Fotoxx
Quick
Start
Menu: Help > User Guide
Please
read the first few pages. In Fotoxx, use key F1
to get help for whatever you are
doing.
Index Image Files - Runs
after initial installation (slow) and afterwards as needed
(fast).
Creates an index of key image data.
Makes
thumbnail galleries and image searching fast.
Image Zoom: Left /
right mouse click, or
mouse wheel.
Image Scroll / Pan: Drag the zoomed image with the
mouse.
View Modes - These three buttons select the viewing mode
| Image File: View the current image using the entire window. | |
| Gallery:
View a thumbnail gallery of
the
current directory, image album or search results. Navigate
the
directories containing your image files. Click thumbnail to
view full
size. |
|
| OSM Maps:
View a world map, zoom in or out to any scale, click on a
marked location to view a gallery
of photos from that location. Requires good internet
connection. |
| File: Open an
image file to view or edit. Print, delete,
trash, view a gallery of recently seen images or newest
images. Open a
RAW file. |
|
| Save: Save a modified image to the original file, new file version, or new file name. | |
| Open previous
or next file (right
/ left mouse click). Move sequentially within a gallery. |
|
| Metadata:
Edit captions,
comments, ratings, tags
(keywords), geotags (locations) ... Search images using these criteria, file and directory names, dates, or any metadata. |
|
| Areas: Select
image areas to
edit
separately. Copy and paste within or across images. |
|
| Edit: trim / crop, rotate, resize, brightness, color, contrast, tone mapping, add text ... | |
| Repair: sharpen, clean noise, fix red eyes, adjust color, paint, clone ... | |
| Warp: fix perspective, straighten curves, various types of warping ... | |
| Effects: posterize, make a drawing or painting, emboss, tiles, dots, cartoon, vignette ... | |
| Combine: combine multiple images for HDR, HDF, stack, panorama, mashup. | |
| Undo / Redo:
Left / right click for before / after view, within an edit
or for each
completed edit. Middle click: see all past edits, view image
at selected edit stage. |
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| Tools:
User settings, batch functions (move, rename, convert, RAW
files ...), manage albums, slide show, various utilities.
Used in both File View and Gallery View. |
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| Help: Read
the user guide, check
release notes for recent changes. |