Fotoxx Overview | description, prerequisites, license, downloads, capabilities |
Fotoxx
Usage |
initialization, navigation, menus, general procedures |
File View
Menus |
menus visible in File View
mode |
Favorites Menu |
a user-configurable popup
menu |
File Menu | open, save, rename, trash, delete, print |
File Save
Menu |
save file as new version, new file
name, or replace original |
Prev/Next
Button |
index to the previous or next
image file in current gallery |
Metadata Menu | edit tags, geotags, ratings, captions ... search images |
Area Menu | select image areas for separate editing, copy, paste ... |
Edit Menu | trim/crop, rotate, retouch, color, tone mapping, add text ... |
Repair Menu | sharpen, blur, denoise, red-eye, paint, clone ... |
Bend Menu | bend/warp, straighten, fix perspective, flatten book page |
Effects Menu | make drawing, painting, embossing, cartoon, add arty effects |
Combine Menu | HDR, HDF, stack, panorama, mashup (montage) |
Tools Menu | image index, user options, batch functions, utilities |
Help Menu | quick start, user guide, translations guide, change log ... |
Gallery View
Menus |
menus visible in Gallery View
mode |
Sync Gallery Button |
set gallery to directory of
current image file |
Albums Menu | create and edit named collections, slide show |
Bookmarks
Button |
jump to bookmarked gallery
position, edit bookmarks |
Gallery Zoom Buttons |
increase or decrease thumbnail
size |
Gallery Sort Button |
sort gallery by file name or date,
ascending or descending |
Gallery Scroll Buttons |
scroll up or down in pages, got to
gallery top or end |
Batch
Menu |
batch tools for file conversion,
metadata updates, RAW import ... |
Help Menu | duplicate of the help menu listed
above |
World Map
View Menus |
menus visible in World Map View
mode |
Choose
Map Button |
choose among available
maps |
Search
Radius Button |
set radius for retrieving images
from a map position |
Search
Images Buttons |
image search by location or any
metadata |
Organizing Images | optimize image organization for searching and viewing |
Translations |
instructions for translating the
user interface and user manual |
Recent Changes | recent functional and user guide changes |
Technical Notes | technical methods and limitations |
File View popup
menu |
right click on current image in File View mode to get the following menu |
View
Metadata |
Show short form metadata
report |
Edit
Metadata |
Edit photo date/time,
rating, tags, captions, comments |
Edit
Geotags |
Edit photo latitude /
longitude, place name, country |
Rename |
Change the file
name |
Copy to
Location |
Copy the image file to
another location (duplicate the file) |
Move to
Location |
Move the image file to
another location (delete the original) |
Copy to Image
Cache |
Add the image file to the
file cache for later pasting into an album |
Copy to
Clipboard |
Copy the image file to the
clipboard (for other apps to paste) |
Upright |
Upright the image that is
turned 90 degrees |
Trim/Rotate |
Trim (crop) the image,
level the image or turn 90 degrees |
Resize |
Resize (rescale) the image
width and height |
Voodoo
Enhance |
Limited automatic image
enhancement |
Retouch
Combo |
Adjust brightness, color,
contrast, saturation, black point, white balance |
Brightness
Dist. |
Adjust the brightness
distribution (flatten, broaden, change black and white
points) |
Zonal
Flatten |
Enhance contrast and
brighten shadows, especially image areas with low
contrast |
Tone
Mapping |
Enhance contrast and
apparent brightness range by increasing brightness
gradients |
Select
Area |
Select an image object or
area for separate editing |
Trash |
Move the image file into
the wastebasket |
Delete |
Delete the image
file |
Gallery View popup
menu |
right click on thumbnail
image to get the following menu |
Popup
Image |
Show image in a larger
window - resizable, movable, persistent until
canceled. Zoom in/out using the mouse wheel. When zoomed small it disappears. Shift + left mouse click on a thumbnail: shortcut for Popup Image. |
View
Metadata |
Show short form metadata report |
Rename |
Change the file name |
Upright |
Upright the image that is turned 90 degrees |
Copy to
Location |
Copy the image file to another location (duplicate the file) |
Move to
Location |
Move the image file to another location (delete the original) |
Copy to Image
Cache |
Add the image file to the file cache for later pasting into an album |
Copy to
Clipboard |
Copy the image file to the clipboard (for other apps to paste) |
Trash |
Move the image file into the wastebasket |
