Fotoxx 15.02 on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04

Install and upgrade to Fotoxx 15.04.1 on Ubuntu 14.10 and Ubuntu 14.04. Fotoxx is an open source image editor & viewer for Linux Ubuntu Systems.

To install Fotoxx 15.02 on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu derivative systems, run the following command in Terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dhor/myway
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install fotoxx

To uninstall and remove Fotoxx 15.04.1 from Ubuntu Systems, run the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fotoxx

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Downloads  (for Linux only - useless for Windows)Fotoxx can be downloaded from many places. Watch out for very old releases.
The current release is here:

• Tarball (source code, make file, user guide)
  
• DEB package  (for Ubuntu, Debian and derivatives)  
  
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Packages for many other Linux flavors: http://pkgs.org/search/fotoxx
Instructions for Fedora: kornelix.com/fotoxx-fedora  


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.
• Internal edit calculations use float-32 (24 bits per color).
• Menu-driven function selection, with toolbar for frequent functions.
• Edits have live feedback using the whole image or zoomed section.
• 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, also diagonally.
• Save edited image: replace, save as new file version, save as new file name.
• Saved image formats: JPEG, BMP, PNG (8/16 bits/color), TIFF (8/16).
• Comprehensive user guide is available in English, Spanish and Italian.
• F1 key pops-up the current menu topic in the user guide.
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Retouch Functions

• 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.

• 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 (a frequent quick fix).

• Tone Mapping (change contrast distribution to bring out details).

• Fix brightness uniformity problems (vignetting and others).

• Smart erase: remove power lines, ground litter, etc. from photos.

• Anti-Alias: suppress pixelation ("jaggies") in low resolution images.

• Remove dark spots on images from dusty scanned slides.

• Make calibrated color adjustments or match to specific colors.

• Find and fix hot/dark pixels (from camera sensor defects).

• Remove chromatic aberration (color fringes).

• Edit individual pixels or small areas using the mouse.

• Paint over an unwanted object with background taken from elsewhere.

• Retouch functions can be amplified/attenuated by brightness/color/contrast.

• "Paint" retouch functions locally and gradually using the mouse.

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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 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 special effects.
• Flatten a photo of a curved page from a thick book, stretching squished text.
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Combine Image Functions

• HDR: combine dark/bright images, adjust relative inputs by dragging curves.
• HDF: combine close/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.

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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.
• Make a Roy Lichtenstein effect: convert 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 the entire image collection.
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Metadata Functions

• Show all metadata in a popup window, or a compact report with key items.
• Add tags, geotags, ratings, comments, captions to images (using EXIF/IPTC).
• Search images using these criteria plus folder/file names (partial match too).
• Search images with imbedded geotags by location, add geotags to images.
• Search output is a thumbnail gallery. Search speed is nearly instantaneous.
• View locations of geotagged images on a map. Click a location to get a gallery

of images from or near that location. Click gallery thumbnails to view or edit.

• Load your own maps (city, region ...). These work like the included maps.

• Manage tags: create, delete, group into categories.

• View and edit any metadata (EXIF, IPTC, etc.).

• Search and report any metadata, show thumbnail gallery with metadata.

(search speed for non-indexed metadata: few thousand images per minute).
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• Standards compliant: data can be shared with other apps (no lock-in).

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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.

• Select images from the gallery browser, burn a CD/DVD.

• Brightness distribution graph, updated live with image edits.

• Batch functions: rename, resize/export, revise tags, import RAW files.

• View thumbnail gallery of most recent images, click thumbnail to open.

• Build named image collections, view, add, delete, reorder, export, 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.

• 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.

• Generate thumbnails and search index from existing image files

(one-time initialization - maintained automatically thereafter).
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