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F-Spot
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Original author(s)	Ettore Perazzoli
Developer(s)	Larry Ewing, Stephane Delcroix, Gabriel Burt, Ruben Vermeersch, Timothy Howard, Stephen Shaw
Stable release	0.8.2 / 19 December 2010; 13 years ago
Repository	github.com/f-spot/f-spot
Written in	C# (GTK#), C++
Operating system	Linux
Platform	Mono, GNOME
Type	Image organizer
License	MIT; 0.0.1 to 0.8.2: GPL-2.0-only

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F-Spot is a discontinued image organizer, that was designed to provide personal photo management for the GNOME desktop environment. The name is a play on the word F-Stop. F-Spot can be used for basic photo editing and management.^[3]

History

The F-Spot project was started by Ettore Perazzoli and was maintained by Stephen Shaw. F-Spot is written in the C# programming language using Mono.^[4]

Before its discontinuation in 2017, F-Spot was the standard image tool for several GNOME based distributions. Before that, Fedora replaced F-Spot with Shotwell in Fedora 13.^[5] Ubuntu also replaced it with Shotwell in 10.10 Maverick Meerkat.^[6]^[7]

Features

F-Spot aimed to have an interface that is simple to use but also facilitates advanced features such as tagging images, and displaying and exporting image metadata in Exif and XMP formats. F-Spot has been noted as being similar to iPhoto.^[8]

All major photographic image formats are supported, including JPEG, PNG, TIFF, DNG, GIF, SVG and PPM, as well as several vendor-specific RAW formats (CR2, PEF, ORF, SRF, CRW, MRW and RAF).^[9] As of 2008, the RAW formats were not editable with F-Spot. However, newer releases of F-Spot have the DevelopInUFRaw extension, which calls on UFRaw for the conversion work, and then re-imports the resulting JPEG back into F-Spot as a new version of the original RAW.

Photos can be imported directly from the camera. The driver support is provided by libgphoto2. The GNOME desktop environment can also optionally detect if a camera or a memory card has been attached, and import images to F-Spot automatically. Photo CDs can be created by selecting multiple photographs and selecting "Export to CD" from the main menu.^[10]

F-Spot has a photo tagging feature which allows for photos to be organized based on user-defined tags or generic pre-included tags such as favorites.^[11]^[12]

Basic functions such as crop and rotate available alongside more advanced features such as red-eye removal and versioning. The rotate function allows for movements in single degree increments with autocrop, not just 90-degree adjustment. Color adjustments are supported with a histogram. They include an auto-improve and individual brightness, contrast, hue, saturation and temperature.

Photos in the F-Spot library can be uploaded to a number of online photo storage sites. F-Spot exporting to websites such as Flickr, SmugMug, 23hq, and Picasa Web Albums, and also using stand-alone web gallery software, such as Gallery.^[10]^[9] F-Spot can also generate static web gallery sites and export to Facebook. F-Spot automatically downsizes photos before exporting to Flickr, and though it describes this as "optional," there is no option to not downsize photos before export.^{[citation needed]}

Technical information

When images are imported into F-Spot, they are written to disk. The folder is /username/Pictures/Photos/[year]/[month]/[Day].

References

^ "F-Spot 0.8.2 Released!". 19 December 2010.
^ History for f-spot / COPYING
^ "F-Spot Photo Manager - Ubuntu: Up and Running [Book]". O'Reilly. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
^ Veitch, Nick (2010-05-29). "Best photo managers for Linux". TechRadar. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
^ "4. Changes in Fedora for Desktop Users". docs.fedoraproject.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
^ Sneddon, Joey (2010-05-13). "See Ya F-Spot! Shotwell to be default Image App in Ubuntu 10.10". OMG Ubuntu.
^ Scott, Gilberson (2010-06-30). "Pictures of Ubuntu: Linux's best photo shots at Windows and Mac". The Register.
^ Wallen, Jack (2010-01-19). "Manage your photo collection with F-Spot - gHacks Tech News". gHacks Technology News. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
^ ^a ^b Germain, Jack (2010-02-03). "F-Spot: An Able-Bodied All-in-One Image Machine". LinuxInsider. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
^ ^a ^b Bartholomew, Daniel (2006-10-01). "Manage Your Photos with F-Spot | Linux Journal". LinuxJournal. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
^ Raggi, Emilio; Thomas, Keir; Channelle, Andy; Parsons, Trevor; Vugt, Sander van; Thomas, Adam (2011-01-10). Beginning Ubuntu Linux. Apress. p. 384. ISBN 978-1-4302-3040-3.
^ Rankin, Kyle (2006). "1". Linux Multimedia Hacks: Tips & Tools for Taming Images, Audio, and Video. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". pp. 11–14. ISBN 978-0-596-10076-6.

