11.0 Using Digital Cameras with Linux
f-spot is a management tool for your collection of digital
images tailored for the GNOME desktop. It allows you to assign different
tags to your images in order to categorize them and offers various
neat image editing options.
The first time you run f-spot, tell it where to find the images
to import to your f-spot collection. If you already have a collection
of images stored on your hard drive, enter the path to the respective directory
and optionally include subfolders. f-spot imports these images into
its database.
HINT:If all the images you are importing belong to the same category,
you can attach the appropriate tag on import. Select and choose the matching tag from the drop down menu.
f-spot's main window is divided into three main areas. Categories,
tags, and detailed information for the selected images are displayed
in a sidebar to the left and a thumbnails of all images bearing
the selected tag or category or, if none is selected, the entire
collection is displayed in the right part of the window.
A menu bar right at the top of the window allows you to access
the main menus. A toolbar below offers several different functions
depicted by a matching icon:
Table 11-1 f-spot Toolbar
Rotate (Left or Right) |
Use this shortcut to change an image's
orientation. |
Browse |
The Browse mode allows you to view and
search you entire collection or tagged subsets of it. You can also
use the time line to search images by creation date. |
Edit Image |
This mode allows you to select one image
and do some basic image processing. Details are available in Section 11.6, Basic Image Processing with f-spot. |
Fullscreen |
Switch to fullscreen display mode. |
Slideshow |
Start a slide show. |