Showing posts with label image viewer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label image viewer. Show all posts
Monday, October 19, 2015
Install gThumb 3.3.2 in Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 / 14.10 Or Linux Mint 17 With Cinnamon Via PPA
gThumb is an image organizer/viewer that can export images to PicasaWeb, Facebook, Flickr or Photobucket, comes with some basic image editing features such as cropping, resizing, rotation, image enhancing, has video support, supports WebP images, can import images from digital camera and many other cool features.
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| gThumb 3.3.2 in Ubuntu 14.04 (under GNOME Shell) |
Ubuntu 14.04 had gThumb 3.3.1 in its official repositories at some point but because starting with version 3.3.0, the application uses header bars (also known as client side decorations) and they don't work properly under Unity, gThumb was downgraded to version 3.2.7. And that's ok for Unity but how about Ubuntu GNOME and Linux Mint 17 (with Cinnamon 2.2.x) users?
Well, to make it easier to install, I've uploaded the latest gThumb 3.3.2 in the failsdownloads gThumb PPA for Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 and Linux Mint 17 with Cinnamon users.
Because gThumb 3.3.x uses header bars, the package from the failsdownloads gThumb PPA should only be used by GNOME Shell (Ubuntu GNOME) and Linux Mint 17 with Cinnamon users! If you try to use it under other desktop environments, you'll encounter various visual glitches - for instance, under Unity, gThumb will look broken with the default Ambiance theme: no window titlebar and weird looking header bars, no window shadow, etc.; with Numix, the header bars look ok but the window doesn't have any shadows and also, unless you remove the overlay scrollbars package, some parts of the gThumb window are transparent. So only use gThumb from the failsdownloads gThumb PPA under Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 (if you use GNOME Shell)!
Changes in gThumb 3.3.2 (released yesterday) since 3.2.7:
- Use a GtkHeaderBar instead of a menu and a toolbar;
- Use dark theme;
- Better raw image support, using libraw instead of libopenraw;
- Image viewer: show a frame around the image; use an overview window to scroll the image instead of the scrollbars; better quality for zoomed out images;
- Faster image loader for big images;
- Use symbolic icons everywhere;
- Added a custom tiff loader;
- Add a rating-based filter;
- Image viewer buttons: added fit to width;
- Added navigation buttons to show the next and the previous file;
- Use a dialog to rename folders and catalogs;
- Allow to find duplicates in catalogs;
- Much more - for complete changes, see the news files from HERE.
Further more, gThumb in Ubuntu is built without Clutter support - this is enabled for the gThumb package available in the failsdownloads gThumb PPA, allowing the application to use some fancy transition effects for the slideshow. To use transition effects with the gThumb slideshow, from the gThumb preferences, on the "Viewer" tab, select the transition you want to use. Start the slideshow using F5.
Also, the PPA package is built with using libraw for better raw image support.
Also, the PPA package is built with using libraw for better raw image support.
Install gThumb 3.3.x in Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 / 14.10 (GNOME Shell) or Linux Mint 17 with Cinnamon
To add the failsdownloads gThumb PPA and install the latest gThumb 3.3.2 in Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 / 14.10 or Linux Mint 17 with Cinnamon (so only for GNOME Shell and Cinnamon 2.2.x users!! see above why), use the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:failsdownloadsteam/gthumb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gthumbHow to revert the changes
If for some reason you don't like gThumb 3.3.x (you want to switch from GNOME Shell to Unity, etc.) and want to go back to the gThumb version available in the official Ubuntu 14.04 repositories (3:3.3.1.is.3.2.7-0ubuntu1 so version 3.2.7), use the following commands to purge the failsdownloads gThumb PPA and downgrade the application:
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:failsdownloadsteam/gthumb
Lightbox-Style Image Viewer `PhotoQt` 1.2 Released
PhotoQt 1.2 was released recently and it includes some important improvements, like better SVG support, XCF support, better handling of large folders (15,000+ files), shuffle and loop options for the slideshow and much more.
For those not familiar with PhotoQt, this is a fast, Lightbox-style Qt5 image viewer which uses GraphicsMagick under the hood (so it supports over 80 file types).
