Functional Specification

Original Use Cases

Task Summary

Import

• Import from folder
• Import from gPhoto device
• Import from URL
• Sync location (photos added to ~/Photos by 3rd party)
• Find duplicates

• Crack: Support downloading track info from GPS

Manage

• Assign Tags
• Rating System -- judging the quality of a shot by the photographer.
• Group shots -- burst shots, versions (effect applied, various crop versions)
• Assign extended information / Metadata (comments and info via EXIF, XMP, IPTC, etc.)
• Compare photos
• spec:Archive Sets -- removable media (dvds, hard disks)
• View Images in full screen mode.
• Add FotoNotes (http://fotonotes.net/spec/index.cgi?HomePage|FotoNotes™) editing (hey, it's open source) -- currently site broken

Edit

All modifications of an image are non-destructive. All effects, transformations are either applied on a version (copy) of an image or are a matter of storing parameters for RAW files. The original files are never touched.

• Transformations
• Effects
• Open With...

Search

• Quicksearch in browse view
• Search Editor -- including stored searches

Export

• Web Export
• CD-R/DVD-R Backup
• Printshop Export

Print

• Print Dialog

Reference

• Popularity statistics of photographs (http://primates.ximian.com/~glesage/stuff/f-spot/stats/) (based on information from PhotoSIG.com (http://photosig.com/))
• Wired Magazine: Point. Shoot. Kiss It Good-Bye. (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.10/photo.html)