Mayank Sharma
can’t believe it’s already that time of year when he has to find a distraction as the F1 circus goes on hiatus. After he’s done picking HotPicks, that is.
PHOTO MANAGER
Shotwell
Version: 0.32.3 Web: https://wiki. gnome.org/Apps/Shotwell
here’s a reason why Shotwell is the default photo manager on virtually every distribution T that uses the Gnome desktop. It has all the features you would expect from an everyday photo manager, with the added benefit of some very handy photo-editing functions.
The app is now available as a Flatpak, which means you can use it on any desktop environment. Use flatpak install flathub org.gnome.Shotwell to install the app on any distro that’s set up to install Flatpaks.
On first launch, the app automatically imports photos from the ~/Pictures folder, although you can import photos from other places as well. It automatically groups photos by date and tags while importing them.
The app has a straightforward two-pane interface. The left pane helps you find images by breaking them down by details such as date, tags and such. The thumbnails for the images that meet the criteria selected in the left-panel are displayed on the right. Double-click on an image to work on it.
In addition to images, Shotwell also works with all the popular video formats. However, when you double-click on a video, the app passes it on to the external video player installed on your distro.
When you are viewing a particular photo, the bottom panel lists all the tools that you can use to edit the image. You can crop, straighten and rotate images, as well as remove red-eye from portraits. There’s a very helpful Enhance button that automatically improves the appearance of the image. However, the app also offers advanced users the option to manually adjust the colour and tone of the image.
You can also rate the images and assign tags to the photos to help sort your library. The app also enables you to mark faces
LET’S E XPLORE SHOT WELL
You can use the different sections listed here to sort your images by date,