Besides its image viewing capabilities, PhotoQt can be used for some basic image manipulation (flip, rotate, zoom) and file management (rename, delete, move, copy).
Besides its image viewing capabilities, PhotoQt can be used for some basic image manipulation (flip, rotate, zoom) and file management (rename, delete, move, copy).
PhotoQt also features customizable keyboard and mouse shortcuts, thumbnail cache, can display EXIF information, image slideshow and more.
Changes in PhotoQt 1.2:
- GraphicsMagick: more thorough testing and fixing;
- intelligent detection of supported fileformats on first start;
- color filetype tiles of unsupported formats orange (Qt formats only);
- better SVG support;
- added XCF support (depending on XCFtools);
- added PSB/PSD support (depending on libqpsd);
- added Loop and Shuffle options in Slideshow;
- smart preloading of folder, better support for large directories (15,000+ files);
- add sorting criteria for files (name, natural name, filesize, date);
- restore support for Trash on Linux;
- re-worked thumbnail handling: faster, more reliable, new "smart thumbnails" mode;
- option to stay centered on active thumbnail;
- dynamically detect supported context menu entries;
- remember zoom levels/rotation per session;
- option to fit smaller images in window;
- improved handling of windowed/fullscreen mode;
- automatic language detection on first start-up (system locale);
- change: Main animation is now 'fade-in' (+Possibility to disable altogether)
- wheel sensitivity settings;
- opt-in to High-DPI pixmaps (Qt >= 5.4.0);
- re-ordered settings and quicksettings;
- many other improvements and bug fixes.
For PSD/PSB support, you need libqpsd, which isn't available in the Ubuntu repositories to if you want to use this feature, you'll have to compile and install libqpsd manually.
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| PhotoQt Quick Settings |
PhotoQt doesn't come with a traditional menu and its Quick Settings, General functions and info panes/widgets are displayed on mouse over, so here's how to access them:
- Quick Settings -> right edge of the app window;
- General functions -> top-right (top edge of the app window, near right);
- File / Exif info -> left edge of the app window.
Also, the application runs in full screen by default but you can set it to run in window mode from the Quick Settings (see above), by enabling "Window mode" and optionally, "Widow decorations".
Install PhotoQt in Ubuntu 14.04 / 14.10 or Linux Mint 17 / 17.1
Ubuntu 14.04 / 14.10 / 15.04 and Linux Mint 17 / 17.1 users can install the latest PhotoQt by using Sam Rog's PPA (for Ubuntu 12.04, there's a older PhotoQt version - 1.0). Add the PPA and install PhotoQt using the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:samrog131/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install photoqtIf you don't want to add the PPA, you can simply grab the PhotoQt deb from HERE.
For other Linux distributions and Windows, see the PhotoQt downloads page.
Report any issues you may find @ GitHub.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Stylish Image Viewer `PhotoQt` Sees New Release
After more than a year since the previous release, a new PhotoQt version was released today - 1.1 -, which introduces some interesting changes such as per-session rotation/flipping, new Quick Settings widget, improved fake transparency and more. Also, with this release, PhotoQt switched to Qt5 and QMultimedia.
PhotoQt is a fast, stylish Qt image viewer for Linux and Windows, which uses GraphicsMagick under the hood, meaning that it supports 80+ file types. The application features basic image manipulation (flip, rotate, zoom) and file management (rename, delete, move, copy), customizable keyboard and mouse shortcuts, thumbnail cache, can display EXIF information, image slideshow and more.
PhotoQt looks somewhat similar to the "Lightbox" Javascript plugins available on many websites: it uses a semi-transparent background (this is configurable) with cached image thumbnails (by default, image thumbnails use autohide but you can make them permanently visible from the app settings) at the bottom of the screen which can be used to easily navigate through the images available in the current folder.
Changes in PhotoQt 1.1:
- PhotoQt is now based on Qt5;
- Phonon was replaced by QMultimedia;
- Rotations/Flipping is now stored per session (nothing is saved permanently in any files);
- Filter images in current directory by filename/extension;
- Images ca now be scaled (permanent change);
- Fade-in starts at the top of the screen;
- New Quick Settings widget (fade-in widget on the right);
- Fake Transparency (background) is now supported for any number of screens;
- fix: restore from system tray preserves fullscreen;
- fix: context menu converted to 'normal' shortcut;
- fix: possible to select background image;
- fix: saving settings no longer corrupts session wide list of known file formats.
