Comparison of image viewersThis article presents a comparison of image viewers and image organizers which can be used for image viewing. General information|
ACDSee | Thumbnails (user-defined sizes), fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, fit, view Exif info, view inside ZIP archives, ... | Resize, crop, rotate, flip, JPEG lossless rotate/mirror, adjust exposure and colors etc., filters (sharpen, blur, average, emboss, ...), red eye removal, batch rename, edit Exif info, ... | std: 49.99 USD pro: 99.99 USD |
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Adobe Bridge | Thumbnails, slideshow, filmstrip, preview, versions with alternates | Stand Alone: rotate, rename, delete, move, copy, batch rename, add/Edit Metadata, camera raw image adjustments (crop, resize, exposure, contrast, white balance, curves, etc...) Via Photoshop: contact sheet, merge to HDR, PDF presentation, Photomerge, Web picture gallery | Included with various Adobe products 1 |
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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom | library organization, RAW and JPEG editing, slideshow tools, print layout and preferences, web gallery creation and uploading | | 149 USD |
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Aperture | Add view functions here | Add edit functions here | 79 USD |
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AZImage[1] | preview | support for most common and raw graphic formats, conversion, scale, rotate, batch mode, upload to Facebook and Google Picasa | 18 USD (15 days trial) |
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blueMarine | Import, tag, organise. JPEG, TIFF, RAW formats. | None presently | Apache License 2.0 |
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CDisplay | Fit to window, zoom, print, full-screen, slideshow, image collection, image information... | Rotate, flip, save as, used for reading manga. | freeware |
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Comix | Fit to window, zoom, rotate, full-screen, image collection, image information... | manga mode, double page view | free (GNU GPL) |
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Diffractor | Thumbnails, fullscreen, slideshow, zoom. Views photos and plays video or audio files. | Search and edit photo or video metadata (XMP, EXIF and IPTC). Rotate, crop and adjust colours on photos only. Import and convert photos and videos. | free, commercial and regular users requested to sponsor[2] project 9.99 USD |
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digiKam | Fit to window, zoom, pan, Light Table, Slideshow+Effects, OpenGL viewer | Rotate, crop, vertical/horizontal flip, lossless JPEG operations (90° steps), color management, 16bit color depth, Light Table, Exif, IPTC, XMP, GPS metadata, adjust colors/brightness/levels, elaborate Black and White conversion, automatic lens correction, anti-vignetting, sharpening tools, vibrance, many filters, Batch operations, export to archive, HTML, flickr, gallery2, picasaweb, smugmug, iPod, facebook, 23hq, flash. | free (GNU GPL) |
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Eye of GNOME | Fit to window, zoom, print, full-screen, slideshow, image collection, image information... | Rotate, delete, flip, save as | free (GNU GPL) |
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FastPictureViewer | Borderless full-screen kiosk mode, Fit-to-window, 1:1, 50%-6400% magnifier, Multicore-aware, DirectX hardware accelerated. | No image editing. File renaming. Single-click background copy/move to preset location, single-click rating/labeling (writes Adobe XMP sidecar files and/or embeds XMP metadata within JPEG/TIFF/HD Photo/JPEG XR), Windows Vista rating, Color management including custom target profile selection, Unicode support, Exif shooting data (shutter speed, f-stop, ISO speed, exposure compensation...) and real-time, seamless R,G,B histogram in translucent floating window. IPTC metadata editor in the registered version. | free limited version, 39.95 USD for Professional edition |
