Fotoxx Quick Start

Menu: Help > User Guide
Please read the first few pages. Use key F1 to get help for whatever you are doing.

Index Image Files (create an index of image data)
Runs after installation (slow) and afterwards as needed (fast). Makes image searching fast.

Image Zoom: Right/left mouse click, or mouse wheel. 
Image Scroll / Pan:
Drag the mouse across the zoomed image.

View Modes
These three buttons select the viewing mode
    

 
View the current image using the entire window
 
View a thumbnail gallery of the current directory, collection or search results
 
View a world map with clickable markers at photo locations

Buttons

 Open

 Select an image file as the current image to view or edit.

 Save

 Save a modified image to the original file, new file version, or new file name.

 Prev / Next

 View previous / next image in the current directory, collection, or search results.

 Undo / Redo

 Before / after view, within an edit or for each completed edit in a series.

Edit an Image
Open an image. Select an edit menu (e.g. Retouch > Retouch Combo).
Adjust the dialog controls or drag the curve. Watch the image change. Press [Done].
Do more edits likewise. Press [Save] and then select [New Version].

Tools Menu:  User settings, batch functions (move, rename, convert, RAW files ...)

Metadata Menu: 
Add data to images: captions, comments, ratings, tags (keywords), geotags (locations) ...
Search images using these criteria, file and directory names, dates, or any image data ...

Areas Menu:  Select image areas to edit separately. Copy and paste within / across images.

Edit Menus

 Image

 trim/crop, rotate, resize, flip, write text

 Retouch

 brightness, color, contrast, gamma, tone mapping, "paint" any retouch edit

 Repair

 sharpen, blur, suppress noise, red eyes, smart erase, paint/clone, fix color fringes

 Color

 white balance, shift colors, B&W / color, positive / negative, convert color profile

 Bend

 fix perspective, straighten curves, flatten book page, various types of warping

 Effects

 posterize, convert to drawing or painting, emboss, tiles, dots, cartoon, vignette

 Combine

 combine multiple images for HDR, HDF, stack, panorama, mashup (montage)

 Plugins

 use another image editor (Gimp, ImageMagic ...) as a Fotoxx edit function