Getting Photo Information; Managing Tags - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP1 - GNOME 23-05-2007 Manual

15.3 Getting Photo Information

When you select an image, some basic statistical information is displayed in the lower-left part of
the window. This includes the filename, its version (copy or original image), the date of creation,
size, and the exposure used in creating this particular photo.
To view more detailed information on a photo, including the EXIF data associated with the file,
click View > Metadata Browser.
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15.4 Managing Tags

Use tags to categorize any of your photos to create manageable subsets of your collection. F-Spot
comes with default tags, but you can change them and add new ones. If, for example, you want to
organize your collection of portrait shots of your loved ones, do the following:
1 Select the Browse mode of F-Spot.
2 In the left frame of the F-Spot window, right-click the People category, then select Create New
3 Attach tags to images or groups of selected images.
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Tag.
2a Create a new tag called Friends.
2b Create a new tag called Family.
The new tags appear as subcategories below the People category.
Right-click an image, select Attach Tag, then select the appropriate tag for this image. To attach
a tag to a group of images, click the first one, then press Shift and select the other ones without
releasing the Shift key. Right-click for the tag menu and select the matching category.