<s>
F-Spot	B-Language
is	O
a	O
slowly	O
maintained	O
image	B-Application
organizer	I-Application
,	O
designed	O
to	O
provide	O
personal	O
photo	O
management	O
for	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
environment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
F-Spot	B-Language
project	O
was	O
started	O
by	O
Ettore	O
Perazzoli	O
and	O
is	O
maintained	O
by	O
Stephen	O
Shaw	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
F-Spot	B-Language
is	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
C#	B-Application
programming	O
language	O
using	O
Mono	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
its	O
shutdown	O
and	O
discontinuation	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
F-Spot	B-Language
was	O
the	O
standard	O
image	O
tool	O
for	O
several	O
GNOME	B-Application
based	O
distributions	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
before	O
that	O
,	O
Fedora	O
replaced	O
F-Spot	B-Language
with	O
Shotwell	B-Language
in	O
Fedora	O
13	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
has	O
done	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
of	O
10.10	O
Maverick	O
Meerkat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
some	O
new	O
work	O
to	O
update	O
F-Spot	B-Language
and	O
potentially	O
bring	O
it	O
to	O
Windows	O
and	O
Mac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
F-Spot	B-Language
aimed	O
to	O
have	O
an	O
interface	O
that	O
is	O
simple	O
to	O
use	O
but	O
also	O
facilitate	O
advanced	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
tagging	O
images	O
,	O
and	O
displaying	O
and	O
exporting	O
image	O
metadata	O
in	O
Exif	O
and	O
XMP	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
major	O
photographic	O
image	O
formats	O
are	O
supported	O
,	O
including	O
JPEG	O
,	O
PNG	O
,	O
TIFF	O
,	O
DNG	B-Application
,	O
GIF	O
,	O
SVG	B-Application
and	O
PPM	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
several	O
vendor-specific	O
RAW	B-Application
formats	I-Application
(	O
CR2	O
,	O
PEF	O
,	O
ORF	O
,	O
SRF	O
,	O
CRW	O
,	O
MRW	O
and	O
RAF	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
RAW	B-Application
formats	I-Application
were	O
not	O
editable	O
with	O
F-Spot	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
newer	O
releases	O
of	O
F-Spot	B-Language
have	O
the	O
DevelopInUFRaw	O
extension	O
,	O
which	O
calls	O
on	O
UFRaw	B-Language
for	O
the	O
conversion	O
work	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
re-imports	O
the	O
resulting	O
JPEG	O
back	O
into	O
F-Spot	B-Language
as	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
RAW	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
driver	O
support	O
is	O
provided	O
by	O
libgphoto2	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
environment	I-Application
can	O
also	O
optionally	O
detect	O
if	O
a	O
camera	O
or	O
a	O
memory	O
card	O
has	O
been	O
attached	O
,	O
and	O
import	O
images	O
to	O
F-Spot	B-Language
automatically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Photos	O
in	O
the	O
F-Spot	B-Language
library	O
can	O
be	O
uploaded	O
to	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
online	O
photo	O
storage	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
F-Spot	B-Language
supports	O
two	O
major	O
gallery	B-Application
sites	O
,	O
Flickr	B-Algorithm
and	O
Picasa	B-Algorithm
Web	I-Algorithm
Albums	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
also	O
using	O
stand-alone	O
web	O
gallery	B-Application
software	O
,	O
including	O
Gallery	B-Application
and	O
O.r.i.g.i.n.a.l.	O
</s>
<s>
F-Spot	B-Language
can	O
also	O
generate	O
static	O
web	O
gallery	B-Application
sites	O
and	O
export	O
to	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
F-Spot	B-Language
automatically	O
downsizes	O
photos	O
before	O
exporting	O
to	O
Flickr	B-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
though	O
it	O
describes	O
this	O
as	O
"	O
optional	O
,	O
"	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
option	O
to	O
not	O
downsize	O
photos	O
before	O
export	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
images	O
are	O
imported	O
into	O
F-Spot	B-Language
,	O
they	O
are	O
written	O
to	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
