Fotoxx Demo Videos
These are YouTube videos that illustrate how Fotoxx is used. They were made using a fast desktop PC. The performance on a typical notebook will be less than what you see here.
Tutorial - Fotoxx Basics (18 minutes)
These topics show how to get started along with some typical usage scenarios:
+ Download and install the package (Ubuntu 11.04 example)
+ Initialization: find and index existing images and create thumbnails
+ Navigate the image collection and view images
+ View the user guide and get context help
+ Edit an image and save edited versions
+ Select an area or object within an image and edit the area
+ Copy a selected area and paste into another image
Select and Edit (2.0 minutes)
Use the mouse to "paint" a retouch function on specific areas of an image. In this case dark shadows are brightened by applying the Brightness/Color function to areas where the mouse is dragged.
Smart Erase (2.0 minutes)
Erase a power line from a photo.
Remove Dust (2.3 minutes)
Remove dark spots on an image made from a dusty slide. Two methods are shown: Remove Dust to get most of the spots in one step, and Smart Erase to remove "fibers" not recognized by the dust algorithm.
Panorama (3.5 minutes)
Three images are joined in a panorama. The result is leveled, cropped and retouched for color and contrast.
HDR (4.2 minutes)
Make an HDR (high dynamic range) image from 4 poorly aligned photos having a total brightness range
8X that of one photo. Adjust input photo contributions to output image. Adjust final brightness, contrast and color. Enhance details with tone mapping.
Red-eyes (1 minute)
Red-eyes are usually removed with 1-2 mouse clicks.
Search Images (2.9 minutes)
Search for images having desired tags, file names, dates, and star ratings. View the selected images using a thumbnail gallery.
Select and Edit (5.0 minutes)
Select an object within an image using several methods. Enhance the object using the functions for brightness/color and tone mapping.
HDF (3.8 minutes)
Three photos of the same close-up subject are combined. Each photo was made with a different focus distance, and each is sharp in different areas. The goal is to make a composite image that is everywhere sharp. The camera was hand-held, so the photos have relative shift and rotation and slightly different sizes. The HDF function aligns and combines the photos, warping them slightly as needed to improve the alignment. Each area of the combined image is "painted" with the sharpest input image, using the mouse. The small remaining misalignments can be seen at the transitions between the painted images. These are corrected using the mouse.
Art-Effects (2.7 minutes)
Convert a photo into a simulated painting or drawing.
Stack and Paint (1.8 minutes)
Remove passing cars and pedestrians from a scene by combining multiple photos taken at different moments.
