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Shotwell is an open source photo organizer designed for the GNOME desktop environment.

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Managing Events in Shotwell

Running Shotwell 0.20.2. Shotwell recognizes events based on the date of the photo. I have three cases where this leads to problem: Multiple events on the same day. A family outing in the morning, ...
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Shotwell 0.32.0 can't drag and drop, can't import from laptop folders

I am a newbie to Linux - about two years, but no coder. I have had all the usual problems getting photos from an Iphone to Linux, so finally put everything on Google photos and then downloaded them to ...
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How to sync photos from google photo to shotwell

I have a lot of pictures on google photo and I want to sync them to shotwell for more convenient. Is there anyway to do that? And sorry for the bad English
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Is there a way to prevent Shotwell from scanning a connected phone for photos?

I use Shotwell for photo management on Ubuntu regularly and also tend to plug in my phone to charge off my laptop. Every time I do this, Shotwell attempts to scan the phone. Sometimes it does this ...
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Shotwell 0.32.2 (snap) not importing HEIC files in fresh install of Ubuntu 23.10

I have installed a fresh Ubuntu 23.10 which is using kernel 6.5.0 I installed the Shotwell snap via App Center. When importing HEIC files it fails. The log doesn't give any reason for the failure. ...
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Shotwell slideshow without the need of copying all photos

The program shotwell copies all photos to its own directory to create a slideshow. I have a folder with 10GB of pictures, and to make this 20GB just to make a slideshow is not a very solid idea. Is ...
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What is the difference between my two Shotwell options? [duplicate]

I'm setting up a new laptop, there are two options for Shotwell. One has the tagline "Organize your photos" and is installed. The other is tagged "Digital photo organizer". "...
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How to print multiple copies of an image on a single page - gui

I am looking for a GUI way to select one image file and print it multiple times on a single sheet of paper. This is basic functionality in other OS's, but my best shot for doing this in Ubuntu so far ...
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Is it possible to print multiple (and different) photos from Shotwell?

I know how to print multiple instances of the same photo, but I need to print 4 different pictures on one sheet. Does this functionality exist?
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Shotwell can't access camera

When I plug in my Cannon 50D camera with a USB cable into my laptop (running Ubuntu 19.10) and Shotwell pops up. But when I click on the 'Cannon Digital Camera' entry on the left sidebar an error ...
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Images are too dark and saturated in Image Viewer

Colors are coming up too dark and saturated in Image Viewer and in Whatsdesk, but look good in Shotwell, in browsers and other applications. Here is the same image shown in Image Viewer and Shotwell ...
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Shotwell crop-dialog has disappeared

A while ago, I moved the crop-dialog (where you can edit what dimensions you want the crop to be), probably almost out of my screen. Now, whenever I press the crop-button, the dialog is nowhere to be ...
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Shotwell imports photos to correct date folders but some wind up in No Event

In a fresh installation of shotwell 0.30.14, I specify that imported photo files should be placed in a YYYY/MM/DD directory structure. When I import files, I always have them copied to the structure. ...
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Rotate images from terminal

I have a directory with a lots of images but they are in the wrong orientation. I want to rotate the images to correct the orientation (mostly ±90o). Using image (shotwell photo) viewer I can ...
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How do I go "back" in Shotwell?

When I browse through a long list of events and then double-click an event to view its photos, how do I get back to where I was in the list of events so I can continue browsing? My usage pattern is ...
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How do I rename photos based on their shotwell titles?

I recently gave ~200 photos numerical titles in Shotwell which describe their sequences--001, 002, etc. But I'd like for this sequence to be the same in the filenames, too, so that when I open the ...
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Shotwell imports some but not all my iPhone photos

Little old lady here who may be asking a dim question but please bear with me! I am on Ubuntu 22.04.1 and update whenever suggested I use Shotwell 0.30.14 – “Celle” for my photos My iPhone is an 8 ...
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Removing Ubuntu from a previous install, leaving the data

Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS is installed as dual-boot with Windows 11 onto a 1 TB SSD. An internally-attached 8TB hard drive contains a 6TB partition with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS installed, which has my Shotwell ...
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How to disable Nautilus option "Picture CD"

Since recent update Nautilus randomly started rendering additional bar whenever I go into hard drives other then the drive with Ubuntu. The bar is showing option to do 'Picture CD', that is to do ...
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Fail to import pictures usinfg shotwell

Error text I have used shotwell before importing pictures from olympus tg-5 and it has worked fine up until today when it give the me error as described in the picture. Any idea why?
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Shotwell player for videos, how to configure this?

I am using Shotwell 0.30.14 "Calle" on Ubuntu 20.04. I have images and videos in my collection. Double-clicking a video is supposed to play it, but it simply doesn't, it just does nothing. ...
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Shotwell imports videos into the wrong folder 1970/01/01

I'm using Shotwell 0.30.10. I've imported some videos and Shotwell copied them to the wrong place. Instead of putting them in the folder path for the correct date, it put them in /library_path/1970/01/...
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Sorting and using File creation dates

I have a number of photos from different cameras and want to sort them in the sequence that they were taken ie Creation date and time. I only get Modified as an option. Also, I edit my photos using ...
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Desktop wallpaper goes black while setting a wallpaper slide show

I am using Ubuntu 20.04.Sometimes when I set a wallpaper slideshow using Shotwell the screen goes totally black and even if that isn't the case the wallpapers do not change on the time they were ...
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Can Shotwell create a folder structure based on the date the photos were taken?

All my photos are quite disorganized and I found this option in the settings dialogue to import pictures and create new folders using this pattern: /home/username/pictures/<year>/<month>/&...
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Shotwell: Shortcut for moving between events?