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FastStone Image Viewer | All major formats, thumbnail view (5 predefined sizes), full screen, magnifier, slideshow. | Many editing features: rotate, move, rename, 150+ transitional effects, crop, resize, clone, heal, convert format, color adjust, sharpen, drop shadow effects, scanner support, histogram, ... | Full program free for personal, educational, non-profit use. Commercial use: 34.95 USD for lifetime license. |
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Firehand Ember | | | 60 USD |
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F-Spot | Full-screen, slideshow, zoom, multiple sizes of thumbnails. Export: HTML, Flickr, Gallery Project, Picasa, Facebook (via extension) and O.r.i.g.i.n.a.l | Tags, rotate in single degree increments, hue, contrast, white balance, colour, sharpen, soft focus, crop, auto red-eye reduction | free (GNU GPL). Files stored at /user/Pictures/Photos/[year]/[month]/[day] |
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Fotoxx | Full-screen, slideshow, zoom, multiple sizes of thumbnails. | Tags, rotate in 10, 1 and 0.1 degree increments, hue, contrast, white balance, colour, sharpen, soft focus, horizontal and vertical flip, crop, auto red-eye reduction, keystone correction, bend, and warp | free (GNU GPL). |
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Geeqie | Full-screen, slideshow, zoom, color spectrum, 14 sizes of thumbnails | Rotate, move, rename, hue, contrast, find/remove duplicates | free (GNU GPL) |
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GraphicConverter | Full-screen, slideshow, etc. | Rotate, move, rename... | 35 USD |
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gThumb | Full-screen, slideshow, zoom, color spectrum, three sizes of thumbnails | Rotate, move, rename, hue, contrast, | free (GNU GPL) |
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Gwenview | fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, rotate, adjust gamma/contrast/brightness, disk navigator, file tree, thumbnails, extended thumbnails, bookmarks... | add border, filter, effects, resize, rename, raw image converter, recompress, edit color... | free (GNU GPL) |
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ImageAXS | Unicode | Organizing photos, importing image files, tracking features, as well as tags and collections for further sorting. | cost-free (Freeware). Out of support |
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Imagine | Fullscreen, Slideshow, Zoom, Rotate, Thumbnails | Resize, Rename, Greyscale, Negative, Swap colors, Filters (blur, edge, emboss, gaussian, sharpen, soften, viewer plugin for Total Commander and Double Commander ) | cost-free (Freeware without any limitation [3]) |
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IMatch | Unicode | Maintains and external database for thumbnails and tags. Capable for very large collections. | 59.95 USD |
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imgSeek | Search similar images, Fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, thumbnails, disk navigator tree, tag treeview. Export: HTML | Rotate, move, rename, hue, contrast, etc. | free (GNU GPL) |
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iPhoto | Thumbnails, fullscreen, slideshow, camera information, search, tags, organize by event or album, auto organize by date during first import | Lossless JPEG rotate, Cropping (custom and template), Brightness/Contrast, Red-eye, Retouch, Color Enhancement, B&W and Sepia Conversion, Export to multiple format & size | – 2 |
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IrfanView | Thumbnails (18 pre-defined sizes from 50×50–800×800 pixels), fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, fit (several options), view IPTC and Exif info, hex view, histogram (also RGB); Format detection with offer to rename, set wallpaper, EXE/SCR creation, Burn slideshow to CD; directory tree 32 languages (version 4.28/4.30) | Add Text, Crop, Cut/Copy selected area, Paste-Into selected area, paste from PrintScreen, Resize/Resample, Rotate, Flip Vert/Horiz, JPEG lossless transformations, Color Adjustments, change color depth, Greyscale, Red-Eye Reduction, Sharpen, effects/filters, Own and 8bf (Photoshop) plugins compatibility, insert text, edit IPTC info, Move, Copy, Delete, Rename, Convert, batch conversion, batch renaming/resizing/cropping, panorama creation, send email via IrfanView Thumbnails/Plugins: contact sheet creation, thumbnail creation, web gallery creation, face detection | For personal, educational use (schools, universities and libraries) and for use in charity or humanitarian organisations: cost-free (freeware). At place of business or for commercial purposes: 12.00 USD or 10 EUR. |
