Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Fotoxx is an open source photo editing program, working on Linux. It has support for the most important image formats, including JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF and RAW. Fotoxx is mostly used for cropping, resizing or retouching photos, without using layers, like Photoshop.
The latest version available is Fotoxx 15.05, which has been recently released, coming with the below changes:
- New: Smart Denoise: measure and reduce noise with minimal loss of detail.
Also measure camera sensor noise using a RAW image. - The function Newest Images was revised to show a gallery of the newest 1000 image files, based on either EXIF photo date or file modification date.
- Zonal Flatten: algorithm improvement and stronger deband controls.
- New: Cycle Background: cycle Desktop background image via Fotoxx album.
- Bugfix: Possible crash in some edit functions if the [done] button or Return key
is pressed very quickly after adjusting a dialog control or edit curve. - Bugfix: Edit Metadata: tags with special characters were sometimes getting split into two tags.
- Bugfix: Color Mode: color negative: it was sometimes possible to create invalid RGB colors which affected later color functions.
In this article I will show you how to install Fotoxx 15.05 on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet, Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Debian 8 Jessie and derivative systems: Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Deepin 2014, Peppermint Five, LXLE 14.04 and Linux Lite 2.
For Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and derivative systems, Fotoxx 15.05 is available via PPA, so installing it is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the fotoxx package. Like this:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dhor/myway
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install fotoxx
For Ubuntu 15.04 and Debian 8, we have to download the deb package from the project’s website and install it by hand. I prefer gdebi over dpkg due to the fact that it also handles dependencies. Follow the instructions for your system’s architecture exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget http://www.kornelix.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/13035936/fotoxx-15.05-i686.deb
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ sudo gdebi fotoxx-15.05-i686.deb
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget http://www.kornelix.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/13035936/fotoxx-15.05-x86_64.deb
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ sudo gdebi fotoxx-fotoxx-15.05-x86_64.deb
Optional, to remove Fotoxx 15.05 from either Ubuntu, Debian or a derivative system, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove fotoxx
