Shotwell

features

1. Import

   

   Import photos from folders or from any digital camera supported by gPhoto.

2. Organize

   

   Shotwell automatically groups photos taken at the same time. You can also use tags and ratings to organize your photo collection.

3. Edit

   

   You can rotate, crop, reduce red-eye, and adjust the exposure, saturation, tint, and temperature of each photo.

4. Publish

   

   Publish photos and videos to Facebook, Flickr, Picasa Web Albums, and YouTube.

5. Shotwell is an open source photo organizer designed for the GNOME desktop environment.

   

Overview

Shotwell is a digital photo organizer that runs on Linux. It is the default photo manager in Ubuntu and Fedora.

Shotwell 0.11 is here! Major new features include:

• Tags can now be organized into hierarchical trees
• Paired RAW + JPEG images are treated as a single photo when imported from a camera
• Select different developers for RAW photos: use the development produced by Shotwell or by your camera
• Shotwell now uses GSettings instead of GConf to store its configuration information
• "Hide Photos Already Imported" setting persists between imports
• Several all-new saved search options
• JPEG mimics of RAW images are no longer stored in your home directory, and are now created on demand
• Shotwell now supports Windows Bitmap (.bmp) images

You can download Shotwell in either source or binary form from our download page.

documentation & support

1. Documentation

   The Shotwell user guide explains how to use Shotwell. Our wiki has more information about Shotwell for both users and developers.

2. Mailing list

   Subscribe to our mailing list to get the latest information as well as interact with the growing Shotwell community. To subscribe, send an email with a subject line of subscribe to:

   shotwell-request@lists.yorba.org

3. Contribute

   Contributions to Shotwell are welcome. We're happy to receive patches containing new features or bug fixes, as well as bug reports, translations, artwork or documentation. You might want to start by looking at our bug tracker, which lists all outstanding bug reports and feature requests.

   Shotwell is written in Vala. If you're interested in hacking on the code, read our architecture overview describing Shotwell's subsystems and data structures. Please also read the Shotwell coding guidelines and reference manual for plugin development.

   You can also help us by using your translation skills. The Shotwell page at Transifex.net shows our current translation status. We have a list of active translators by language.

   Shotwell is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License 2.1.