External links

[wikidata-c953f4aa933bd0c2107a53291a98ebc983ca9951-v18-1] "F-Spot 0.8.2 Released!". 19 December 2010.

[2] History for f-spot / COPYING

[3] "F-Spot Photo Manager - Ubuntu: Up and Running [Book]". O'Reilly. Retrieved 2024-07-21.

[4] Veitch, Nick (2010-05-29). "Best photo managers for Linux". TechRadar. Retrieved 2024-07-21.

[5] "4. Changes in Fedora for Desktop Users". docs.fedoraproject.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.

[6] Sneddon, Joey (2010-05-13). "See Ya F-Spot! Shotwell to be default Image App in Ubuntu 10.10". OMG Ubuntu.

[7] Scott, Gilberson (2010-06-30). "Pictures of Ubuntu: Linux's best photo shots at Windows and Mac". The Register.

[8] Wallen, Jack (2010-01-19). "Manage your photo collection with F-Spot - gHacks Tech News". gHacks Technology News. Retrieved 2024-07-21.

[:0-9] Germain, Jack (2010-02-03). "F-Spot: An Able-Bodied All-in-One Image Machine". LinuxInsider. Retrieved 2024-07-21.

[:1-10] Bartholomew, Daniel (2006-10-01). "Manage Your Photos with F-Spot | Linux Journal". LinuxJournal. Retrieved 2024-07-21.

[11] Raggi, Emilio; Thomas, Keir; Channelle, Andy; Parsons, Trevor; Vugt, Sander van; Thomas, Adam (2011-01-10). Beginning Ubuntu Linux. Apress. p. 384. ISBN 978-1-4302-3040-3.

[12] Rankin, Kyle (2006). "1". Linux Multimedia Hacks: Tips & Tools for Taming Images, Audio, and Video. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". pp. 11–14. ISBN 978-0-596-10076-6.

