{"id":33984,"date":"2021-06-18T15:05:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T15:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=33984"},"modified":"2024-04-22T13:40:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T13:40:46","slug":"fotoxx-photo-editor-large-collection-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2021\/06\/fotoxx-photo-editor-large-collection-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Fotoxx &#8211; Photo Editor &#038; Large Collection Manager while Super Fast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-33985\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/fotoxx-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/fotoxx-icon.png 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/fotoxx-icon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking for a <i>lightweight photo editor and management app<\/i> for Linux? Try Fotoxx, a free and open-source software which is super fast.<\/p>\n<p>Fotoxx is a GTK application to organize and manage a large image collection, edit and optimize photos, and perform batch operations.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike other image editor, Fotoxx has app menus in the left pane with ability to toggle file view, and edit photos. While providing many functions to meet the needs of serious photographers, it remains fast and easy to use.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/fotoxx-feature-image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-33986\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/fotoxx-feature-image-600x363.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/fotoxx-feature-image-600x363.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/fotoxx-feature-image-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/fotoxx-feature-image-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/fotoxx-feature-image.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The software can view and edit most image formats including <i>RAW<\/i> files. It works internally with 24-bits\/color, and outputs 8 or 16 bits\/color JPEG, PNG, or TIFF.<\/p>\n<p>The image editing functions include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select object or area, select hairy or irregular edge, find gap.<\/li>\n<li>Rotate, crop, retouch, resize, and paint.<\/li>\n<li>Blur, sharpen denoise, adjust color.<\/li>\n<li>Apply effects, e.g., sketch, cartoon, line drawing and more.<\/li>\n<li>image warp, unwarp, transform.<\/li>\n<li>Composite image: HDR, HDF, panorama, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Batch convert, RAW conversion.<\/li>\n<li>View and edit meta data.<\/li>\n<li>Zoom in\/out, redo\/undo, and more.<\/li>\n<li>Use GIMP, Rawtherapee, etc as plugins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to Install The Latest Fotoxx in Ubuntu via PPA:<\/h3>\n<p>The software offers only source tarball available to download at the link below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/kornelix.net\/downloads\/downloads.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Fotoxx (Source Tarball)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ubuntu has the photo manager in the Software App, however it&#8217;s always old.<br \/>\nTo install the latest Fotoxx, use the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~xtradeb\/+archive\/ubuntu\/apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ubuntu PPA<\/a> which so far supports for <b>Ubuntu 20.04<\/b>, <b>Linux Mint 20<\/b>, and <b>Ubuntu 22.04<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>1.) First open terminal from system app launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xtradeb\/apps<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password, no asterisk feedback, for sudo prompt and hit Enter to continue<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/xtradeb-apps.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33479\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/xtradeb-apps.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2.) Next run command to install the photo management software:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo apt install fotoxx<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/apt-fotoxx.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-33987\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/apt-fotoxx-600x289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/apt-fotoxx-600x289.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/apt-fotoxx-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/apt-fotoxx.jpg 715w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once installed, open it from system app launcher and enjoy!<\/p>\n<h3>Remove Fotoxx as well as the PPA:<\/h3>\n<p>To remove the Ubuntu PPA, simply open <i>Software &amp; Updates<\/i> utility and navigate to <i>Other Software<\/i> tab. There highlight the relevant line and remove it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/remove-xtradeb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-33826\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/remove-xtradeb-600x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/remove-xtradeb-600x290.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/remove-xtradeb-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/remove-xtradeb-768x371.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/remove-xtradeb.jpg 1012w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To remove Fotoxx, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo apt remove --auto-remove fotoxx<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a lightweight photo editor and management app for Linux? 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