With Pho project, users can quickly view large numbers of images using a lightweight software.
Pho project is a lightweight software specially designed for users who want to view large amounts of images quickly, rotate or delete some of them, and make notes about what to do with each image. It's perfect for managing hundreds of images after uploading them from a digital camera.
You may be wondering why you need another image viewer when there are already plenty of options available? Well, the answer is simple. While other image viewers like xv are good, they lack some crucial features that Pho offers. For example, xv creates a directory called .xvpics in every directory it touches and if an image needs resizing to fit the screen, it saves it at the smaller size, resulting in a loss of quality.
Pho, on the other hand, offers some essential features that are necessary for efficient image triage. With Pho, you can rotate images by multiples of 90 degrees and remember the rotations, delete bad images, copy a few of the best horizontals to your Backgrounds (wallpaper) directory, and note which images you might want to put on a web page after resizing. These features help you manage your images easily and efficiently.
Previously, I used to write these lists on paper or try to keep track of them in my head while using xv. But with Pho, I can easily make the computer do the work for me. Since I created Pho several years ago, I've come across many other image viewers but I haven't found any that are as efficient as Pho when it comes to paging through large collections of images.
Pho supports any format that gdk-pixbuf supports. While there isn't a complete list of formats that it supports, it seems to support most formats. The only format that I've encountered that it doesn't read is photocd, but you can always convert them to other formats using the ImageMagick utility.
While Pho can delete images on disk, it doesn't save rotated images yet. For that, I use my imagebatch scripts. Overall, Pho is a simple and lightweight image viewer that's perfect for managing large amounts of images efficiently. It's definitely worth trying out!
You may be wondering why you need another image viewer when there are already plenty of options available? Well, the answer is simple. While other image viewers like xv are good, they lack some crucial features that Pho offers. For example, xv creates a directory called .xvpics in every directory it touches and if an image needs resizing to fit the screen, it saves it at the smaller size, resulting in a loss of quality.
Pho, on the other hand, offers some essential features that are necessary for efficient image triage. With Pho, you can rotate images by multiples of 90 degrees and remember the rotations, delete bad images, copy a few of the best horizontals to your Backgrounds (wallpaper) directory, and note which images you might want to put on a web page after resizing. These features help you manage your images easily and efficiently.
Previously, I used to write these lists on paper or try to keep track of them in my head while using xv. But with Pho, I can easily make the computer do the work for me. Since I created Pho several years ago, I've come across many other image viewers but I haven't found any that are as efficient as Pho when it comes to paging through large collections of images.
Pho supports any format that gdk-pixbuf supports. While there isn't a complete list of formats that it supports, it seems to support most formats. The only format that I've encountered that it doesn't read is photocd, but you can always convert them to other formats using the ImageMagick utility.
While Pho can delete images on disk, it doesn't save rotated images yet. For that, I use my imagebatch scripts. Overall, Pho is a simple and lightweight image viewer that's perfect for managing large amounts of images efficiently. It's definitely worth trying out!
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