By default, the PhotoQt Quick Settings, General functions and file info panes/widgets are displayed on mouse over and since this is a bit confusing, here's how to access them:
- Quick Settings -> right edge of the app window
- General functions -> top-right (top edge of the app window, near right)
- File / Exif info -> left edge of the app window
Also, the application runs in full screen by default but you can set it to run in window mode from the Quick Settings (see above), by enabling "Window mode" and optionally, "Widow decorations".
Install PhotoQt in Ubuntu 14.04 / 14.10 or Linux Mint 17 / 17.1
Ubuntu 14.04 / 14.10 and Linux Mint 17 / 17.1 users can install the latest PhotoQt by using Sam Rog's PPA (for Ubuntu 12.04, there's a older PhotoQt version - 1.0). Add the PPA and install PhotoQt using the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:samrog131/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install photoqtIf you don't want to add the PPA, you can simply grab the PhotoQt deb from HERE.
For other Linux distributions, see the PhotoQt downloads page.
Report any issues you may find @ GitHub.
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
gThumb 3.3.3 Released With Two New Image Tools [PPA]
gThumb 3.3.3 was released recently, bringing new image tools, preferences dialog UI changes along with fixes for GTK 3.14 and more.
gThumb is an image viewer/organizer that comes with basic image editing features such as cropping, resizing, rotation, image enhancing and more. Furthermore, the app can play videos, import images from digital cameras and it supports exporting images to services such as PicasaWeb, Facebook and Flickr.
The most interesting change in the latest gThumb 3.3.3 is the addition of two new image tools: special effects (which includes effects such as Desert, Soil, Fresh Blue, Mangos, Vintage, Blurred Edges, Negative and more) and color curves adjusting, which you can see in the screenshots below:
Besides the two new image tools, gThumb 3.3.3 also includes the following changes:
- allow to apply the embedded color profile for jpeg images;
- unified 'equalize histogram' and 'adjust contrast': show a preview of the various contrast filters;
- Grayscale tool now shows a preview of the different filters;
- fixed the interface style when used with gtk+ 3.14;
- file property view:
- use a switcher;
- added a details page that show all the metadata, show only the important exif fields in the properties page;
- UI changes to the preferences dialog:
- use a sidebar instead of a notebook to avoid a large dialog with some translations;
- better spacing;
- removed the Ok button;
- video player:
- save the screenshot without showing the dialog;
- allow to set the screenshots location in the extension preferences dialog;
- show a message in the statusbar after saving;
- fixed Flickr image uploading.
Here are a few screenshots with some of these changes:
It's also important to mention that 3.3.x is the development series leading to the stable gThumb 3.4, so this release is not considered stable.
To make it easier to install in Ubuntu GNOME, Linux Mint, elementary OS Freya and so on, I've uploaded the latest gThumb 3.3.3 to the failsdownloads gThumb PPA.
Important note: gThumb 3.3.x uses header bars so it requires a desktop environment which supports that (Unity needs some hacks like disabling the header bars and remove the overlay-scrollbar to get it to work properly or else it will look like this) however, it looks like its menu (which holds the preferences) can only be accessed in GNOME Shell and Unity! That's why I recommend installing it only if you use Ubuntu GNOME.
Install gThumb 3.3.3 in Ubuntu GNOME
To install gThumb in Ubuntu GNOME 14.04, 14.10 or 15.04, use the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:failsdownloadsteam/gthumb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gthumbFor other Linux distributions, you can download the gThumb 3.3.3 source from HERE.
How to revert the changes and downgrade gThumb
If for some reason you don't want to continue using the latest gThumb 3.3.3 and you want to downgrade to the version available in the Ubuntu / Linux Mint repositories which doesn't come with header bars, use the following commands:
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:failsdownloadsteam/gthumb(using the instructions above, you'll install ppa-purge and then purge the failsdownloads gThumb PPA, which means that the PPA is disabled and then gThumb is downraded to the version available in the repositories)
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