- F-Spot
Infobox Software
name = F-Spot
developer =Novell
latest_release_version = 0.5.0.1
latest_release_date =22 September ,2008
platform =Linux , Solaris,BSD , otherUnix-like
programming language = C#
genre =Digital photo organizer
license =GNU General Public License
website = http://f-spot.orgF-Spot is an
image organizer , designed to provide personal photo management for theGNOME desktop.Features
F-Spot aims to have an interface that is simple to use, yet still supports advanced features such as tagging images and displaying and exporting Exif and XMP
metadata .All major photographic
image formats are supported, includingJPEG , PNG,TIFF , DNG and several vendor-specific RAW formats (CR2, PEF, ORF, SRF, CRW, MRW and RAF).Other supported file types are GIF, SVG and PPM. However, as of 2006, the RAW formats were not editable with F-Spot.Photos can be imported directly from the
camera . The driver support is provided by libgphoto2. GNOME desktop environment can also optionally detect if a camera or a memory card has been attached, and import images to F-Spot automatically.Basic functions such as crop, rotate and resize are available alongside more advanced features such as red-eye removal and versioning. Color adjustments are supported, including brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, and temperature.
Photo CD s can be created by selecting multiple photographs and selecting "Export to CD" from the main menu.Photos in the F-Spot library can be uploaded to a number of online photo storage sites. F-Spot supports two major gallery sites,
Flickr and Picasa Web Album [ [http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2006/Sep-02-2.html F-Spot with PicasaWeb Export] ] , and also using stand-alone web gallery software, including Gallery and [http://jimmac.musichall.cz/original.php O.r.i.g.i.n.a.l] . F-Spot can also generate static web gallery sites.Technical information
F-Spot is written in the C# programming language using Mono.The F-Spot project was started by
Ettore Perazzoli and is now maintained byLarry Ewing .References
See also
*
Digikam - A Digital photo manager for KDE
*Comparison of image viewers External links
* [http://f-spot.org F-Spot homepage]
* [http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/f-spot-list F-Spot mailing list]
* [http://oss.netshadow.at/oss/phpfspot/Project phpfspot] publish F-Spot library online (engl.)
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