File Menu | File Management |
Image Gallery |
Show thumbnail
images -
image files in the current directory (more). |
Clone 50/50 |
Clone Fotoxx and share the desktop 50/50 with the old instance (more). |
Clone Overlay |
Clone Fotoxx and open a
new window slightly offset from the old one (more). |
Open Image File |
File open dialog
- open
an image file to view or edit (more). |
Open in New Window |
File open dialog - open
new file in a new window (more). |
Open Previous
File |
Go back to the
last image
file opened (more). |
Open Recent File |
Choose from a
list of the
most recent image files opened (more). |
Save to Same File |
Save modified
image to
the same file (overwrite) (more). |
Save to New Version |
Save modified image to
the same file with a new version number appended (more). |
Save to New File |
Save modified
image to a
new file (more). |
Create Blank
Image |
Create a new
blank image file (more). |
Trash Image File |
Move an image file into the trash bin (more). |
Rename Image File |
Rename image
files, optionally add sequence numbers (more). |
Batch Rename
Files |
Rename many
image files
using a base name and sequence number (more). |
Print Image File | Select printer / paper format / orientation and print image (more). |
Quit Fotoxx |
Exit from Fotoxx. |
Tools Menu |
Utilities and
setup functions. |
Manage Collections |
Make image collections,
arrange the sequence, etc. (more). |
Move Collections |
Update collections when
image top directory is changed (more). |
Batch Convert |
Convert / resize / export images (for upload to the web, e-mail, etc.) (more). |
Convert RAW Files | Convert RAW image files to tiff (more). |
Slide Show | Show a series of images full screen (no menu or toolbar) (more). |
Synchronize Files | Rebuild the image search index and refresh thumbnails (more). |
Show RGB | Show RGB values at position of mouse click (more). |
Grid Lines | Add or remove grid lines for image alignment (warp, rotate) (more). |
Burn Images to CD/DVD | Select images and write them on a CD or DVD (more). |
E-mail Images | Select images, downsize, send to your E-mail program (more). |
Check Monitor |
Display a color
palette
for tuning your monitor (more). |
Monitor Gamma |
Adjust monitor
gamma for better image editing (more). |
Brightness
Distribution |
Show brightness
distribution graph of current image (more). |
Change Language |
Change the GUI
language (more). |
Edit Translations |
Revise a translation
interactively (more). |
Menu and
Launcher |
Add a system
menu entry and desktop launcher (more). |
User Settings |
A collection of user
preferences and settings (more). |
Memory Usage |
Dump a memory usage table
to the log file (more). |
Info Menu |
View and edit
image data and attributes |
Edit
Caption/Comments |
Add or change
descriptive text for an image (more). |
Tags Overview |
Explanation of
tags and how they are used (more). |
Edit Tags |
Add or change image tags (keywords), stars rating, or date (more). |
Manage Tags |
Create tags and
tag categories (more). |
Batch Add Tags |
Add many tags to many images at once (more). |
Batch Delete Tag |
Delete or replace one tag for many images at once (more). |
View Info (short) |
View most important image data (more). |
View Info (long) |
View all available image data (more). |
Edit Info |
Add or change the data for a specific key (more). |
Delete Info |
Delete a specific key or all image data (more). |
Search Images | Find images with desired tags / stars / dates / comments / captions (more). |
Search Metadata |
Search and report any
desired metadata (EXIF/IPTC/etc.) (more). |
Select Menu |
Selected areas
within images where edits
are confined |
Overview |
Explanation of
area
selection and editing (more). |
Select |
Select an area for subsequent editing (more). |
Show / Hide |
