

Shotwell vs xnretro install#
You can find it in the software center or pre-installed with the GNOME desktop environment in some distributions.įor Ubuntu-based distros, you can enter the following command in the terminal to get it installed: sudo apt install gthumb If you use GNOME or GNOME based desktop environments (like MATE), you should try this one out. You may check out the official gThumb feature list to know more. Image Editor: Basic photo editing operations, filters, format conversion etc.Web albums (Picasa, Flickr, Facebook etc) integration.


"See Ya F-Spot! Shotwell to be default Image App in Ubuntu 10.10". It imports photos using the libgphoto2 library, similar to other image-organizers such as F-Spot and gThumb. The Yorba Foundation wrote Shotwell in the Vala programming language. Shotwell can also set the desktop wallpaper. Shotwell allows users to publish their images and videos to Flickr, Piwigo, and YouTube. It also features an auto "enhance" option that will attempt to guess appropriate levels for the image. Its image editing features allow users to straighten, crop, eliminate red eye, and adjust levels and color balance. Shotwell automatically groups photos and videos by date, and supports tagging. Shotwell can import photos and videos from a digital camera directly. The case was resolved through agreement in 2020 and the patent itself invalidated in 2022 following a legal challenge from the open source development community. In 2019, Shotwell was the target of a predatory lawsuit by Rothschild Patent Imaging against the GNOME Foundation claiming a patent infringement related to the use of WiFi to transfer photographic images. In 2010, it replaced F-Spot as the standard image tool for several GNOME-based Linux distributions, including Fedora in version 13 and Ubuntu in its 10.10 Maverick Meerkat release. Shotwell is an image organizer designed to provide personal photo management for the GNOME desktop environment.
