Applications designed to organize, edit, and improve photos are a very useful tool for everybody who is serious about preserving pictures of memorable moments in their computers. Users of Mac OS X have iPhoto while those who prefer Microsoft Windows have Picasa. These are great apps but neither will run on Linux. What Linux users can use, instead, are Lphoto and F-Spot. Lphoto Lphoto is an open source photo management software embedded in Linspire that is available in different Linux versions. It is compatible with many different digital cameras. If a compatible digital camera is connected to a computer via a USB port, Lphoto is able to read JPEG images in the camera’s storage device and offers to download the stored photos into the computer. A single click on your mouse is all you need to do this. Once imported, you can organize, rotate, re-touch, resize, and edit your photos, and save your changes. You can also create albums and animated slide shows that you can share with your family and friends. A CD-writing Python script receives directories of digitized photos for burning to a CD or DVD.F-Spot Supporting a long list of common files including JPEG, TIFF, GIF, and RAW, F-Spot is more versatile the Lphoto. Photos from your hard drive, digital camera, or iPod can be imported to the application. These photos can be tagged making grouping, organizing, and searching easier. EXIF and XMP metadata in the photos can be viewed and exported. F-spot is also capable of minor editing functions such as the rotation of photos, the removal of red-eye, cropping for a less cluttered picture, and resizing. All these take only a few mouse clicks. A feature called Versioning retains a copy of the original photo thus you will always have an unedited copy. Color adjustments are also possible. Contrast, brightness, hue, temperature, and saturation can be tinkered with to produce a more dramatic effect on your photos.
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