Show or hide an
area
outline (more). |
Enable / Disable |
Enable or
disable an area
for subsequent editing (more). |
Invert |
Invert an area (more). |
Unselect |
Unselect an area
(more). |
Copy / Paste |
Copy an area to
memory
and paste it somewhere else (more). |
Open / Save |
Save an area to
a file and load it later to use in other images (more). |
Select Whole
Image |
Select the whole
image as a mask for retouch edit functions (more). |
Select and Edit |
Mouse over an
image area to apply an edit function incrementally (more). |
Transform Menu | Functions that
change image
size, shape, content |
Rotate Image | Rotate an image (level an image or turn in 90° steps) (more). |
Trim Image | Cut out a rectangular portion of an image (more). |
Auto-Trim Image |
Auto-select trim margins
to remove after rotate, unbend, or warp functions (more). |
Resize Image |
Scale an image
up or down
(more). |
Annotate Image |
Write text
annotations on an image (more). |
Flip Image |
Mirror an image
horizontally or vertically (more). |
Make Negative | Make a black-white or color negative, or a positive from a negative (more). |
Unbend Image | Fix perspective problems (more). |
Keystone Correction |
Straighten a photo made
from an offset angle (more). |
Warp Image (area) |
Distort image
within an
area by pulling with the mouse (more). |
Warp Image
(curved) |
Distort entire
image by
pulling with the mouse (more). |
Warp Image
(linear) |
Distort entire image by pulling with the mouse (more). |
Warp Image
(affine) |
Distort entire
image by
pulling with the mouse (more). |
Retouch Menu |
Functions that
change image
qualities |
Brightness / Color | Edit brightness, contrast, color saturation, color balance (more). |
Gamma Curve | Edit brightness and color using the classic gamma curve (more). |
Expand Brightness | Clip low / high brightness levels and expand the rest (more). |
Flatten Brightness | Flatten the brightness distribution to enhance detail (more). |
Brightness Ramp | Horizontal / Vertical variation of brightness (more). |
Tone Mapping | Increase local contrast to to enhance details (more). |
White Balance |
Remove false
color from an image (more). |
Match Colors | Match the colors in one image to those in another image (more). |
DRGB | Change brightness or RGB colors using OD units (more). |
Revise RGB | Make complex color corrections that vary over the image (more). |
Red Eyes | Remove red eyes from flash photos (more). |
Blur Image |
Blur an image
(e.g. smoothen
skin) (more). |
Sharpen Image |
Sharpen a
blurred image
(more). |
Reduce Noise |
Reduce noise
(speckles)
in low-light images (more). |
Smart Erase |
Remove power
lines and other spoilers by substituting neighboring pixels (more). |
Remove Dust |
Remove dust
spots on images made from scanned slides (more). |
Fix Stuck Pixels |
Fix stuck pixels (always
bright or dark) from defective camera sensor (more). |
Edit Pixels | Edit pixels and paint lines or areas using the mouse (more). |
Art Menu | Functions that
make artful
transformations |
Color Depth |
Reduce color
depth
(posterize) (more). |
Drawing |
Transform a
photo into a
simulated pencil or chalk drawing (more). |
Outlines |
Transform a
photo into a colorized line drawing (more). |
Embossing |
Transform a
photo into a
simulated embossing (more). |
Tiles |
Transform a
photo into
tiles (pixelate image) (more). |
Dots |
Transform a
photo into an array of dots (more). |
Painting |
Transform a
photo into a
simulated painting (more). |
Combine Menu | Functions that
combine multiple
images |
High Dynamic
Range |
Make a high
dynamic range
image from multiple images (more). |
High Depth of
Field |
Make a high
depth of
field image from multiple images (more). |
Stack / Paint |
Combine multiple
images to remove tourists and cars (more). |
