions and image pan/zoom - 360° panorama image viewer - Monitor color and gamma test patterns .SH OPTIONS Command line options \fB-v\fR print version and exit \fB-lang\fR \fIcode\fR specify language (de, fr ...) \fB-prev\fR open last file from the previous session \fB-recent\fR show a gallery of most recent files \fIfile\fR initial image file to view or edit \fIdirectory\fR initial directory for image gallery .SH SEE ALSO The home page for Fotoxx is at https://kornelix.net .SH AUTHORS Written by Mike Cornelison https://kornelix.net