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-'''F-Spot''' is a discontinued [[image organizer]], designed to provide personal photo management for the [[GNOME]] desktop environment. The name is a play on the word [[F-Stop]].
+'''F-Spot''' is a discontinued [[image organizer]], that was designed to provide personal photo management for the [[GNOME]] desktop environment. The name is a play on the word [[F-Stop]]. F-Spot can be used for basic photo editing and management.<ref>{{Cite web |title=F-Spot Photo Manager - Ubuntu: Up and Running [Book] |url=https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/ubuntu-up-and/9781449382827/ch14s05.html |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=O'Reilly |language=en}}</ref>
 ==History==
-The F-Spot project was started by [[Ettore Perazzoli]] and was later maintained by Stephen Shaw until discontinuation. F-Spot is written in the [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]] programming language using [[Mono (software)|Mono]].
+The F-Spot project was started by [[Ettore Perazzoli]] and was maintained by Stephen Shaw. F-Spot is written in the [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]] programming language using [[Mono (software)|Mono]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Veitch |first=Nick |date=2010-05-29 |title=Best photo managers for Linux |url=https://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/8-of-the-best-photo-managers-for-linux-692441 |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=[[TechRadar]] |language=en}}</ref>
-Before its shutdown and discontinuation in 2017, F-Spot was the standard image tool for several GNOME based [[Linux distribution|distributions]]. Even before that, [[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora]] replaced F-Spot with [[Shotwell (software)|Shotwell]] in Fedora 13.<ref>[http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Release_Notes/sect-Release_Notes-Changes_in_Fedora_for_Desktop_Users.html 4. Changes in Fedora for Desktop Users] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304215324/http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Release_Notes/sect-Release_Notes-Changes_in_Fedora_for_Desktop_Users.html |date=2016-03-04 }}</ref> [[Ubuntu]] has done the same as of 10.10 Maverick Meerkat.<ref>http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/05/see-ya-f-spot-shotwell-to-be-default-image-app-in-ubuntu-10-10</ref>
+Before its discontinuation in 2017, F-Spot was the standard image tool for several GNOME based [[Linux distribution|distributions]]. Before that, [[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora]] replaced F-Spot with [[Shotwell (software)|Shotwell]] in Fedora 13.<ref>{{Cite web |title=4. Changes in Fedora for Desktop Users |url=http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Release_Notes/sect-Release_Notes-Changes_in_Fedora_for_Desktop_Users.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304215324/http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Release_Notes/sect-Release_Notes-Changes_in_Fedora_for_Desktop_Users.html |archive-date=2016-03-04 |website=docs.fedoraproject.org}}</ref> [[Ubuntu]] also replaced it with Shotwell in 10.10 Maverick Meerkat.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sneddon |first=Joey |date=2010-05-13 |title=See Ya F-Spot! Shotwell to be default Image App in Ubuntu 10.10 |url=http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/05/see-ya-f-spot-shotwell-to-be-default-image-app-in-ubuntu-10-10 |website=OMG Ubuntu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Gilberson |date=2010-06-30 |title=Pictures of Ubuntu: Linux's best photo shots at Windows and Mac |url=https://www.theregister.com/Print/2010/06/30/linux_versus_mac_windows_2/ |website=[[The Register]]}}</ref>
 ==Features==
-F-Spot aimed to have an interface that is simple to use but also facilitate advanced features such as tagging images, and displaying and exporting image [[metadata]] in [[Exchangeable image file format|Exif]] and [[Extensible Metadata Platform|XMP]] formats.
+F-Spot aimed to have an interface that is simple to use but also facilitates advanced features such as tagging images, and displaying and exporting image [[metadata]] in [[Exchangeable image file format|Exif]] and [[Extensible Metadata Platform|XMP]] formats. F-Spot has been noted as being similar to [[iPhoto]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wallen |first=Jack |date=2010-01-19 |title=Manage your photo collection with F-Spot - gHacks Tech News |url=https://www.ghacks.net/2010/01/19/manage-your-photo-collection-with-f-spot/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=gHacks Technology News |language=en-US}}</ref>
-All major photographic [[Image file formats|image formats]] are supported, including [[JPEG]], [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]], [[TIFF]], [[Digital Negative (file format)|DNG]], [[Graphics Interchange Format|GIF]], [[Scalable Vector Graphics|SVG]] and [[Netpbm format|PPM]], as well as several vendor-specific [[Raw image format|RAW]] formats (CR2, PEF, ORF, SRF, CRW, MRW and RAF). As of 2008, the RAW formats were not editable with F-Spot. However, newer releases of F-Spot have the DevelopInUFRaw extension, which calls on [[UFRaw]] for the conversion work, and then re-imports the resulting [[JPEG]] back into F-Spot as a new version of the original RAW.