Stack / Noise |
Combine multiple
images
to reduce noise (more). |
Panorama / Vertical Panorama | Join 2-4
overlapping images
to make an ultra-wide image (more). |
Plugins Menu |
Other image
edit programs can be used as edit functions in foloxx (more). |
Help Menu | User guide,
README,
change log (more). |
Toolbar
Buttons |
|
Gallery |
Show thumbnails of image flles in the current directory (more). |
Open |
File open dialog
- open
an image file to view or edit (more). |
Prev / Next |
Go to previous
or next image in
the current directory or search set. |
Zoom+ | Magnify the image. A left mouse click also magnifies. |
Zoom- | Reduce the image to fit window. A right mouse click also reduces. |
Undo / Redo | Undo one edit / Redo one edit - up to 99 edits of the current image. |
Shift-key + Redo / Redo | Changes the buttons to [undo all] and [redo all]. |
Save / Save+V /
Save+F |
Save image to
the same file, to a new version, or to a new file (more). |
Trash | Move an image file into the trash bin (more). |
Quit |
Exit from Fotoxx. |
Help |
Show online user
guide (more). |
Keyboard Shortcuts |
|
Main Window |
shows current
image file to view oe edit |
left / right
arrow keys |
previous / next
image |
plus(+) /
minus(-)
keys |
zoom image
bigger / smaller |
Z key |
toggle: zoom
image to 100% / fit image in
window |
R / L keys |
rotate image
90° right / left (change is permanent) |
G key |
toggle grid
lines on or
off |
T key |
shortcut for
menu
Transform > Trim |
B key |
shortcut for
menu Retouch
> Brightness/Color |
A key |
change toolbar undo/redo
buttons to undo/redo ALL edits |
N key |
shortcut for menu File
> Rename Image File |
Delete key |
move image to
trash bin |
Escape key |
Exit slide show
mode |
Spacebar |
pause and resume slide
show timer |
Control + s |
Save to original
file (no
questions asked) |
Control + S |
Save+F: dialog
to choose
a target file |
Control + v or V |
Save+V: save to new
version (no questions asked) |
Control + q or Q |
Quit Fotoxx |
Control + z or Z | undo one edit level |
Control + Shift + z or Z | redo one edit level |
Image Gallery window |
thumbnail images
of current directory |
Home / End keys |
move to first /
last page
of image gallery |
Page Up / Down
keys |
move to previous
/ next
page of image gallery |
up / down arrow
keys |
move up / down by one row of image gallery |
left / right
arrow keys |
move to previous / next page of image gallery |
plus(+) /
minus(-)
keys |
bigger / smaller
thumbnail size |
Escape key |
close image
gallery window |
Dialogs for User Input |
|
F1 function key |
display user
guide
section for current function |
Escape key |
cancel dialog |
Mouse Functions |
|
left click |
Zoom-in:
magnify
image, center at click position. |
right click |
Zoom-out:
restore
image to window size. |
drag on image |
Scroll a zoomed image in the opposite
direction, like a scroll bar. |
tiff-16 |
tiff-8 |
png |
jpeg-100 |
jpeg-90 |
jpeg-80 |
jpeg-70 |
58 MB |
19 MB |
14 MB |
7 MB |
2 MB |
1 MB |
0.6 MB |
RGB |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
16 |
32 |
64 |
128 |
256 |
EV |
nan |
-7 |
-6 |
-5 |
-4 |
-3 |
-2 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
OD |
nan |
2.41 |
2.11 |
1.81 |
1.51 |
1.20 |
0.90 |
0.60 |
0.30 |
0.0 |
Startup
Display
|
The
initial
window
content
when
Fotoxx
is
started. Directory can be the top
image directory or any sub-subdirectory underneath. Image File is any
valid image file. |
Toolbar
Style
|
The
desired
toolbar
style
for
the
main
window and gallery window. |
Warn
Overwrite
|
Whether
attempts
to
save
a
modified
image
replacing the original image is
warned or not. Saving to a new version is never warned. Saving to a new
file name is warned only if the file already exists. |
Panorama
|
The
two
lens
parameters
used
for
Panoramas.
