Shotwell is a digital photo manager designed for the GNOME desktop environment. It allows you to import photos from disk or camera, organize them by keywords and events, view them in full-window or fullscreen mode, and share them with others via social networking and more.
Visit https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Shotwell to read about the current state of Shotwell's development and to make sure you're running the latest version.
Please consult the (INSTALL) and (COPYING) files for more information.
There are three ways to import photos: via drag-and-drop, from a digital camera, and from the File menu.
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Drag-and-drop: Simply drag photos from your file manager and drop them onto the Shotwell window. You may drag files or directories. The photos will be imported into the library.
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Camera: Connect your digital camera to your computer. Shotwell will detect it and list it in the sidebar. When you select the camera, Shotwell will load previews of each photo. You may choose specific photos to import or to import them all. Shotwell uses gPhoto2 to communicate with digital cameras. If your camera does not appear in Shotwell's sidebar or there is a problem importing photos, visit http://www.gphoto.org to see if it is supported.
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File menu: Select File -> Import From Folder ... and select a directory from the chooser dialog box. Shotwell will scan the directory and all sub-directories for photo files and automatically import them.
Once your photos are in Shotwell's library, you can view, edit, and export them. More features are planned, so check https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Shotwell regularly for updates.
Shotwell project page: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Shotwell Shotwell documentation: http://shotwell-project.org/doc/html/ GNOME Gitlab Project: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/shotwell
The place for discussions with other users of Shotwell is GNOME's discourse, using the Application category and the tag "shotwell":
https://discourse.gnome.org/tag/shotwell
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