https://community.plus.net/t5/Tech-Help-Software-Hardware-etc/FREE-Photo-Image-software-information-please/m-p/1914834#M94269 <P>&nbsp;I have a lot of photos on my HDD, many of which are "very similar"..to the next one in the listings.</P> <P>In the "professional world" of photography, I have seen "light tables". where a large quantitiy of photographs are shown laid out, and selection can be made, either to dispose of individuals, or to select (say) half a dozen for further scruitiny,</P> <P>I am wondering if there is a similar "software" solution to the problem, where I can open up a folder, with say, 100 pics in, and it will/can display them six at a time on screen like this.</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="thumbnails - tulips.png" style="width: 836px;"><img src="https://community.plus.net/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/41046i357667522462FC05/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="thumbnails - tulips.png" alt="thumbnails - tulips.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>and then be able to compare similar pics, eventually choosing the one(s) to dispose of or keep.</P> <P>I know that GIMP and a few others do have a "thumbnail" display option, but they all show only small size pics ( which is, obviously , why they are called "thumbnails". ) but they are not of sufficient clarity to make decisions on whether to keep or dispose of them compared to the next one.</P> <P>The above pic was made using a Desktop publisher program, ( six pics pasted on a landscape A4 )&nbsp; for explanation of what I am looking for, and is not a suitable way to process hundreds of pics ! ! !</P> <P>Does anyone know of such FREE software in the Photo/image Editing world, Please let me know.</P> <P>Thank you.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Sat, 25 Mar 2023 08:41:00 GMT shutter 2023-03-25T08:41:00Z https://community.plus.net/t5/Tech-Help-Software-Hardware-etc/FREE-Photo-Image-software-information-please/m-p/1914834#M94269 <P>&nbsp;I have a lot of photos on my HDD, many of which are "very similar"..to the next one in the listings.</P> <P>In the "professional world" of photography, I have seen "light tables". where a large quantitiy of photographs are shown laid out, and selection can be made, either to dispose of individuals, or to select (say) half a dozen for further scruitiny,</P> <P>I am wondering if there is a similar "software" solution to the problem, where I can open up a folder, with say, 100 pics in, and it will/can display them six at a time on screen like this.</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="thumbnails - tulips.png" style="width: 836px;"><img src="https://community.plus.net/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/41046i357667522462FC05/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="thumbnails - tulips.png" alt="thumbnails - tulips.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>and then be able to compare similar pics, eventually choosing the one(s) to dispose of or keep.</P> <P>I know that GIMP and a few others do have a "thumbnail" display option, but they all show only small size pics ( which is, obviously , why they are called "thumbnails". ) but they are not of sufficient clarity to make decisions on whether to keep or dispose of them compared to the next one.</P> <P>The above pic was made using a Desktop publisher program, ( six pics pasted on a landscape A4 )&nbsp; for explanation of what I am looking for, and is not a suitable way to process hundreds of pics ! ! !</P> <P>Does anyone know of such FREE software in the Photo/image Editing world, Please let me know.</P> <P>Thank you.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Sat, 25 Mar 2023 08:41:00 GMT https://community.plus.net/t5/Tech-Help-Software-Hardware-etc/FREE-Photo-Image-software-information-please/m-p/1914834#M94269 shutter 2023-03-25T08:41:00Z https://community.plus.net/t5/Tech-Help-Software-Hardware-etc/FREE-Photo-Image-software-information-please/m-p/1914835#M94270 <P><a href="https://community.plus.net/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/6613">@shutter</a>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="https://www.darktable.org/about/" target="_blank">https://www.darktable.org/about/</A> never used it but it does seem to have a 'light table' function</P> <P>A Package is available for Ubuntu so should work with Mint</P> Sat, 25 Mar 2023 09:02:16 GMT https://community.plus.net/t5/Tech-Help-Software-Hardware-etc/FREE-Photo-Image-software-information-please/m-p/1914835#M94270 MisterW 2023-03-25T09:02:16Z https://community.plus.net/t5/Tech-Help-Software-Hardware-etc/FREE-Photo-Image-software-information-please/m-p/1914839#M94271 <P><a href="https://community.plus.net/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1110">@MisterW</a>&nbsp; Thank you very much for the quick response.</P> <P>I have installed it from the Synaptic Package Manger, and done a quick check, by importing a dozen or so pics. and it shows them well,</P> <P>Just the thing I`m looking for.</P> <P>Many thanks</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Sat, 25 Mar 2023 09:23:35 GMT https://community.plus.net/t5/Tech-Help-Software-Hardware-etc/FREE-Photo-Image-software-information-please/m-p/1914839#M94271 shutter 2023-03-25T09:23:35Z