[gentoo-user] simple image annotation software

[gentoo-user] simple image annotation software

[Grant Edwards]

What application would people recommed to add some simple annotations
to image files?  For example, I'd like to add a few arrows, some text,
and maybe a box or oval or two.  I sometimes do stuff like that from
the command line using ImageMagick's "convert", but drawing arrows
with that is pretty painful.

I found x11-misc/shutter, which I think can do it, though I don't need
the screenshot capability.  However, shutter pulls in 50+ other
packages as dependencies (including a load of gnome stuff) that I
don't really want.

Are there any other options?  I could probably figure out how to do it
in LibreOffice draw, but that seems suboptimal.

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Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] simple image annotation software

[Michael]

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On Wednesday, 1 April 2020 15:42:48 BST Grant Edwards wrote:
> What application would people recommed to add some simple annotations
> to image files?  For example, I'd like to add a few arrows, some text,
> and maybe a box or oval or two.  I sometimes do stuff like that from
> the command line using ImageMagick's "convert", but drawing arrows
> with that is pretty painful.
> 
> I found x11-misc/shutter, which I think can do it, though I don't need
> the screenshot capability.  However, shutter pulls in 50+ other
> packages as dependencies (including a load of gnome stuff) that I
> don't really want.
> 
> Are there any other options?  I could probably figure out how to do it
> in LibreOffice draw, but that seems suboptimal.
> 
> --
> Grant

I would be mentioning LO Draw, which you have considered.  You could give 
Inkscape a try and see if it will do what you're after.

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[gentoo-user] Re: simple image annotation software

[Grant Edwards]

On 2020-04-01, Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, 1 April 2020 15:42:48 BST Grant Edwards wrote:

>> What application would people recommed to add some simple annotations
>> to image files?

> I would be mentioning LO Draw, which you have considered.


I tried LO Draw — it works OK, but it's a bit clumsy:

 0. Create new "draw" document
 1. Insert the photo
 2. Change photo size to "actual"
 3. Edit page size to match photo size and set margins to 0
 4. Edit photo position to set to 0,0
 5. Add annotations
 6. Export page to jpg/png

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Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] simple image annotation software

[Alec Ten Harmsel]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020, at 10:42, Grant Edwards wrote:
> What application would people recommed to add some simple annotations
> to image files?  For example, I'd like to add a few arrows, some text,
> and maybe a box or oval or two.  I sometimes do stuff like that from
> the command line using ImageMagick's "convert", but drawing arrows
> with that is pretty painful.

Personally, I use Krita (media-gfx/krita) and really like it. GIMP also works.
If you want to avoid lots of dependencies, not sure what you could use.

Alec

Re: [gentoo-user] simple image annotation software

[Ashley Dixon]

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On Wed, Apr 01, 2020 at 02:42:48PM -0000, Grant Edwards wrote:
> What application would people recommed to add some simple annotations
> to image files?  For example, I'd like to add a few arrows, some text,
> and maybe a box or oval or two.  I sometimes do stuff like that from
> the command line using ImageMagick's "convert", but drawing arrows
> with that is pretty painful.
> 
> I found x11-misc/shutter, which I think can do it, though I don't need
> the screenshot capability.  However, shutter pulls in 50+ other
> packages as dependencies (including a load of gnome stuff) that I
> don't really want.
> 
> Are there any other options?  I could probably figure out how to do it
> in LibreOffice draw, but that seems suboptimal.
> 
> --
> Grant
> 
> 
> 
> 

If your original images are screenshots, I'd recommend 'flameshot'.
Unfortunately, it requires Qt, but you've likely already got that if you run a
G.U.I.-based configuration. Aside from that, it can do everything you ask:
interactive drawing of text, arrows, shapes, etc.

https://github.com/lupoDharkael/flameshot

It's not currently in Portage, but can be found in a number of popular
'layman' overlays:
https://gpo.zugaina.org/media-gfx/flameshot

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[gentoo-user] Re: simple image annotation software

[Grant Edwards]

On 2020-04-02, Ashley Dixon <ash@suugaku.co.uk> wrote:

> If your original images are screenshots, I'd recommend 'flameshot'.

They're not.  They're jpeg files produced by running photos though
some Imagemagick 'convert' operations.  Does that mean flameshot can't
be used to annotate them?

