<s>
Phatch	B-Algorithm
(	O
PHoto	O
&	O
bATCH	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
raster	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
editor	I-Application
used	O
to	O
batch	O
process	O
digital	O
graphics	O
and	O
photographs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phatch	B-Algorithm
can	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
desktop	O
as	O
a	O
GUI	O
program	O
or	O
on	O
the	O
server	O
as	O
a	O
console	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phatch	B-Algorithm
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
rename	O
or	O
copy	O
image	O
files	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Exif	O
or	O
IPTC	O
Information	O
Interchange	O
Model	O
tags	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phatch	B-Algorithm
can	O
turn	O
itself	O
into	O
a	O
droplet	O
which	O
stays	O
a	O
small	O
graphic	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phatch	B-Algorithm
has	O
a	O
built	O
in	O
interactive	O
Python	B-Language
console	O
to	O
explore	O
the	O
internals	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phatch	B-Algorithm
is	O
being	O
developed	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
(	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
)	O
by	O
Stani	O
Michiels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
image	O
processing	O
of	O
Phatch	B-Algorithm
is	O
done	O
with	O
the	O
Python	B-Library
Imaging	I-Library
Library	I-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phatch	B-Algorithm
uses	O
Bazaar	B-Protocol
in	O
combination	O
with	O
Launchpad	B-Protocol
for	O
coordinating	O
its	O
development	O
and	O
translations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phatch	B-Algorithm
has	O
a	O
Python	B-Language
(	O
wxPython	B-Language
)	O
API	O
and	O
is	O
extensible	O
through	O
Python	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phatch	B-Algorithm
does	O
not	O
provide	O
a	O
live	O
preview	O
of	O
the	O
image	O
manipulation	O
and	O
has	O
no	O
built	O
in	O
support	O
for	O
remote	O
file	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Phatch	B-Algorithm
runs	O
from	O
source	O
on	O
Windows	O
and	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
no	O
final	O
binary	O
installers	O
available	O
for	O
these	O
platforms	O
,	O
although	O
a	O
pre-release	O
binary	O
installer	O
for	O
OS	O
X	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
by	O
the	O
developers	O
in	O
May	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
Phatch	B-Algorithm
is	O
released	O
on	O
its	O
homepage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Binary	O
packages	O
are	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
repositories	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	O
such	O
as	O
Debian	O
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
ArchLinux	O
,	O
Fedora	O
and	O
OpenSuse	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phatch	B-Algorithm
requires	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Library
Imaging	I-Library
Library	I-Library
and	O
wxPython	B-Language
(	O
2.6	O
or	O
more	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
GUI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
the	O
website	O
is	O
down	O
and	O
Phatch	B-Algorithm
is	O
no	O
longer	O
downloadable	O
along	O
with	O
python	B-Language
dependencies	O
for	O
Phatch	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Softpedia	O
's	O
editor	O
's	O
review	O
of	O
Phatch	B-Algorithm
0.0.bzr157	O
overall	O
awarded	O
4	O
stars	O
,	O
highlighting	O
the	O
clean	O
and	O
simple	O
interface	O
,	O
program	O
stability	O
,	O
and	O
batch	O
processing	O
actions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Allowing	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
use	O
Python	B-Language
to	O
create	O
additional	O
batch	O
process	O
was	O
also	O
seen	O
as	O
an	O
advantage	O
over	O
similar	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
opinion	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Pratique	O
magazine	O
that	O
Phatch	B-Algorithm
0.1.3	O
filled	O
the	O
gap	O
between	O
GIMP	B-Application
and	O
Imagemagick	B-Language
,	O
with	O
a	O
user-friendly	O
interface	O
saving	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
time	O
for	O
batch	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phatch	B-Algorithm
0.1.6	O
was	O
featured	O
together	O
with	O
GIMP	B-Application
on	O
the	O
front	O
page	O
of	O
Linux+	O
magazine	O
,	O
May	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