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Konvertor | Thumbnails (pre-defined and user defined), 3100+ formats read. | Rotate, move, rename, 250 special effects... 6 languages (version 4.06) | 30 USD |
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KSquirrel | disk navigator, file tree, thumbnails, bookmarks, fullscreen, KIPI plugins ... | resize, rotate, colorize, convert, print ... | free (GNU GPL) |
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KPhotoAlbum | Zoom, Rotate, Metadata, Exif, thumbnails (customize size), slideshow, Categories | As Available per KIPI plugins | free (GNU GPL) |
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Lphoto | Zoom, Slideshow, camera information, | Crop, redeye, color tweaking, auto attach and resize for email, export to HTML, export to CD | free (GNU GPL) |
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Phase One Media Pro | Thumbnails, Slideshow, Zoom, Print, Light Table, Library organization, best practice DAM | Rotate, rename, delete, batch rename, Add/Edit Metadata (IPTC, EXIF, Custom), Free Reader App to distribute catalogs | EUR 139,00 |
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Paint.NET | Thumbnail, Zoom, Rotation, Multiple Page support, Pan, Fit to screen | Resize, Crop, Copy, Paste, Black and white/sepia, various blurs, add and reduce noise, Plugin Support | Free (Creative Commons Non commercial CC-BY-NC) |
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Picasa | Zoom, lossless rotate, histogram, camera information, Thumbnails (fully adjustable), Slide Show (Full Screen w/zoom), Magnifier, Search, Search for faces | Crop, straighten, redeye, color tweaking, retouch, tuning, add text, numerous effects, batch edit, batch rename, video rendering, HTML gallery creation, photo browser application creator, screensaver, face recognition, keyword tagging, geo-tagging, photo collage, original file preservation, reorganize storage | cost-free |
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Preview | Zoom, rotate, metadata | Crop, straighten, color tweaking, profile assignment | cost-free |
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Roboreader | Zoom, rotate | | cost-free |
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Shotwell | Thumbnails, Fullscreen, Slideshow, Zoom, Print, Camera Information, Events | Auto Enhance, Rotate, Mirror, Flip, Red Eye, Crop, Exposure, Saturation, Tint, Temperature, Shadows, Revert to Original, Rename, Change Time/Date, Publish to Facebook, Picasa Web Albums, Flickr | Free GNU Lesser General Public License |
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ShowImg | fullscreen, slideshow, filters, search for similar images | Batch rename, convert filetype | free (GNU GPL) |
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Simple Comic | slideshow, double image layout, left-to-right & right-to-left ordering, thumbnail navigation, zoom, print | Quick Look for comic book archives, Finder icons, text notes, delete files, extract files | Free (MIT License) |
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SIV[4] | zoom, pan, slideshow, brightnes/contrast/gamma adjustments, filters, displays MPO and JPS stereo images | stereoscopic image viewer, VR920 headtracking, quad buffered stereo | Free (Creative Commons Non commercial CC-BY-NC) |
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SView5 | fullscreen, fit to window, zoom, scan, print, etc. - in 8-64 bit with and without alpha channel | rotate, brightness, contrast, gamma setting, etc. | free for non-commercial |
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STDU Viewer | fullscreen, fit to window, zoom, print | rotate, brightness, contrast, gamma setting | free for non-commercial |
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Windows Live Photo Gallery | fullscreen, slideshow, fit, zoom, print | Panorama stitching, adjust brightness, contrast, color saturation/hue, filters, stitching, rotate, straightening and skew, face recognition. | cost-free |