+All major photographic [[Image file formats|image formats]] are supported, including [[JPEG]], [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]], [[TIFF]], [[Digital Negative|DNG]], [[Graphics Interchange Format|GIF]], [[Scalable Vector Graphics|SVG]] and [[Netpbm format|PPM]], as well as several vendor-specific [[Raw image format|RAW]] formats (CR2, PEF, ORF, SRF, CRW, MRW and RAF).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Germain |first=Jack |date=2010-02-03 |title=F-Spot: An Able-Bodied All-in-One Image Machine |url=https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/f-spot-an-able-bodied-all-in-one-image-machine-69251.html |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=LinuxInsider |language=en-US}}</ref> As of 2008, the RAW formats were not editable with F-Spot. However, newer releases of F-Spot have the DevelopInUFRaw extension, which calls on [[UFRaw]] for the conversion work, and then re-imports the resulting [[JPEG]] back into F-Spot as a new version of the original RAW.
-Photos can be imported directly from the [[camera]]. The driver support is provided by [[GPhoto|libgphoto2]]. The GNOME desktop environment can also optionally detect if a camera or a memory card has been attached, and import images to F-Spot automatically. [[Photo CD]]s can be created by selecting multiple photographs and selecting "Export to CD" from the main menu.
+Photos can be imported directly from the [[camera]]. The driver support is provided by [[GPhoto|libgphoto2]]. The GNOME desktop environment can also optionally detect if a camera or a memory card has been attached, and import images to F-Spot automatically. [[Photo CD]]s can be created by selecting multiple photographs and selecting "Export to CD" from the main menu.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Bartholomew |first=Daniel |date=2006-10-01 |title=Manage Your Photos with F-Spot {{!}} Linux Journal |url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9110 |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=LinuxJournal}}</ref>
+F-Spot has a photo tagging feature which allows for photos to be organized based on user-defined tags or generic pre-included tags such as favorites.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raggi |first=Emilio |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EI2hmm28UqwC |title=Beginning Ubuntu Linux |last2=Thomas |first2=Keir |last3=Channelle |first3=Andy |last4=Parsons |first4=Trevor |last5=Vugt |first5=Sander van |last6=Thomas |first6=Adam |date=2011-01-10 |publisher=Apress |isbn=978-1-4302-3040-3 |page=384 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rankin |first=Kyle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MaebAgAAQBAJ |title=Linux Multimedia Hacks: Tips & Tools for Taming Images, Audio, and Video |date=2006 |publisher="O'Reilly Media, Inc." |isbn=978-0-596-10076-6 |pages=11-14 |language=en |chapter=1}}</ref>
 Basic functions such as crop and rotate available alongside more advanced features such as red-eye removal and versioning. The rotate function allows for movements in single degree increments with autocrop, not just 90-degree adjustment. Color adjustments are supported with a histogram. They include an auto-improve and individual brightness, contrast, hue, saturation and temperature.
-Photos in the F-Spot library can be uploaded to a number of online photo storage sites. F-Spot supports two major gallery sites, [[Flickr]] and [[Picasa Web Albums]],<ref>[http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2006/Sep-02-2.html F-Spot with PicasaWeb Export]</ref> and also using stand-alone web gallery software, including [[Gallery Project|Gallery]] and O.r.i.g.i.n.a.l.<ref>[http://jimmac.musichall.cz/original.php Original Photo Gallery]</ref> F-Spot can also generate static web gallery sites and export to [[Facebook]]. F-Spot automatically downsizes photos before exporting to Flickr, and though the F-Spot web site describes this as "optional," there is no option to not downsize photos before export.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://f-spot.org/Features |title=F-Spot Features |access-date=2009-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828001112/http://f-spot.org/Features |archive-date=2010-08-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+Photos in the F-Spot library can be uploaded to a number of online photo storage sites. F-Spot exporting to websites such as [[Flickr]], [[SmugMug]], 23hq, and [[Picasa Web Albums]], and also using stand-alone web gallery software, such as [[Gallery Project|Gallery]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> F-Spot can also generate static web gallery sites and export to [[Facebook]]. F-Spot automatically downsizes photos before exporting to Flickr, and though it describes this as "optional," there is no option to not downsize photos before export.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
 ==Technical information==
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 * [[Shotwell (software)|Shotwell]] – digital photo manager for [[GNOME]]
 * [[digiKam]] – digital photo manager by [[KDE]]
+* [[RawTherapee]]
 * [[Comparison of image viewers]]
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 ==External links==
-* {{cite web|url=http://f-spot.org/|title=F-Spot: Personal photo management for the GNOME desktop|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002140404/http://f-spot.org/|archivedate=2 October 2017}}
 {{GNOME}}
+{{Image viewers and organizers}}
 [[Category:Discontinued software]]
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 [[Category:Free image viewers]]
 [[Category:Free photo software]]
-[[Category:Software that uses Mono]]
+[[Category:Software that uses Mono (software)]]
 [[Category:Free software programmed in C Sharp]]
 [[Category:Applications using D-Bus]]