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2.Click the Import Source box. Plug the camera on the computer. F-Spot detects the camera and displays the model and type of the camera in the Import Source box.

Figure 7.7: Selecting Photo Import Source

3.Click the camera as the source for the photographs. The Select Photos to Copy From Camera dialogue box opens, which lists all the photos in the camera. Select the photos you want to import and click Copy.

Figure 7.8: Selecting Images to Copy

4.F-Spot copies the photographs to the specified location and displays the copied photographs in the right pane of the F-Spot window.

7.2.2Viewing Photos

After importing, you can view all the photographs as thumbnails in the right pane of the F-Spot window. You can view photographs in F-Spot by:

• Double-clicking each thumbnail to enlarge the view

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• Select a thumbnail and click Fullscreen on the toolbar

The image opens in fullscreen mode.

Figure 7.9: Browsing Photos

Figure 7.10: Viewing Photos in Full Screen Mode

Click Exit fullscreen to return to the F-Spot window.

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7.2.3Organising Photos

By default, F-Spot organises photographs based on the dates in which they were saved on the computer. You can view photographs for a specific date and time by clicking the corresponding year on the timeline slider or moving the slider along the timeline. For example, assume that there are 100 images in the right pane, 50 of which were saved in 2004 and 50 in 2007. To view the images for 2004, position the slider on the timeline at the 2004 mark.

To organise the photographs differently, you can attach a tag or a label to each photo and categorise them. You can then view photographs based on these categories.

Some categories are already predefined and visible in the left pane of the F-Spot window. You can group your photos under these tags.

To add a tag to a photograph:

•In the F-Spot window, right-click a photograph, point to Attach a Tag and click the tag with which you want to associate the photograph. The tag is displayed at the bottom of the photograph.

Figure 7.11: Tagging an Image

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Figure 7.12: Viewing Tagged Images

The tagged image is now displayed under the tagged category.

7.2.4Removing Red Eye

In some cameras, the proximity of the flash to the lens causes the light from the flash to reflect from the subject’s retina to the lens, leaving a red eye mark on the image. Referred to as a red eye, the size of the mark depends on the amount of light reflected. F-Spot Photo Manager software can be used to remove the red eye from images.

Figure 7.13: Image with a Red Eye

1.In the F-spot Photo Manager window, click the thumbnail of the image that has a red eye. Click the Edit button in the navigation toolbar. Use your mouse to select the area you wish to correct on the image. You can zoom in on the area by using the slider bar in the bottom of the work area.