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Windows Photo Gallery | fullscreen, slideshow, fit, zoom, print | | – (included with Windows Vista) |
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Windows Picture and Fax Viewer | fullscreen, slideshow, fit, zoom, print | rotate, lossy JPEG rotate, annotate TIFF images | – (included with Windows XP) |
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XnView | Thumbnails (user-defined sizes), fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, fit, view IPTC and Exif info, ... | Resize, crop, rotate, flip, JPEG lossless rotate/flip/crop, adjust exposure and colors etc., filters (sharpen, blur, average, emboss, ...), batch convert, batch rename, edit IPTC info, ... | freeware for private non-commercial or educational use, including non-profit organization (i.e. schools, universities, public authorities, police, fire brigade, and hospitals); otherwise 26 EUR. |
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Xv | View as ASCII or Hex, magnify, determine pixel values | Crop, pad, resize, rotate, flip, brightness, contrast, gamma, saturation, hue, colormap, reduce colors, dither, convert, and more | 35 USD |
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Zoner Photo Studio | Thumbnails (user-defined sizes), fullscreen, histogram, slideshow with transitional effects, auto rotation, JPEG lossless rotate, pan, zoom, fit, ITPC and Exif info, GPS support, full Unicode support, free version does not support color profiles... | Resize, crop, rotate, flip, JPEG lossless rotate/mirror, adjust exposure, colors, contrast, saturation, hue, white balance, levels, curves, gamma correction, filters (sharpen, blur, soften, edge, emboss, average, grayscale, ...), .8bf (Photoshop) plugins compatibility, color management, batch operations, image conversions with reduced/dithered colors, batch rename, red eye removal, edit ITPC, XMP and Exif info, time creation offset, merge to HDR, PDF presentation, panorama creation, lens correction, anti-vignetting, web picture gallery, DNG/RAW image converter, TWAIN scanners support, send pictures via e-mail, 3D pictures, dynamic calendar generation, support for WIC codecs (RAW processing)... | Free: for personal non-commercial use Home: 49.99 USD Pro: 99.99 USD |
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Name | View functions | Other functions | Price |
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Note 1: Adobe Bridge comes included in the price with the Adobe Creative Suite CS2, Adobe Production Studio and Photoshop Elements 4 for Mac OS X. Adobe Bridge cannot be purchased separately, but Photoshop Elements is available from Adobe Systems for 70 USD, and Photoshop is available for 400 USD. Note 2: The latest version of iPhoto comes included with every new Mac PC. iPhoto cannot be purchased separately, but is part of the iLife suite which is available from Apple for 10.49 GBP. Note 3: See also Comparison of raster graphics editors. Supported file formats|
ACDSee | | | BMP | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | GIF | PSD | EMF, PCX, PIC, PICT, PSD, PSP, SGI, TGA, WMF, XBM, various camera formats among others |
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Adobe Bridge | | | | | | | | | Displays all file types supported by Adobe Creative Suite |
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Aperture | | PDF | | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | GIF | PSD | PSD RAW Formats: ARW, CR2, CRW, MOS, NEF, RAF, RAW, SRW, OLY, FFF, 3FR, DNG. Various video formats including: AVI, MOV, MPEG |
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AZImage[1] | | | BMP | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | GIF | | RAW formats: 3fr, arw, srf, sr2, bay, crw, cr2, cap, iiq, eip, dcs, dcr, drf, k25, kdc, dng, erf, fff, mef, mos, mrw, nef, nrw, orf, ptx, pef, pxn, r3d, raf, raw, rw2, rwl, dng, rwz, x3f |
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CDisplay | CBZ, CBR, CBT, CBA | | BMP | JPEG | PNG | | GIF | | |
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CDisplayEx | CBZ, CBR, CBT, CB7 | PDF | BMP | JPEG | PNG | | GIF | | RAR, ZIP, TAR, LZH, ARJ, CAB, GZ, BZ2, 7Z, DJVU |
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Comix | CBZ, CBR, CBT | | | JPEG | PNG | | | | ... |