Delete |
Delete the image file |
General |
|
F / G / W keys | Change view mode: image File, Gallery, World maps |
F1 function key | Display user guide for current or prior function |
F11 function key | Toggle main window to full-screen (no menu) and back |
Image
File View |
|
left / right arrow keys | Previous / next image |
+ or = / - keys | Zoom image bigger / smaller
(zoom amount adjustable in User Options) |
Z | Toggle: zoom image to 100% / fit image in window |
S |
Sync Gallery to current
image file |
M | Magnify Image |
P | Open Previous File (or
toggle between last two files) |
U | Undo current edit, or undo one edit step in the current image |
Shift+U | Redo current edit, or redo one edit step in the current image |
N | Rename Image File |
K | View and edit keyboard
shortcuts |
Alt+G | Grid Lines on / off
(toggle) |
T | Trim/Rotate Image |
V | Save the current file as a
new version |
R | Retouch Combo |
Escape key | Exit a dialog, exit Slide
Show mode |
Space Bar | Pause / resume a running
slide show |
Gallery
View |
|
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 |
+ or = / - keys | bigger / smaller thumbnail size |
Escape key | exit a
dialog |
Shift+Left
Click |
click thumbnail - show
large popup image |
left click | Zoom-in: magnify image, center at click position |
right click | If image is currently zoomed: restore to window size. If not, popup menu with common functions. |
mouse wheel | Zoom in and out depending on wheel direction |
left drag on image | Pan / scroll zoomed image, same direction or magnified opposite direction (like scroll bars) |
right drag on gallery | Scroll down or up by
dragging to the top or bottom edge, faster as mouse approaches the
edge. |
mouse + Ctrl
key |
Mouse acts on main window
instead of an active dialog, e.g. Select Area. |
menu text | text for the popup menu - optional if a menu icon is used |
menu func | the Fotoxx function to use - the exact menu name |
menu icon | menu icon - /directory.../filename.png - optional if a menu text is used |
icon size | if an icon is used, its size can be 24x24 to 64x64 pixels |
close window | checkbox: option to close the popup window when this menu is selected |
tiff-16 | tiff-8 | png-16 | png-8 | jpeg-100 | jpeg-90 | jpeg-80 | jpeg-70 |
112 MB | 38 MB | 78 MB | 21 MB | 8 MB | 2 MB | 1 MB | 0.7 MB |
Key Name | Fotoxx Usage |
Date / Time Original | Edit Metadata function - image date |
Keywords | Edit Metadata function - image tags |
Rating | Edit Metadata function - image stars |
User Comments | Edit Metadata function |
Caption-Abstract | Edit Metadata function |
Geotags | Edit Geotags function, 3 search image functions |
Image
History |
History of Fotoxx edits applied to the image |
any key | Edit Any Metadata, Delete Metadata |
Summary: + Open an image file and select the Edit Geotags menu. + Enter (or change) a city name (possibly abbreviated) in the dialog. + Use [find] to find the city and auto-fill country, latitude, longitude. + If there are multiple matches, choose from the list. + If there are too many matches, add more letters or supply the country and try again. + If there are zero matches (not found), try the [Web] button (country is required). + If still not found, add more letters to the city. + If still not found, use one of the above web services and input the data manually. + Use [apply] to update the image file and make the location available for future use. + Open the next image (use the [prev/next] button if appropriate). + Use the [prev] and [apply] buttons to add the same location data again, if wanted. |
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 or drag along
the edge of an image object to draw lines that follow the
edge. |
Replace | Drag the mouse near an area edge-line to move the edge to the mouse. |
Select area within mouse |
Left / right drag to
select / unselect all pixels within the mouse circle. Selection is independent of color. |
Select one matching color within mouse |
Click on the image to
select a color. Left / right drag to select / unselect pixels inside the mouse circle that match the selected color within "match level". |
Select all matching colors within mouse |
Left / right drag to
select / unselect pixels surrounding the mouse that match the color of any pixels inside the mouse circle, within "match level". |
Controls for
mouse selection methods |
"mouse radius" sets
the size of a selection circle around the mouse pointer. "match level" sets the color match (0-100%) required for pixel selection. |
