Fotoxx is an open source photo editing program, working on Linux. It has support for the most important image formats, including JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF and RAW. Fotoxx is mostly used for cropping, resizing or retouching photos, without using layers, like Photoshop.
The latest version available is Fotoxx 15.06, which has been recently released, coming with the below changes:
- New: HSL Color: change the color of selected image areas using an HSL color chooser. Blend with original image to preserve existing variation.
- Threshold Denoise algorithm was improved.
- The Noise measurement tool was made less sensitive to RGB levels having a small gradient over the measured spot.
- Cycle Desktop (background image): Runs in the background. Add to the startup list to get a new desktop image each logon or time period.
- New: Set Desktop Image: Set the desktop background image from Fotoxx.
- New slide show transition: Image falls over to reveal the next image.
- Mashup: UI improved for adding text and lines/arrows to a layout.
- Trim/Rotate now includes an [auto] button to remove the black image margins left by composite or warp functions. The Auto-Trim menu was removed.
- KB shortcuts includes a button to report all the standard shortcuts.
- Multiple UI and help text improvements.
- Three minor bug fixes.
Installation instructions:
Fotoxx is available via a third party PPA, maintained by Dariusz Duma, so installing Fotoxx and keeping it up to date is quite a piece of cake.
So, in order to get the latest Fotoxx version on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet, Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr and derivative systems like Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Deepin 2014, Peppermint 6, LXLE 14.04 and Linux Lite 2, you have to add the PPA to your system, update the local repository index and install the fotoxx package:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dhor/myway
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install fotoxx
Optional, to remove fotoxx, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove fotoxx
For Debian 8 Jessie, Fotoxx is not available via repository, but we can download the deb package from the project’s website and install it by hand.
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget http://www.kornelix.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/13035936/fotoxx-15.06-i686.deb
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ sudo gdebi fotoxx-15.06-i686.deb
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget http://www.kornelix.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/13035936/fotoxx-15.06-x86_64.deb
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ sudo gdebi fotoxx-fotoxx-15.06-x86_64.deb
Optional, to remove fotoxx, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove fotoxx
Also, if you want the latest version of Fotoxx on your Arch Linux, Manjaro, Antergos, ArchBang or other Arch derivative, you can install it via AUR:
$ sudo yaourt fotoxx
Optional, to remove Fotoxx, do:
$ sudo yaourt -Rsn fotoxx