I'm browsing through a year's worth of photos in Shotwell. The photos are automatically sorted into events by date (which I like). Whenever I open an event, I can highlight a photo and use the arrow ...
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What is "Software" field in image file properties?

When we right click on a jpg, a modal "Properties" form pops up. One of the tabs is named "Image". On this tab, for most of my jpgs I see the following property names: Image Type, ...
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Photo source file missing or Bogus header data for .bmp images

I am generating an image dataset through a simulator and the files are generated in .bmp format. The simulator is running on Windows and I need to then use the images on Ubuntu 20.04. I will need to ...
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Shotwell Desktop Slideshow Transitions

Is there a way to add some transition to shotwell's desktop slideshow? Preferably just a smooth fade between the pictures. They just "cut in" one after the other.
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How to add metadata to images using Shotwell

Using Ubuntu 13.04. I have a very basic question about Shotwell. I would like to add a desciption to my photos. I right-click on an image in Nautilus. Choose Open with > Shotwell photo viewer. I ...
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Shotwell refuses to run after upgrade to Zesty [closed]

I’ve been having trouble getting Shotwell 0.26.1 to run since upgrading to Zesty. Running from a terminal, I get the following error message: shotwell: error while loading shared libraries: libraw.so....
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Why is Facebook not showing in Shotwell photo manager?

I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and have been organising my photographs with Shotwell photo manager. A lot of websites say I should be able to publish/share my photos on Facebook through Shotwell but when I ...
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How can I mirror Shotwell library in the directories?

I noticed that when I import pictures in Shotwell, they all get copied to ~/Pictures but this copy is not synced with deletions or edits I make to the pictures in the library. Also the folder ...
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Can't set Shotwell Photo Viewer as default XFCE4

I installed Ubuntu Minimal and installed XFCE4 as my choice of DE. After that, I installed Shotwell Photo Manager, but I can't set the Photo Viewer as my default for images. I can right click and "...
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Pictures and documents on Iphone no longer showing up

My Iphone shows up as an empty folder. It has worked in the past, but now I can't seen to find a way to get to my photo's anymore. Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS Iphone 8 - version 14.4 Does anyone know where to ...
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Problem downloading image from camera to Shotwell

The error message is: The camera is locked by another application It occurs for both of my Canon cameras 7D and G12, so nothing to do with them. It occurs since my upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 If I cancel ...
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Cannot create Shotwell slideshow after deleting previous slideshow

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. I created a Shotwell slideshow and then decided I wanted to add more pictures. I couldn't figure out how to edit the slide show so I deleted the images and xml file from the ...
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Can't replace, remove or change desktop slideshow

A while ago I created a desktop slideshow in Shotwell I think. I wanted to change the slideshow. The pictures in the slideshow are not featured in the appearances menu under system settings. the demo ...
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Shotwell does not copy, but imports files without copying

When I try to importing photos from my external harddisk into Shotwell, after disconnecting the HDD the photos disappear immediately. I saw that the photos had been imported into the database without ...
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Change the path of images in the Shotwell database

I moved my picture library to a different folder, how can I change the path in the Shotwell database?
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''No pictures/videos' in my Shotwell

I am using Ubuntu 13.10 and I have a lot of pictures on my system, but when I open the main Shotwell window, it doesn't show any pictures at all!
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How to organize/sort images by EXIF image data

I have recovered images from a lost partition and I need to sort them or put them into a folder by the creation date in the EXIF data of each image. I have installed digiKam and also shotwell but ...
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Shotwell, Android, thumbnails, and "IMG_filename.jpg"

I'm trying to view the JPG photos on my Pixel 3a (running Android 11) with Shotwell (version .30.10) on an Ubuntu laptop (version 20.04.1). The phone mounts, but some images show no thumbnails, just ...
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Did Shotwell move my images on first launch after upgrade to ubuntu 20.4.1? If so, how do I reverse this?

Ubuntu, Shotwell Users and Devs, Quick Summary: Using Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS Release, Desktop, with default Gnome (not a special release, generic kernel, iso from ubuntu download page). Then added ...
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How to get the "Next Wallpaper" option after right click in Ubunutu 17.10?

I am using Ubuntu 17.10 and for wallpaper slideshow I am using Shotwell. But I want any script or any command by which I can add a “Next wallpaper” option after right click. Like in windows:
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Shotwell fatal error

I'm looking for any help anyone might be able to offer on the following crash message in Shotwell: Shotwell A fatal error occurred when accessing Shotwell's library. Shotwell cannot continue. ...
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Why does Shotwell have the X & Y positions inverted when using crop

When I try to crop an image with shotwell and select Custom Crop, the X and Y are inverted. I think it should be like this: the first number is how long the image is (X) and the second how high it is (...
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Shotwell remembers old image names - how to I get it to use the new names instead?

I have changed the names of some photos in my collection, but Shotwell is still remembering old names of mentioned images. I tried changing shotwell's directory names to force it to generate a new ...
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avconv how to copy all stream and merge metadata (fix creation date)?

I am trying to fix the metadata of some old videos, so i would like to copy all streams audio video and subtitle and merge the metadata from a txt file. I first dump the metadata with: avconv -i out....
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Importing corrupted photos in Shotwell on MSI Modern 14 (Ubuntu 19.10, 20.04)

When I use a SanDisk micro SD (64 gb exFat formatted), every import in Shotwell is fine. But, when I switch to a SanDisk 32 gb SD card, every photo that I try to import is corrupted (parts of the ...

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