left drag | select pixels inside mouse circle and those with matching colors within search range |
right click | undo previous selection, repeat to unselect more |
right drag | unselect pixels inside mouse circle and those with matching colors within search range |
amplifier |
increases or decreases the
effect of the brightness edit curves |
brightness |
moves the entire curve up
or down |
contrast |
moves the curve lower and
upper parts in opposite directions |
low color /
high |
increases or decreases
color saturation |
warmer /
cooler |
adjusts color temperature
(reddish <--> blueish) |
dark
areas / bright |
apply color changes to
darker / all / brighter image areas |
brightness
distribution |
show a brightness
distribution graph in the curve edit window |
click for white
balance |
enables the mouse to click
on a black point or gray / white point |
Settings
File |
dialog settings can be
saved in a file and loaded later for use with other
images |
Clear |
Clear the text and metadata
fields to blank. |
Replace |
Image with added text
replaces (overwrites) the current image file |
+Version |
Image with added text is
saved as a new file version |
Next |
Open the next sequential
image file and place the same text at the same
position. |
Apply |
Complete the edit and start
over. A new text string can now be added to the
image. |
Done |
Complete the edit and exit
the dialog. The edited image file must be explicitly
saved. |
Cancel |
Abandon the edit. Previous
use of [Apply] is not reversed. |
Menu Name |
command line |
Gimp |
gimp
%s |
auto-gamma |
mogrify
-auto-gamma
%s |
Gthumb |
gthumb
%s |
Flatten 1 | The highest and lowest pixel values within a radius are moderated slightly. |
Flatten 2 | Pixels are compared to the
mean and sigma of pixels within a radius. Those outside one sigma are moved slightly back toward the mean. |
Median | 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. |
Wavelets | Image brightness (with noise) over distance is converted into a series of wave functions that nearly sum to brightness and represent an approximation with less noise. |
Threshold |
Uses the threshold value to
distinguish pixel noise from image features, and an algorithm to
adjust initial pixel classifications based on neighboring pixel
classifications. |
Brightness | Increase or decrease
overall image brightness |
+Red -
Cyan etc. |
Increase or decrease
the brightness of one color and change complimentary color in the opposite direction |
Contrast |
Increase or decrease
the overall image contrast |
Red,
etc. |
Increase or decrease
the contrast of individual RGB colors |
Startup Display | Determines the initial
window content when Fotoxx is started. Recent Files: the most recently viewed or edited image files (gallery display). Newest Files: image files most recently added to the Fotoxx database (gallery). Previous Gallery: the directory of the last image viewed (gallery). Previous Image: show the last image viewed. Blank Window: start with no current image and the top image directory in the gallery. Directory Gallery: the given image directory. Image File: the given image file. |
Browse |
Opens a dialog to browse
for the starting directory or image file (last 2 options
above). |
Menu Style | The menu style: icons only
or both text and icons. |
Gallery
Sort |
The default sort order for
gallery pages: file name (alphabetic), file mod date, or photo date
(EXIF) |
Dialog
font |
The font name and size to
use in all menus and dialogs (Bold, Italic, etc. are
ignored). |
Image Pan/Scroll (zoomed image) |
Drag: image moves with the
dragged mouse. Scroll: image moves against the dragged mouse (like invisible scroll bars). Magnified: movement is magnified: multiple drags for large movement are not needed. |
Zooms for 2x |
Choose 1, 2, or 3 zooms for each 2x increase in image size. |
JPEG quality | The default quality value when saving an image as a jpeg file type. |
Thumbnail
size |
The pixel size for gallery
thumbnail width/height: 128 | 256 | 512 (default 256). 512 is a bit
slower but better for a large monitor or one with a high DPI
resolution, or when viewing large galleries. If this is changed,
you need to delete your thumbnail files so that the file index
process will rebuild them with the new size (next Fotoxx
startup). |
Edit curve node capture distance |
The minimum node separation
for edit curves. Also the mouse capture threshold when a node is
clicked or dragged. The default is 5% of scale, allowing up to 20
nodes in a curve. If you use a touchpad instead of a mouse, set
this value higher to compensate for lower positioning accuracy.
