Fotoxx
Quick Start
Menu: Help > User Guide
Please
read the first few pages. Use key F1
to get help for whatever you are
doing.
Index Image Files (create an index of image data)
Runs
after installation (slow) and afterwards as needed (fast). Makes
image searching fast.
Image Zoom: Right/left mouse click, or
mouse wheel.
Image Scroll / Pan: Drag the mouse across
the zoomed image.
View Modes
These three buttons select the viewing mode
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View the current image using the entire window |
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View a thumbnail gallery of the current directory, collection or search results |
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View a world map with clickable markers at photo locations |
Open |
Select
an image file as the current image to view or edit. |
Save |
Save a
modified image to the original file, new file version, or new file name. |
Prev / Next |
View previous / next image in the current directory, collection, or search results. |
Undo / Redo |
Before / after view, within an edit or for each completed edit in a series. |
Edit
an Image
Open an image. Select an edit menu (e.g. Retouch > Retouch Combo).
Adjust the dialog controls or drag the curve. Watch the
image change. Press [Done].
Do more edits likewise. Press
[Save] and then select [New Version].
Tools Menu:
User settings, batch functions (move, rename, convert, RAW
files ...)
Metadata Menu:
Add data to images:
captions, comments, ratings, tags (keywords), geotags (locations) ...
Search
images using these criteria, file and directory names, dates, or any
image
data ...
Areas Menu: Select image areas to edit
separately. Copy and paste within / across images.
Edit
Menus
Image |
trim/crop, rotate, resize, flip, write text |
Retouch |
brightness, color, contrast, gamma, tone mapping, "paint" any retouch edit |
Repair |
sharpen, blur, suppress noise, red eyes, smart erase, paint/clone, fix color fringes |
Color |
white balance, shift colors, B&W / color, positive / negative, convert color profile |
Bend |
fix perspective, straighten curves, flatten book page, various types of warping |
Effects |
posterize, convert to drawing or painting, emboss, tiles, dots, cartoon, vignette |
Combine |
combine
multiple images for HDR, HDF, stack, panorama, mashup (montage) |
Plugins |
use another image editor (Gimp, ImageMagic ...) as a Fotoxx edit function |