Fotoxx Examples - click the thumbnail images to view full-size.
Navigation
View an image directory as thumbnails. Move around by rows or pages.
Click on a thumbnail to view or edit the full-size image. ;)
RAW file conversion
The first image is the jpeg produced by the camera. The 2nd image is the raw file from the camera, converted to tiff with 16 bits per color. The 3rd image is the edited tiff file saved as a jpeg file. The dark areas were lightened and color was slightly increased.
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Flatten Brightness Distribution
A fast and easy way to improve detail in areas that are too dark, too bright, or lack contrast.
Sometimes works miracles and sometimes not very effective. ;)
Edit within an area outlined with the mouse.
Little Mermaid was backlighted. The fix was to outline her and flatten her brightness distribution.
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An area may also be selected by clicking on it - a contiguous area with matching color (within a controlled range) is selected. This can be easily refined to select a smaller or larger area, or accumulate incrementally with mouse clicks and drags. The tea box areas were mostly selected with one click each, and then brightened all at once.;)
The dark bush area was selected with multiple clicks and then brightened. The middle image shows the final selected area.;)
Brightness and Color
The color of the right bird was intensified without changing the rest of the image. ;)
Lighten dark areas and/or darken bright areas.;)
Defog function - "whiteness" can be reduced for any brightness level or image area.;)
Playing with color: intensity, saturation and depth.
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Red Eyes
Remove the red-eye effect from electronic flash photos.
Here only half the red-eyes have been fixed.;)
Sharpen
Comparison of different sharpening methods on a badly blurred image.;)
Noise Reduction
Reduce noise in photos made under low-light conditions.;)
Rotate;)
Unbend
Sometimes panorama images need to be straightened.;)
Unbend can also be used to fix perspective problems.;)
Warp Area
Select an image area, pull in different directions using the mouse
(like stretching a rubber image).;)
Pixel Edit
Pixel edit function can be used for retouching.;)
HDR - High Dynamic Range
The lower image is a composite of the upper two. Brighter areas were taken mostly from the darker image, and darker areas mostly from the brighter image. Color and contrast were also adjusted afterwards. Image alignment is automatic and a tripod is not necessary.;)
Another HDR sunrise;)
HDR photo of the Ingolstadt city center. Two photos about 1/2 second and 2 EVs apart. This made the shadows soft instead of nearly black. The people were all moving, but there is almost no "ghosting". Why? The people were all in shade, and therefore only the brighter photo contributed to their images. The only exception is a cyclist in the lower right, who moved from shade into sunlight between the two photos.;)
HDR photo of an arm of the Grand Canyon. Two photos, two EVs apart.;)
HDF - High Depth of Field
Combine two photos of the same subject, one with a near focus and one with a far focus. In one photo only near objects are sharp, in the other only far objects. In the combined image both near and far objects are sharp. This function is very sensitive to changes in camera position or aiming point - these cause changes in image scale that cannot be fixed with simple translation and rotation of the images. There is some compensation for this, but not fully adequate. If you are careful, you can still get good results.
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This HDF required about 10 minutes of computer work to define which input image to use for each area in the combined image.;)
Panorama
Combine multiple images to make wide images. Rough alignment is done with the mouse and fine alignment is automatic. Hand-held photos work OK and precise alignment is not necessary (image was also color enhanced and unbent).;)
Acropolis closeup, a challenging panorama. A case where turning the camera without lateral movement was important to avoid shifting the foreground against the background (parallax). The guy in the striped shirt moved up the stairs between the two photos, so he can be seen twice in the panorama. The joint can be seen behind his upper image, since no blending was done. The automatic brightness and color matching worked perfectly, which is not always the case.;)
Lindau, three photos;)
Interior panorama, about 100 degrees.;)
Tags
Search for images with desired tags, "stars" rating, date range. Matching images are shown in a navigation window of thumbnails.;)
Printoxx
Make a montage of images and text, save as an image file or print.
(sister application printoxx);)
Art Effects
Convert photo into simulated drawing, painting, or embossing. These take a few seconds to a few minutes, depending on how much fiddling you do with the GUI controls.
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