Flexibility for extreme curve bending will be
less. |
hidden directories |
Show hidden directories in
gallery view. If not checked, these are not
displayed. |
prev/next version |
Show only the last versions
of image files when using the prev/next button or KB
keys. |
shift image
right |
If the window is wider than
the image, shift the image right to maximize left margin for
dialogs. |
RAW command | The command used to convert
camera RAW files to tiff-16. This can be changed if you need. See the man page for dcraw for more details. |
RAW file types | The RAW file types
recognized. If your camera uses something else, add it to the list
and this may work. You can also shorten the list to those file types you actually use. |
RGB | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 64 | 128 | 256 |
EV | nan | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 |
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Manage Albums Dialog![]() Choose: Choose an album to view or edit. The gallery window will show its current images. Use the thumbnail popup menu (below) to add or remove images. Images: Add images to the image cache using the standard dialog for selecting images from gallery windows (link). Select image files in any order from any gallery. You can also use Search Images to create a gallery for selecting images, or choose an album gallery. Selected images are added to the image cache. The cached images can now be added to an album using the popup menu (below). Clear: Discard all images in the image cache. Delete: Select an album to delete. Image files are not deleted. New Album dialog ![]() |
Copy to Image
Cache |
Add the clicked image to the image cache. |
Cut to Image
Cache |
Remove the image from the album and add it to the image cache. |
Copy to
Clipboard |
Copy the image to the
clipboard (for other apps to paste). |
Paste
Image Cache Here (keep) |
Insert all cached images at the clicked position. Click roughly between two thumbnails where the images will be inserted. |
Paste
Image Cache Here (clear) |
Same as above, but the
cache is cleared. |
Paste Current Image File
Here |
Inserts the current image file at the clicked position. |
Remove from
Album |
Remove the clicked image from the album |
Popup
Image |
Pop-up a large resizeable
window for the image. Replace previous popup
window. |
View
Metadata |
Metadata short report for
clicked image file. |
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Sync Gallery. Replace the current gallery (recent files, search results ...) with the directory of the current image file: the image shown in the File View window. Click on any thumbnail in the gallery to set the current image from that thumbnail, then select the Sync Gallery menu (button) to set the directory and generate a new gallery from that directory. |
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Zoom-in / zoom-out. Increase or
decreast the gallery thumbnail size. If decreased to zero, the gallery becomes a simple list of file names. |
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Sort the gallery thumbnails in an alternative sequence. You can sort by file name (default), Photo date/time (from EXIF data), or file modification date/time (file creation or last modification date/time). The sequence may be ascending or descending. |
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Jump to the beginning or end of
the gallery. |
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Scroll back (up) or forward (down)
by one gallery page. |
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Slow scroll the gallery. Can be
used to visually scan for a desired image file. Press the button again to stop the scroll, or press any other button. |
Select
Files |
Select files to convert
from a gallery window (link). |
New Name |
Optional new name with #
characters to be replaced with sequence numbers. |
Sequence
Numbers |
Starting sequence number
and adder for each output file. |
New
Location |
Optional new directory
location for the converted files. |
new
file type |
File type for converted
images, or "no change". |
max.
