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Questions tagged [photo]

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Any app on Ubuntu to open and/or convert HEIF pictures (.HEIC, High Efficiency Image File Format)?

A certain cellphone maker has changed the default format of taking pictures to HEIF (.HEIC, High Efficiency Image File Format), without asking the users (although there is still the option to use jpeg/jpg). Is there an app/program on Ubuntu that…
Filbuntu
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How Do I Print Photos?

Other than for Windows in Ubuntu there are no fancy utilities provided from printer manufacturers to print photos. I am aware of Gnome Photo Printer and of Photoprint, the first being easy to handle, the latter having more options. However I wonder…
Takkat
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How to reset Shotwell to its original state

Is there a way to give shotwell a factory reset without deleting any of the original photos. I made a big mess of importing the wrong library followed by the right library and now have 30,000 photos a lot of which are duplicate and rather than…
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How to edit detailed image metadata (exif)?

How can I edit detailed image metadata (exif) fields? In Windows 7 this is just a right click on the file in the folder. I've searched and not found a way to edit detailed metadata (exif) fields in Ubuntu 14.04. I'm not interested in running…
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App to make a video from photos?

I was wondering what could be a good app (with a GUI ;) ) for making a video from a bunch of photos or images, to create a time-lapse video, or a stop-motion animation, or even a video like this one. The idea is to set a really small time between…
stragu
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Is it possible to print multiple (and different) photos from Shotwell?

I know how to print multiple instances of the same photo, but I need to print 4 different pictures on one sheet. Does this functionality exist?
gal007
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What is the best alternative to Picasa?

I'm struggling with what to use instead of Picasa and need some help. I just need it to be organized, quick, shows all video files and is easy to delete entirely from HDD and has a good image viewer.
Rowena
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Tagging photographs

I am trying to organize my photographs with tags. The last time I have been doing this was about three years ago, so I have a lot of pictures to organize. All of the photographs should have correct EXIF tags for the time they were shot. I want to…
Andrea
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Multi photo slideshow software

Hey everybody I'm looking for a program on Ubuntu that can make a slideshow of photo's in a directory and is able to show multiple photos at the same time filling up the screen.
Dries Van Eyck
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Moving photos from iphone to ubuntu

From Ubuntu 10.04 onward, you can access your iPhone photos by simply connecting it and navigating to the DCIM folder. However, I've noticed that when I move photos from my iPhone by cutting them from the DCIM folder and pasting them somewhere on my…
Jonathan
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Shotwell Automatically Starting

How do I stop Shotwell from launching automatically when I charge my iPhone in my laptop? The program doesn't work (it never detects photos), plus I can just transfer the photos from the iPhone file manually. So I don't need the program and it is…
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Can I add (and show) a user photo(s) in LightDM?

I am wondering if there is an option for adding and showing a user photo in LightDM ?
Vincenzo
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Image editors to convert images to WebP for Ubuntu?

Is there a good image editor application for Ubuntu with which I can convert jpg/png images into WebP format? ImageMagick was a crap for me! With it, output webp image's size just increased!!!
Jaber Al Nahian
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Basic Photo Editing tool suggestions

Well I'm not a photographer and I'm kind of noob at editing photos. xD I need something basic and free. Like I'll crop, resize, maybe use paint brush. Also I need blur tool so that I can blur native 'text/photo' from a screenshot. :) A couple of…
Fahim
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Stitching a photo below a batch of photos

I am sure there would be a simple command for this however I have not been able to find one. Basically I would like to stitch a photo below another photo with no overlap. Also ideally I would like a command that can automate this process for 200 top…
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