> Unfortunately, it requires Qt, but you've likely already got that if you run a
> G.U.I.-based configuration.

I've got some minimal Qt libraries (e.g. what it takes to run Wireshark and VLC).

> https://gpo.zugaina.org/media-gfx/flameshot

I'll try one of those ebuilds...

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Grant

[gentoo-user] Re: simple image annotation software

[Grant Edwards]

On 2020-04-02, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2020-04-02, Ashley Dixon <ash@suugaku.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> If your original images are screenshots, I'd recommend 'flameshot'.
>
> They're not.  They're jpeg files produced by running photos though
> some Imagemagick 'convert' operations.  Does that mean flameshot can't
> be used to annotate them?

I installed flameshot (required no additional packages be installed).

It can not be used to annotate existing image files.  There's a long
list of requests for that feature on the GitHub site, but apparently
no progress on that front.  According to some of those comments,
shutter can do it.

Personally, I don't really "get" the need for the capture
functionality. ImageMagick's 'import' command works for me...

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Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: simple image annotation software

[Ashley Dixon]

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On Thu, Apr 02, 2020 at 01:57:29PM -0000, Grant Edwards wrote:
> I installed flameshot (required no additional packages be installed).
> 
> It can not be used to annotate existing image files.  There's a long
> list of requests for that feature on the GitHub site, but apparently
> no progress on that front.  According to some of those comments,
> shutter can do it.
> 
> Personally, I don't really "get" the need for the capture
> functionality. ImageMagick's 'import' command works for me...
> 
> --
> Grant

Just seen your e-mail now. Sorry I couldn't be of help.
As I said in the last e-mail, I would be interested if anyone know of any
software package which implements a similar interface.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: simple image annotation software

[Urs Schütz]

On 2020-04-02 15:57, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2020-04-02, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2020-04-02, Ashley Dixon <ash@suugaku.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> If your original images are screenshots, I'd recommend 'flameshot'.
>>
>> They're not.  They're jpeg files produced by running photos though
>> some Imagemagick 'convert' operations.  Does that mean flameshot can't
>> be used to annotate them?
> 
> I installed flameshot (required no additional packages be installed).
> 
> It can not be used to annotate existing image files.  There's a long
> list of requests for that feature on the GitHub site, but apparently
> no progress on that front.  According to some of those comments,
> shutter can do it.
> 
> Personally, I don't really "get" the need for the capture
> functionality. ImageMagick's 'import' command works for me...
> 
> --
> Grant

What about displaying an image and taking a screenshot? To clumpsy?
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Urs

[gentoo-user] Re: simple image annotation software

[Grant Edwards]

On 2020-04-05, Urs Schütz <u.schutz@bluewin.ch> wrote:
> On 2020-04-02 15:57, Grant Edwards wrote:
[...]
>> I installed flameshot (required no additional packages be installed).
>> 
>> It can not be used to annotate existing image files.  There's a long
>> list of requests for that feature on the GitHub site, but apparently
>> no progress on that front.  According to some of those comments,
>> shutter can do it.
>> 
>> Personally, I don't really "get" the need for the capture
>> functionality. ImageMagick's 'import' command works for me...
>
> What about displaying an image and taking a screenshot? To clumpsy?

That doesn't work if the image size is larger than the display (which
is generally true for digital photos these days).

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Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: simple image annotation software

[Ashley Dixon]

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On Thu, Apr 02, 2020 at 01:31:38PM -0000, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2020-04-02, Ashley Dixon <ash@suugaku.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > If your original images are screenshots, I'd recommend 'flameshot'.
> 
> They're not.  They're jpeg files produced by running photos though
> some Imagemagick 'convert' operations.  Does that mean flameshot can't
> be used to annotate them?

To my knowledge, 'flameshot' operates exclusively on images it takes as
screenshots, and allows you to edit/annotate them before saving to disk. It's a
shame, as it is otherwise capable of doing everything you request.

I'd also be interested if anyone knows of a general image-manipulator which
implements a similar minimalistic user-interface.

If you're interested in using it nonetheless, [1] is an example of an annotated
image using the built-in tools (rectangles, arrows, text, etc.).

[1] ftp://suugaku.co.uk/flameshot-example.png

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