Photos are grouped into ‘events’ based on the the date/time the photos was taken. The main window can be zoomed into, you can right click on photos to duplicate photos and add tags. One great thing about Shotwell is the consistency – you don’t have separate jarring designed windows for import, editing, etc – they all not only look pretty much the same but behave the same. Yikes! After a successful import the following prompt popped up which, had I not paid attention, could easily have cost me my original photos! The Main window I initially thought I could simply click on the ones I wished to import to select them, clicking them again to deselect, but no dice.Īfter selecting my photos for import using CTRL+Click I then used the right click menu to import them. Selecting a number other than ‘all’ would be a bit unintuitive for someone not versed in the handy CTRL+Click. I didn’t want to import my entire collection of random photos to my Pictures folder (Shotwells default placing) but merely a couple. The process was instant: I plugged in, the dialogue above opened, I clicked okay and there were my photos in Shotwell ready to be imported, edited and tagged. I plugged in my Kodak Zi8 – a HD video camera that can also take photos – to see what would happen. Shotwell, like F-Spot, can be made to auto-launch on the insertion of a digital camera. Photos can be imported via the ‘File’ menu, a camera or simply dragging and dropping images on to the Shotwell interface. To help develop your potential relationship Shotwell launches a handy ‘first-run’ dialogue to get you up and running. ![]() You’re new to Shotwell and Shotwell knows that. ![]() We likely won’t squeeze in a mention for every options, setting and feature Shotwell has but we’ll do our best… First run With that in mind what better time for a brief run down of using Shotwell. Whilst we’ve featured Shotwell many times on OMG! Ubuntu! but, for many of you reading this, Maverick will be your first chance to get a close-up with the neat little tool. Ubuntu 10.10 will see the much-derided F-Spot pushed out of the frame in favour of the lighter, leaner Yorba-developed photo manager/editor app going by the name of ‘ Shotwell‘.
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