Fotoxx Quick Start

Menu: Help > User Guide
Please read the first few pages. Use key F1 to get help for whatever you are doing.

Synch Files (create index of image data)
Runs after installation (slow) and afterwards as needed (fast). Makes image searching fast.

Zoom: Right/left mouse click, or mouse wheel. 
Scroll / Pan:
Drag the mouse across the zoomed image.

Window Tabs


 Tab F (file) - the current image file to view or edit.

 Tab G (gallery) - thumbnails of the current directory, collection, or search results.
 Click a thumbnail to show full size in tab F.
 Navigate by clicking directory names at the top of the window.

 Tab W - world map: click a location to see relevant photos (see Metadata below).

Toolbar Buttons

 Open

 Select an image file as the current image in tab F.

 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 > Gamma).
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 preferences, 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

 rotate, trim/crop, 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, change colors, black & white, 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

 Plugins

 use any image editor (Gimp, ImageMagick ...) as a Fotoxx edit function