F-Spot

F-Spot is a program to retrieve, manage and edit digital photos.

Example Use Cases

What the main thumbnail view should look like, probably (in-progress)

• Import from folder
• Import from gPhoto device
• Import from URL
• Sync location (photos added to ~/Photos by 3rd party)
• Find duplicates

• Crack: Support downloading track info from GPS

• Assign Tags
• Rating System – judging the quality of a shot by the photographer.
• Group shots – burst shots, versions (effect applied, various crop versions)
• Assign extended information / Metadata (comments and info via EXIF, XMP, IPTC, etc.)
• Compare photos
• Archive Sets – removable media (dvds, hard disks)
• View Images in full screen mode.
• Add FotoNotes™ editing (hey, it’s open source) – currently site broken

All modifications of an image are non-destructive. All effects, transformations are either applied on a version (copy) of an image or are a matter of storing parameters for RAW files. The original files are never touched.

• Transformations
• Effects
• Open With...

• Quicksearch in Browser
• Search integration

• Web Export
• CD-R/DVD-R Backup
• Printshop Export

• Print Dialog

• Photo guides – Tutorials & Tips for better photography
• Display calibration – Ideally this would launch the system control panel tool that helps you adjust the monitor brightness and contrast correctly for best image quality - helps when you edit photos.

• Popularity statistics of photographs (based on information from PhotoSIG.com)
• Wired Magazine: Point. Shoot. Kiss It Good-Bye.

• Storage - when importing from cams, the photos need to be stored somewhere.
• Importing from read-only/removable media - copy to storage? Leave readonly? How to communicate the medium is not available? (see Archive Support)
• Versions - currently a copy of the file is made in the same directory.
• vFolders concept - store search queries in a similar fashion to Evolution’s vFolders.

• Colors
• Photo Sharing
• Interesting Links