width, height |
Output images will fit
within these dimensions (ratio is not changed). |
delete
originals |
Delete the input files
after successful conversion. |
copy
metadata |
Copy all EXIF and IPTC
metadata to the output files. |
upright |
If an image is rotated
90\B0/180\B0, upright it (status known from EXIF). |
sharpen |
Sharpen output images using
the two supplied parameters |
Overlay
Image |
Add an overlay image at a
selected position in the output images. See below. |
Retouch Combo | Brightness/Contrast/Color adjustments |
Adjust Brightness Dist. | Reshape the brightness distribution |
Zonal Flatten | Enhance dark areas with low contrast |
Tone Mapping | Enhance local contrast where weak |
Resize | Specify width/height or ratio (e.g. 1/2) |
Voodoo1 | Automatic enhance |
Voodoo2 | Automatic enhance |
Sharpen |
Sharpen fuzzy
edges |
Blur | Blur image |
Denoise |
Reduce image
noise |
Shift Colors | Tune colors |
Adjust RGB/CMY | Tune colors |
Brightness Ramp | Vary brightness across the image |
Color Mode | Change B&W/color or positive/negative |
Hamburg.jpg,
53.455, 53.553, 9.906, 10.067 Houston.jpg, 29.479, 30.053, -95.786, -94.905 |
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Choose a map from a list of
available maps. World and continental maps are supplied. Users may
add their own maps (home city, travel location, etc.) |
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Set the map radius for images
retrieved by clicking a location on a map. Images located within
this radius of the clicked location will be retrieved and shown as
a gallery of thumbnails. Click thumbnails to show images
full-size. |
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Start the function Images by Geotag (in the metadata
menu). Search for images by country, city/location, and date range. |
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Start the function Search Images (in the metadata menu). General image search using any metadata. |
Method and Example |
Advantages |
Disadvantages |
Directory and File
Names e.g. image files like this: /images/2012/Rome-12.jpg |
+ simple and easy to
use + fast implementation: batch move and rename files with added sequence numbers + gallery overview at each level of hierarchy + easy to navigate up / down hierarchy levels |
+ no overview of available
search terms + long file names required for multiple search categories (date, place, persons, events ...) + risk of inconsistent names, unreliable search |
Captions and Comments e.g. caption or comment like this: 2012 Italy Rome Forum |
+ simple and easy to
use + flexible search using multiple categories + moderately fast implementation: think + write time, per image |
+ no overview of available
search terms + may end up with thousands of categories + risk of inconsistent names, unreliable search |
Managed Tags + e.g. rome, Italy, Susan + Point and click in a tag list to add tags to images + Tags have categories for faster visual location in the tag list |
+ good overview of
available tags to click (organized by persons, places, events ...) + easy creation of new tags + no inconsistent or redundant tags, no typos + therefore searching more reliable |
+ requires careful planning
of tags + slow to find and click tags if >500 tags + hard to revise tag naming system (batch add / delete / rename is available) |
Random Tags + tags with no organizing system |
+ no planning needed + creating and entering tags is faster (point and click or type-in tags) + legacy tags can be kept unchanged |
+ inconsistent tags
(scenery, landscape) + redundant tags (Susan, Susi, Susy) + tags with typos (scenery, scenrey) + poor overview of existing tags + therefore searching less reliable |
Geotags e.g. location data like this: Rome Italy 41.89 N 12.48 E |
+ cameras with GPS store
data automatically + manually add locations (few seconds per image) (or batch add location to many images) + search location by clicking on a map image + search location and date-range by clicking on a report of available locations / dates |
+ useful only for searching
by location + chaotic location naming by cameras (revise using search and batch update) |
Albums e.g. album names like this: + best scenery + Italy 2012 |
+ make ad hoc albums using
any criteria + images can be in multiple albums or multiple times within one album |
+ time to locate and add
images to an album (find and click gallery thumbnails) + images not searchable by other categories + not usable by other applications |
image
files |
Fotoxx has been tested with
156K image files and performace was good on a strong PC. 500K image
files should be practical on a strong PC, but startup time may be
20+ seconds. |
image size | The max. supported image
width or height is 20,000 pixels (compile time constant). The maximum image size is 2 GB (about 120 megapixels). Images being edited in memory have 4 float numbers per pixel - 3 RGB colors + transparency. |
image edits | 99 edits for undo / redo and file version numbering (filename.v01 to filename.v99). |
image tags |
10,000 tags, 200,000 chars.
