Pix is an image viewer and browser utility which is based on gThumb.
Pix is part of the X-Apps project, which aims at producing cross-distribution and cross-desktop software.
This is free and open source software.
Features include:
- Image browser:
- Browse your hard disk showing you thumbnails of image files.
- Thumbnails are saved in the same database used by Nautilus so you don’t waste disk space.
- Automatically update the content of a folder.
- Copy, move, delete images and folders.
- Bookmarks of folders and catalogs.
- Image viewer:
- View single images (including GIF animations). Supported image types are: BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, TGA, ICO, XPM, JXL, AVIF.
- Optional support for RAW and HDR (high dynamic range) images.
- View EXIF data attached to JPEG images.
- View in fullscreen mode.
- View images rotated, flipped, mirrored.
- Image organizer:
- Add comments to images.
- Organize images in catalogs, catalogs in libraries.
- Print images and comments.
- Search for images on you hard disk and save the result as a catalog. Search criteria remain attached to the catalog so you can update it when you want.
- Image editor:
- Change image hue, saturation, lightness, contrast and adjust colors.
- Scale and rotate images.
- Save images in the following formats: JPEG, PNG, TIFF, TGA.
- Crop images.
- Red-eye removal tool.
- Advanced tools:
- Import images from a digital camera.
- Slide Shows.
- Set an image as Desktop background.
- Create index image.
- Rename images in series.
- Convert image format.
- Change images date and time.
- JPEG lossless transformations.
- Find duplicated images.
Website: github.com/linuxmint/pix
Support:
Developer: Pix contributors
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Pix is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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