Fotoxx 15.07 brings changes, a new batch tool and bug-fixes.
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 15.07, which has been recently released, coming with the below changes:
- Menus were reorganized and the user guide was revised to match.
- Many minor errors were corrected in the user guide.
- Index Image Files: the user interface and messages were rationalized.
- Undo/Redo button: the middle mouse button produces a popup list of edits done to the current image. Go back to any done or undone edit step.
- Edit Metadata and Search Images: working with thousands of unorganized image tags was made more practical: you can type-in tags or use the pick-list.
- New batch tool: convert tags for all image files using a from-to list.
- New batch tool: select images (click thumbnails) to trash or delete.
- New batch tool: find and upright all image files rotated 90 degrees.
- Gallery navigation panel: parent directories are buttons instead of text.
- Effects > Pencil Sketch: set any desired foreground or background color.
- RAW image noise measure was improved (gives slightly lower values).
- Select Area: new buttons to quickly change line color while drawing.
- Slide Show: zoom-out from a chosen image spot (compliment of zoom-in).
- User Options: initial view = last gallery now works for albums.
- 4 minor bug fixes and 10 user interface improvements.
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-15.07-i686.deb
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ sudo gdebi fotoxx-15.07-i686.deb
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget http://www.kornelix.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/13035936/fotoxx-15.07-x86_64.deb
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ sudo gdebi fotoxx-fotoxx-15.07-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