Fotoxx is a free open source Linux program for photo editing and collection management. The goal is to meet most user needs while remaining fast and easy to use.
Overview
Navigate a large image collection using a thumbnail browser. Import most camera RAW files and edit with 16-bit color. Save edited images as tiff8/16, png or jpeg with adjustable compression. Edit the whole image or an area outlined with the mouse, with adjustable edge-blending. Edit functions have live feedback using the full window. Multiple undo/redo. Add tags, dates, and star-ratings to images and search using these criteria + (wildcard) file names. Fotoxx does not use filters, layers, and masks - the edit functions work directly on the image.
The GUI has Chinese, English, French, German, Galacian, Italian, and Spanish.
A comprehensive user guide is available in English (overviews in French, Spanish, Galician).
Edit functions include:
+ Flatten brightness distribution (quick fix for many photos)
+ Brightness and color adjustments using movable curves
+ Trim (crop), Rescale, Rotate any angle
+ Warp (stretch/distort image by dragging the mouse)
+ Sharpen, Blur, Noise reduction, Red-eye removal
+ Panorama, HDR, HDF composites (hand-held camera OK)
+ Tone Mapping (enhance detail at all brightness levels)
+ Artful transformations (simulated drawing or painting)
+ Pixel edit with variable brush and blending
+ Edit parts of an image (select by freehand draw, edge following, or colors)
+ Copy selected area from one image and paste into another
To get a clearer picture, visit the fotoxx gallery.
Utility functions include:
+ Rename a series of files using a base name and sequence number
+ Slide-show mode: full screen, no menu, keyboard navigation
+ Batch convert multiple RAW files to tiff/48
+ Select images from the navigator and burn a CD or DVD
+ View EXIF data (image data from camera)
+ Create thumbnail and tag index from image files
Hardware: Fotoxx works best on a fast computer with at least a gigabyte of memory. Multiple processor cores are utilized. Netbooks work adequately, but some edit functions will be slow and a 1024x600 screen is confining.
Benchmarks for panorama of two 7-megapixel images:
Intel Core i7 2.67 GHz = 12 secs.
Intel Celeron 1.73 GHz = 42 secs.
Intel Atom 1.33 GHz = 270 secs.
Fotoxx download (source tarball and build instructions)
Fotoxx download (.deb and .rpm packages)
Fotoxx user guide
Fotoxx review Softpedia, June 2009
(Jan. 2009)
Screenshot - navigation and browser
