JBrout

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JBrout

JBrout 0.2
Developed by	Marc Lentz
Latest release	0.2.193 SVN (november 2007)
Platform	Cross-platform
Genre	Digital photo organizer
License	GNU General Public License
Website	Project home page

JBrout is a JPEG format picture management application. Released under the GNU General Public License, JBrout is free software.

Created in 2002 by Marc Lentz, this software is cross-platform (Linux and Microsoft Windows) and allows the user – through a user-friendly interface – to associate keywords to pictures (IPTC tags) and process extensive research on these keywords.

1 Features
2 Advantages of JBrout
3 Limits of JBrout
- 3.1 Installation procedure
4 External links

[edit] Features

The software allows a navigation:

by album (feature similar to a file explorer),
by tag (that a user can create and file by category/sub-category),
or by period (using Exif data, JBrout files them per day/month).

Many features are incorporated in the software, therefore it is possible to:

rotate pictures without loss,
use and modify Exif information,
create a HTML gallery,
export pictures on a Flickr account or Google Picasa Web Album,
modify selected pictures with another software,
or use a basket system to select images.

[edit] Advantages of JBrout

Keywords are stored with the pictures (using IPTC metadata), making their exchange easier: When sending a picture, its associated keywords are also sent. This method of storing information offers a certain durability of data since keywords are not dependent of an external file.
JBrout uses thumbnails (mini-pictures) associated with the picture (Exif info). This prevents creating extra files while allowing reasonably fast previews.
JBrout can create a large collection of pictures very quickly.

[edit] Limits of JBrout

For now, JBrout handles JPEG format pictures only, format commonly used by digital cameras.

[edit] Installation procedure

Installation of JBrout in Windows requires installation of GTK+ Runtime, and unpacking the program files by extracting the files. [1] Installation would require skills akin to installation of programs in the DOS era style.