Normally EXIF data is used for
lens mm (35mm focal length equivalent), and the value here is used only
if there is no EXIF (e.g. a scanned print from a film camera). Lens bow
is for compensation of barrel/pincushion distortion. There is no EXIF
for this, but fortunately it can usually be left at zero. There is a
way to measure this described in the Panorama topic. |
Zoom
Ratio
|
The
image
size
increase
with
each zoom-in. The choices are 4/3/2/1 zooms
for each 2x increase in size. |
Key Name |
Fotoxx Usage |
Date/Time Original |
Edit Tags function -
image date |
Keywords |
Edit Tags function -
image tags |
Rating |
Edit Tags function -
image stars |
User
Comments |
Edit Comments
function |
Caption-Abstract | Edit Caption function |
Edit
Status |
History of Fotoxx edits
applied to the image |
any key |
Edit Info, Delete Info |
Rectangle | drag the mouse to enclose a rectangular area |
Ellipse |
drag the mouse to enclose an elliptical area |
Freehand
Draw
|
drag and click the mouse to draw lines that outline an enclosed space |
Follow
Edge
|
click along the edge of an object in the image to draw lines that follow the edge, or drag the mouse to draw freehand |
Select
by
Mouse
|
select a small area of pixels around the mouse and aggregate adjacent areas with pixels matching in color and brightness |
left
click
or
drag |
select
pixels
inside
radius
and
those
with
matching
colors
inside
search
range |
right
click |
undo
previous
selection,
repeat
to
unselect
more |
right
drag |
unselect
pixels
inside
radius
and
those
with
matching
colors
inside
search
range |
match
mouse
color
|
uncheck
to
turn
color matching off:
only pixels within the mouse radius are selected or unselected |
Flatten outliers (1) | The highest and lowest
pixel values within a radius are
moderated slightly. |
Flatten outliers (2) | Pixels are compared to
the mean
and sigma of pixels within a radius. Those outside one sigma are moved
back
toward the mean. |
Median brightness |
Pixels are set to the
median value of their neighbors within a radius. |
Top hat | Detect outliers by comparison with a band of pixels at a distance. The distance is increased in steps from 1 pixel to the radius limit. |
libtiff4 | read and write tiff files, 8 and 16 bits per color |
xdg-utils | open text or html files with user's preferred application |
exiftool |
read and
write image metadata (tags, comments, etc.) |
ufraw-batch |
import raw image files from a digital camera |
brasero | burn a CD or DVD with selected images |
g++ |
GNU C++ compiler |
libgtk2.0-dev |
Gnome GTK/GDK/Pixbuf/etc. development files |
libtiff4-dev | tiff library development files |
-v |
output version and build
date and exit |
/.../imagefile.jpg |
initial image directory or image file to open |
-recent (or -r) |
show a gallery of recent files, most recent at the top |
-prev
(or -p) |
show the last file viewed in the previous session |
-blank (or
-b) |
show a blank window |
-lang lc_RC | language code (+ opt. region code) to use for GUI (de, de_AT, fr ...) |
-slideshow
/.../image1.jpg
[ -music /.../playlist.pls ] |
start a slide show using
image1 and following images optional music playlist for slide show |
-translate
(or -t) |
start in online
translation mode (to capture the initial menus) |
CPU 123% |
current Fotoxx process
CPU loading for all threads |
1234x987x8 |
image width x height x depth (bits per color) |
0.45MB | image file size (updated when a modified image is saved) |
56% | zoom status, image % size |
edits:
3 |
3 edits have been made
and can be reversed with the [undo] button |
menu
locked |
an edit function is active; other edit functions are blocked |
file sync
busy |
synchronize files
operation is running; image edit functions are blocked |
area
active |
a select area is present and enabled - edits are confined within the area |
dialog open |
a dialog for user input
is open and waiting |
/annotations/ |
annotations saved from
Transform > Annotate Image |
/collections/ |
image collections from
Tools > Manage Collections |
/saved_areas/ |
"cutout"
files saved from the Select > Save dialog |
/saved_curves |
curve data saved from
Retouch curve edit dialogs |
fotoxx.log |
Fotoxx outputs that may
be relevant for diagnosing problems |
parameters |
setup
parameters that are saved across Fotoxx sessions |
printfile.png |
the
last file printed with Fotoxx |
recent_files |
a
list of the last 100 files opened by Fotoxx, saved when Fotoxx exits |
search_results |
a
list of the last image files found with Info > Search Images |
tags_defined |
a
list of all categories and tags currently used in all images |
search_index |
a
large text file containing searchable data for all image files |
zdialog_positions |
saved dialog window
positions (relative to main window) |
Synchronize
Files from initial status (no index file, no thumbnails) |
28
minutes |
Synchronize
Files at startup, no new files present |
<
1
second |
Synchronize
Files at startup, 15 new files present |
3
seconds |
Search
Images by date range, find 2178 from 29892 with a date in 2006 |
<
1
second |
Search
Images by file name, find 4140 from 29892 with "gallery" in
directory/file name |
<
1
second |
Search
Images by tags, find 258 from 29892 having both tags "alaska"
and "scenery" |
<
1
second |
Search
Metadata, find 228 of 4140 files having "2011" in EXIF: Modifiy
Date |
30
seconds |