Shotwell is an

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designed to provide personal photo management for the

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desktop environment. In 2010, it replaced

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as the standard image tool for several GNOME-based

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s, including

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in version 13 and

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in its 10.10 Maverick Meerkat release.

Features

Shotwell can import photos and videos from a digital camera directly. Shotwell automatically groups photos and videos by date, and supports tagging. Its image editing features allow users to straighten, crop, eliminate red eye, and adjust levels and color balance. It also features an auto "enhance" option that will attempt to guess appropriate levels for the image. Shotwell allows users to publish their images and videos to

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, and

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. Shotwell can also set the desktop wallpaper.

Technical information

The

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wrote Shotwell in the Vala programming language. It imports photos using the libgphoto2 library, similar to other image-organizers such as F-Spot and

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