Here is description of shotwell:

Shotwell is a new <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/open_source" title="Open Source" rel="wikinvest" href="http://www.wikinvest.com/concept/Open_Source">open source photo organizer designed for the <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/gnome" title="GNOME" rel="homepage" href="http://www.gnome.org/">GNOME <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/desktop_environment" title="Desktop environment" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_environment">desktop environment. It allows you to import photos from your camera, view and edit them, and share them with others.

Link to shotwell:

<a href="http://www.yorba.org/shotwell/" target="_blank">http://www.yorba.org/shotwell/

Here are some <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/screenshot" title="Screenshot" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot">screenshots from the application.

<a href="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/screenshot_0011.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1522" title="shotwell - main screen" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/screenshot_0011.jpg" alt="shotwell - main screen" width="622" height="479" />

Starting window of the application.

<a href="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/screenshot_0021.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1523" title="shotwell - importing" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/screenshot_0021.jpg" alt="shotwell - importing" width="622" height="479" />

You can import the pictures by selecting, File -> Import and then selecting the folder.

<a href="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/screenshot_0031.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1524" title="shotwell - photos" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/screenshot_0031.jpg" alt="shotwell - photos" width="622" height="479" />

You can view the full size picture by <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/double-click" title="Double-click" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-click">double clicking on it.

<a href="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/screenshot_0041.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1525" title="shotwell - events" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/screenshot_0041.jpg" alt="shotwell - events" width="622" height="479" />

You can import the pictures by selecting, File -> Import and then selecting the folder.

<a href="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/screenshot_0051.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1526" title="shotwell - events" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/screenshot_0051.jpg" alt="shotwell - events" width="622" height="479" />

Your photos are organized by date in the events section.

<a href="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/screenshot_0061.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1527" title="shotwell - view" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/screenshot_0061.jpg" alt="shotwell - view" width="622" height="479" />

View the photo by double clicking on it.

<a href="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/screenshot_0071.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1528" title="shotwell - crop" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/screenshot_0071.jpg" alt="shotwell - crop" width="622" height="479" />

You can do minimal changes to the photo like cropping and few other things. You can select the region to crop and apply and be done with cropping.

<a href="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/screenshot_009.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1529" title="shotwell - red eye" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/screenshot_009.jpg" alt="shotwell - red eye" width="622" height="479" />

Similarly you can remove red eye. Select the region and click apply 🙂

<a href="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/screenshot_010.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1530" title="shotwell - Enhance" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/screenshot_010.jpg" alt="shotwell - Enhance" width="622" height="479" />

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