Ubuntu ships by default [Shotwell][1], handy image manager and basic editor permitting both image-gallery management and basic image editing, latter proving itself useful in numerous and numerous situations.
Shotwell has been [updated][2] to version 0.15, introducing new features and a significant amount of fixes and optimizations.
`Right-clicking on an image-->Open With-->Shotwell Photo Viewer`, pushes the image into Shotwell, where the user is able to edit the image with several options, among which Adjust.
Hitting the `Adjust` button, the user is to notice the newly-implemented Highlights entry, entry useful to on-demand tweak the level of `highlight`; for example, setting `Highlights` as low as possible, removes the light from the editing-in-progress image.
Clicking on the bottom-bar's `Crop` button, summons a resizable dialog, permitting to the user to crop the image accordingly, dialog gaining in the 0.15 version **size-aware** capabilities.
Resizing the dialog, exposes in real-time the newly-acquired size, allowing the user to hassle-free observe the size of the about-to-be-cropped portion of the image; for example, in order to crop a piece of an image to 640x480, the user is now to adjust the cropping dialog to 640x480, handy ability adding clarity to the image editor.