for all tags, 1000 chars. for one image file (compile time
constants). |
geotag cities | 20,000 different cities /
locations for geotagged images (compile time
constant). |
gallery size practical limit |
Approx. 10,000 files in a
directory or generated gallery (e.g. from an image search
operation). The limit is the memory required for an internal
thumbnail cache that enables gallery scrolling to work fast. A PC
with more main memory can handle more. If the largest thumbnail
size is used (512 pixels), the practical limit is reduced. Memory = (thumbnail size) x (thumbnail size) x 3 x 0.8 x (thumbnail count). 10,000 thumbnails of size 256 pixels requires about 1.6 GB of main memory. |
g++ | GNU C++ compiler and C libraries |
libgtk3.0-dev | Gnome GTK3 / GDK3 / Pixbuf / etc. function libraries |
libtiff5-dev | tiff library development files |
libpng12-dev | png library development files |
liblcms2-dev | Little CMS development files |
xdg-utils | req. |
open text or html files with user's preferred application |
exiftool | req. |
(v. 8.60 or later) read and
write image metadata (tags, comments, etc.) |
dcraw | req. |
open RAW images, batch convert RAW to tiff, jpeg, or png |
ufraw | opt. | open a RAW file for editing using own GUI |
rawtherapee |
opt. |
open a RAW file for editing
using own GUI |
brasero | opt. | burn a CD or DVD with selected images |
xgamma | opt. |
used for the Monitor Gamma function (adjust monitor gamma) |
fotoxx-maps |
opt. |
set of geographic maps to
show image locations and report images by mouse
click |
hugin |
opt. | PT Panorama function uses
Panorama Tools (usually packaged with Hugin) |
file or directory
path |
initial image directory or image file to open | |
-ver | -v |
output release version and exit |
-recent |
-r |
show a gallery of recently seen image files, most recent at the top |
-new |
-n |
show a gallery of the
newest image files (from Index Image Files) |
-prev | -p |
show the last file viewed in the previous session |
-blank |
-b |
show a blank window |
-lang
lc_RC |
-l |
language code (+ opt. region code) to use for GUI (de, de_AT) |
-menu "func name" | -m |
startup menu function - Fotoxx will start with this function active. |
-noindex |
disable image indexing (see
below for bad implications). |
|
-cycledesktop
... |
use fotoxx to rotate
desktop background image (see cycle
desktop) |
CPU 123% | current Fotoxx CPU load for all threads and processor cores |
MB
1234 |
total free memory,
including the file cache (which can be reallocated to
apps) |
2345x1234x8 |
image width x height x depth (bits per color) |
3.45M | 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 |
blocked |
some menu functions are
blocked until the current function is completed |
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 |
busy
[...
