This is Pix, an image viewer and browser utility.
Pix is part of the X-Apps project, which aims at producing cross-distribution and cross-desktop software.
What is Pix
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* Pix is an image browser
+ Browse your hard disk showing you thumbnails of image files.
+ Thumbnails are saved in the same database used by Nautilus so you
don't waste disk space.
+ Automatically update the content of a folder.
+ Copy, move, delete images and folders.
+ Bookmarks of folders and catalogs.
* Pix is an image viewer
+ View single images (including GIF animations). Supported image
types are: BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, TGA, ICO, XPM.
+ Optional support for RAW and HDR (high dynamic range) images.
+ View EXIF data attached to JPEG images.
+ View in fullscreen mode.
+ View images rotated, flipped, mirrored.
* Pix is an image organizer
+ Add comments to images.
+ Organize images in catalogs, catalogs in libraries.
+ Print images and comments.
+ Search for images on you hard disk and save the result as a catalog.
Search criteria remain attached to the catalog so you can update it
when you want.
* Pix is an image editor
+ Change image hue, saturation, lightness, contrast and adjust colors.
+ Scale and rotate images.
+ Save images in the following formats: JPEG, PNG, TIFF, TGA.
+ Crop images.
+ Red-eye removal tool.
* Pix is an advanced tool
+ Import images from a digital camera.
+ Slide Shows.
+ Set an image as Desktop background.
+ Create index image.
+ Rename images in series.
+ Convert image format.
+ Change images date and time.
+ JPEG lossless transformations.
+ Find duplicated images.
Licensing
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This program is released under the terms of the GNU General Public
License (GNU GPL).
You can find a copy of the license in the file COPYING.
Compiling
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In order to build this program you need a working GNOME environment
version 2 or greater, with the development tools installed properly.
The following is the detailed list of libraries you need:
* glib version >= 2.16.0
* gtk version >= 2.18.0
* gthread
* gmodule
* gio-unix
* gconf version >= 2.6.0
* intltool version >= 0.35.0
* unique version >= 1.1.2
While not mandatory, these libraries greatly increase Pix's
basic usefulness:
* exiv2 version >= 0.18
(embedded metadata support)
* gstreamer version >= 0.10
(video support)
* libjpeg
* libtiff
(jpeg and tiff writing support)
These libraries are optional:
* clutter version >= 1.0.0
* clutter-gtk version >= 0.10.0
(These libraries provide enhanced slideshow effects.)
* libopenraw version >= 0.0.8
(This adds some support for RAW photos)
If dcraw is present (and is in your executable search path),
Pix can view full RAW photos.
Extensions
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Pix has a plug-in system for extensions. Some standard features
are implemented as extensions and are supplied with the standard
distribution. Users may write (and share) additional extensions.
Credits
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Pix is based on gThumb 3.2.8.
Many thanks to the original developers and to all the people who contributed to gThumb.