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For help with <application>F-Spot Photo Manager</application>, see the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:f-spot">F-Spot User Guide</ulink>.

Select the <guilabel>F-Spot photos</guilabel> screensaver theme

Photos which are tagged as <guilabel>Favorites</guilabel> in <application>F-Spot Photo Manager</application> will be displayed as your screensaver

Open F-Spot

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Movies, DVDs and videos

Photos and cameras

Watch a slideshow of photos

If you want to show off your photos in all of their glory, why not run a slideshow of them?

Setting a Slideshow as Your Screensaver

You can use a slideshow of your photos as you screensaver:

Press <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Screensaver</guimenuitem></menuchoice>

If you would like to change which tag is used for the slideshow:

Press <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Edit</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>

Under <guilabel>Screensaver</guilabel>, select the desired tag

Press <guibutton>Close</guibutton>

Printing photos

Printing your photos is great way to share them with others.

Double-click the photo you want to print to open it in the <application>Image Viewer</application>

Under <guilabel>Format for</guilabel>, select the printer which you are going to use

Under <guilabel>Paper size</guilabel>, select the size of the paper which you are going to print the photo onto

Under <guilabel>Orientation</guilabel>, choose the orientation of the photo on the paper

Press <guibutton>Apply</guibutton>

Change any settings as appropriate (see below)

Press <guibutton>Print</guibutton> to print the photo

Printer Settings

Make sure that you select your printer from the list on the <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab to get the full range of settings supported by your printer.

Different makes of printer will have different printer settings. The settings below are only provided as a guide for what you may be able to change with your particular printer.

Paper Type

The paper type that you use has a large impact on the quality of your printed photo. You should set the paper type to match the paper which you are using in your printer to prevent poor results. Using a <emphasis>glossy</emphasis> paper type with only <emphasis>plain</emphasis> paper loaded into your printer will generally produce poor results, for example.

This setting may automatically change the amount of ink which is used, in order to get the best results and to prevent smudging. How this is handled will depend on your printer.

Print Quality

Print quality is generally measured in <emphasis>DPI</emphasis> (dots per inch). A greater DPI value should result in better print quality.

Choose <guilabel>Draft</guilabel> for making quick draft prints which don't use much ink

Choose <guilabel>Best Quality</guilabel> or <guilabel>Photo</guilabel> for making high quality prints. Printing will be slower and will use more ink

Advanced Photo Printing

PhotoPrint allows you to fine-tune your printing settings.

Under <guilabel>Page Size</guilabel>, change the page size to the size of paper that you want to print onto.

Under <guilabel>Layout</guilabel>, change the number of columns and rows to reflect the number of photos that you want to put onto a page

To add a photo to the page, press <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Image</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Add Image</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and select a photo

You may need to select the correct printer model on the <guilabel>Output</guilabel> tab

Press <menuchoice><guimenuitem>File</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Print</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to print your photos

Sharing your photos

If you want to share your collection of photos with others, why not use an online photo sharing service or burn a CD of your photos? Ubuntu has plenty of tools to help you share your pictures.

Rotating photos

You may find that you have some photos which are the wrong way up. It is easy to rotate photos so that they're the right way up again.

Resizing photos

You can resize photos which are too big. If you have a photo which has a large file size, resizing it will also reduce the file size.

The <application>GIMP Image Editor</application> supports several methods of resizing photos. We will concentrate on the simplest method.