] |
some long running functions
show this simple progress bar |
/usr/bin/fotoxx | the executable program file |
/usr/share/fotoxx/* | user guide, translation.po
files, icons, default data, etc. |
/usr/share/doc/fotoxx | change log, man page,
README and other documentation
files. |
/usr/share/fotoxx-maps/* |
geographic maps data files
(112 MB) |
/usr/share/doc/fotoxx-maps/* |
change log, man page,
README |
/albums | image albums from Manage
Albums function |
/custom_kernel | saved custom kernel data files |
/edit_scripts |
saved edit script files
(for batch editing) |
/favorites | saved data for user-configuration of favorites menu |
/image_index | text files containing searchable metadata for all image files |
/mashup | saved mashup project files |
/patterns |
saved background
patterns |
/printer_color |
saved printer color
calibration files |
/retouch_combo | saved settings for the Retouch Combo function |
/saved_areas | "cutout" files saved from the Select Area > Save dialog |
/saved_curves | curve data saved from Retouch curve edit dialogs |
/slideshows | user preferences from Slide
Show function |
/slideshow_trans |
saved slide show transition
parameters |
/thumbnails | thumbnail files (default location, user can change this) |
/user_maps |
custom map files made by
the user |
/write_text | image text overlays saved
from Add Text function |
bookmarks | bookmark names and image file locations |
KB-shortcuts | user-defined or modified keyboard shortcuts |
logfile | Fotoxx outputs that may be relevant for diagnosing problems |
metadata_report |
Batch Report Metadata
output report - tabular text file |
metadata_report_items |
list of metadata items
reported by Batch Report Metadata |
metadata_short_list |
metadata key names for
Batch Add / Change Metadata |
metadata_view_extra |
extra items for the
metadata short report, added by the user |
mosaic_tiles |
binary file, compressed
tiles from the Mosaic function |
pagesetup | saves page setup data for print function |
parameters | setup parameters that are saved across Fotoxx sessions |
plugins | saves the plugins menu contents |
printsettings | saves print settings data for print function |
recent_files | a list of the last 100 files opened by Fotoxx, saved when Fotoxx exits |
search_results | list of the last image files found with Search Images |
stuck-pixels |
data saved from the Fix
Stuck Pixels function |
tags_defined | a list of all categories and tags currently used in all images |
zappcrash |
if Fotoxx crashes, a
traceback dump is deposited here |
zdialog_inputs | saved dialog data for dialogs that recall prior inputs |
zdialog_positions | saved dialog window positions (relative to main window) |
Metadata section and name | Usage | Indexed |
IPTC Keywords | tags entered by user | yes |
IPTC Rating | "star" rating entered by user | yes |
EXIF ImageSize | pixel width and
height, 1234x2345 |
yes |
EXIF DateTimeOriginal | date / time photo was made, or entered by user | yes |
EXIF ImageHistory | history of image
edits |
no |
EXIF UserComment | comment text entered by user | yes |
IPTC Caption-Abstract | caption or abstract text entered by user | yes |
EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFormat | camera focal length used, 35mm equivalent | no |
EXIF City, Country | city and country from camera GPS, or entered by user | yes |
EXIF GPSLatitude, GPSLongitude | earth coordinates from camera GPS, or entered by user | yes |
EXIF
RollAngle |
camera slant angle,
can be used to level an image |
no |
Benchmark
Description |
Time |
First time index of
9114 image files |
5.2
min. |
Subsequent startup
with no new image files |
< 1
sec. |
Subsequent startup,
100 new files to index |
6
secs. |
Find all images with
tag "Rosi" (253 images) |
< 1
sec. |
Find all images with
"Rosi" in file name (111 images) |
< 1
sec. |
Find all images dated
Jan 1 - May 30, 2013 (255 images) |
< 1
sec. |
Find all images dated
in 2013 and with city = "Freising" (90 images) |
< 1
sec. |
Find all images dated
in 2013 with EXIF "make" = "panasonic" (342
images) |
3.8
secs. |
Click on world map,
France / Esterel (5 images) |
< 1
sec. |
List all locations
having images with geotags (6714 images) |
< 1
sec. |
Click on location
Germany / Dresden (113 images) |
< 1
sec. |