There are many tools available to help you to work with your digital photo collection.
Xubuntu automatically detects most digital cameras when you plug them in, and will offer to import your photos automatically.
To import photos from your camera:
Plug-in and switch on the camera by placing it in review mode. Xubuntu should ask you if you would like to import the photos that the camera contains.
Click on
. You should then see a preview of the photos.Choose a location to save your photos to, then click on
. The photos will be saved to your hard drive.If Xubuntu does not ask you if it can import the photos, you may need to install additional software. F-Spot is one application that can assist with the importing and management of photos. To install F-Spot and import your photos, perform the following steps:
Install the F-Spot Photo Manager application
Open
→ → and choose → .Select your camera as the Import Source and then click
to begin importing your photos.If your camera does not appear as an import source, press File Browser.
→ and check if your camera is visible there as a removable storage device. If it is, you can then copy the photos manually using theF-Spot provides a complete solution for managing your photo collection. To start it, choose → → .
With F-Spot, you can import photos from your digital camera or USB stick, tag them with familiar terms, do touch ups, and edit them in different ways. In addition to this, you can upload photos easily to your Flickr, PicasaWeb album and other online photo galleries.
For help with F-Spot, see the F-Spot User Guide.
If you want to show off your photos in all of their glory, why not run a slideshow of them?
Watch a slideshow using the F-Spot
You can use a slideshow of your photos as you screensaver:
Press
→ → .Select the F-Spot photos screensaver theme.
Photos that are tagged as Favorites in F-Spot will be displayed as your screensaver.
If you would like to change which tag is used for the slideshow:
Open F-Spot
Click
→Under Screensaver, select the desired tag
Press
Printing your photos is great way to share them with others.
Double-click the photo you want to print to open it in the Image Viewer
Click
→Under Format for, select the printer which you are going to use
Under Paper size, select the size of the paper which you are going to print the photo onto
Under Orientation, choose the orientation of the photo on the paper
Press
Click
→Change any settings as appropriate (see below)
Press
to print the photoYou can tweak your printing settings to get the best results. All of these settings can be found in the
→ window.Make sure that you select your printer from the list on the General tab to get the full range of settings supported by your printer.
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Different makes of printer will have different printer settings. The settings below are only provided as a guide for what you may be able to change with your particular printer. |
The paper type that you use has a large impact on the quality of your printed photo. You should set the paper type to match the paper which you are using in your printer to prevent poor results. Using a glossy paper type with only plain paper loaded into your printer will generally produce poor results, for example.
This setting may automatically change the amount of ink which is used, in order to get the best results and to prevent smudging. How this is handled will depend on your printer.
Print quality is generally measured in DPI (dots per inch). A greater DPI value should result in better print quality.
Choose Draft for making quick draft prints which don't use much ink
Choose Best Quality or Photo for making high quality prints. Printing will be slower and will use more ink
For advanced photo printing, install the PhotoPrint package from the universe repository. Once installed, press → → to start PhotoPrint.
PhotoPrint allows you to fine-tune your printing settings.
Under Page Size, change the page size to the size of paper that you want to print onto.
Under Layout, change the number of columns and rows to reflect the number of photos that you want to put onto a page
To change the amount of spacing between photos, change the Horizontal and Vertical settings under Gutters
To add a photo to the page, press
→ and select a photoTo change the advanced printer settings, press
→You may need to select the correct printer model on the Output tab
Press
→ to print your photosIf you want to share your collection of photos with others, why not use an online photo sharing service or burn a CD of your photos? Xubuntu has plenty of tools to help you share your pictures.
Share your photos over the Internet using a photo sharing service or a web gallery.
Refer to the section called “Burning CDs and DVDs” for information regarding burning a CD of your photos.
E-mail copies of your photos directly.
Sometimes, you may need to adjust or touch-up a photo to make it look better or to remove some flaw. F-Spot includes a few basic tools for doing this. To access these tools, press the button and then click on one of the tools at the bottom of the screen.
The GIMP Image Editor is much more advanced. It is installed in Xubuntu by default, and can be started by clicking → → .
The GIMP has many professional-level features. It includes tools for selections, drawing, creating paths, masks, filters, effects, and more.
You may find that you have some photos which are the wrong way up. It is easy to rotate photos so that they're the right way up again.
The Image Viewer, F-Spot Photo Manager and the GIMP Image Editor are all capable of rotating photos.
You can resize photos which are too big. If you have a photo which has a large file size, resizing it will also reduce the file size.
The GIMP Image Editor supports several methods of resizing photos. We will concentrate on the simplest method.
Open the photo you want to resize in the GIMP Image Editor
Press
→Adjust the Width or Height as appropriate. The image will be kept to scale.
If you want to adjust the width and height independently, press the link button which connects the Width and Height boxes, so that it looks like a broken link.
Under Quality, change the Interpolation to Cubic (Best). This will give you the best quality resized image
Press Scale to resize the photo
Press
→ and choose a new filename for the photoPress Save to save the resized photo