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Diffractor | | | BMP | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | GIF | | Most raw file formats including DNG, CR2 and NEF. Video AVI, MP4, MKV and audio MP3. |
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digiKam | | | BMP | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | GIF | | JPEG 2000, PCX, WMF, PNM, PPM, XCF, XPM, PGX, all RAW formats, DNG, MPEG, MPO, MPE, AVI, MOV, ASF |
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Eye of GNOME | | | BMP | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | GIF | | PNM, RAS, ICO, XPM, SVG |
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FastPictureViewer | | | BMP | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | | PSD | HD Photo, HDP, WDP, JPEG XR (+ RLE, DIB, ICO, MTIFF, DNG, NRW, NEF, CR2, ORF, PEF, ARW, RW2, SR2, SRF, RWZ in the registered edition, as well as DjVu, TGA, PSD, HDR, DDS, EXR, J2K, TGA, PNM, PBM, PGM, PBM, LRPREV, JPS through additional WIC codecs from the optional FastPictureViewer Codec Pack or from 3rd parties)[5] |
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FastStone Image Viewer | | | BMP/BMP | JPEG/JPEG | PNG/PNG | TIFF/TIFF | GIF/GIF | | loading of: JPEG 2000, PCX, WMF, ICO, CUR, TGA, CRW, saving to: JPEG 2000, PCX, TGA |
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Firehand Ember | | | BMP | JPEG | PNG | | | | |
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F-Spot | | | | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | GIF | | CR2, CRW, DNG, MRW, NEF, ORF, PEF, PPM, RAF, RAW, SRF, SVG |
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Fotoxx | | | BMP | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | GIF | | CR2, CRW, DNG, ICO, MRW, NEF, ORF, PEF, PPM, RAF, RAW, SRF, SVG |
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Geeqie | | | BMP | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | GIF | | 3FR, ANI, APM, ARW, CR2, CRW, CUR, DCR, DNG, ERF, ICNS, ICO, JP2/JPC/JPX/J2K/JPF, JPS, K25, KDC, MEF, MPO, MOS, MRW, NEF, ORF, PCX, PEF, PBM/PGM/PNM/PPM, PTX, QIF/QTIF (QuickTime Image Format), R3D, RAF, RAS (Sun raster), RAW, SR2, SRF, SVG/SVGZ, TGA/TARGA, WBMP, WMF, X3F, XBM, XPM [6] |
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GraphicConverter | | PDF | BMP | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | GIF | PSD | 190 types read, 79 types saved |
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gThumb | | | | | | | | | See note |
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Gwenview | | | BMP | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | GIF | PSD | MNG, SVG, MNG, XCF etc. |
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ImageAXS | | | BMP | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | GIF | | Read/Write: DIB, ICO, TGA, PCX, DiCOM. |
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Imagine | CBZ, CBR (with RAR plugin) | | BMP | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | GIF | PSD | ANI, ANM (Deluxe Paint Animation), CorelDRAW drawing (CDR,CDT,PAT,CMX), CUR, DCX, DDS, EMF, ICL, ICO, MacPaint, MNG, PBM, PCD, PCX, PGM, PIC, CEL, PPM, PSD, PSP (Paint Shop Pro image), RAS, RLA, RLE, SGI (RGB,BW), SPR (Pro Motion Animation), TGA, WBMP, WMF, XBM, XCF, XPM |
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IMatch | | | | | | | | | over 50 types including RAW, also Unicode |
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imgSeek | | | | | | | | | 12 types |
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iPhoto | | | | JPEG | PNG | | GIF | PSD | RAW (All QuickTime supported images), PSD (Leopard), AVI (Leopard), MOV (Leopard) |
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IrfanView | | PDF | BMP | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | GIF | PSD | ~70 types including : AIF, ANI/CUR, ASF, AU/SND, AVI, B3D, DIB, CAM (Casio JPG), CLP, DDS, Dicom/ACR, DJVU, ECW, EMF/WMF, EPS/PS, FITS, FlashPix (FPX), FSH, G3, HDR, ICO/ICL/EXE/DLL, IFF/LBM, IMG (GEM), JPEG 2000, JPM, KDC, LDF, LWF, MED, MID/RMI, MNG/JNG, MOV, MP3, MPG, MrSID, NLM/NOL/NGG, OGG, PBM/PGM/PPM, PCX/DCX, PhotoCD, PIC, PSD, PSP, RAS/SUN, RAW, Real Audio (RA), RLE, SFF, SFW, SGI/RGB, SWF (Flash/Shockwave), TGA, TTF, TXT, WAD, WAL, WAV, WBMP, WBZ/WBC, XBM, XPM, CRW/CR2, DNG, NEF, ORF, RAF, MRW, DCR, SRF, CAD formats. Partial support: MOV, QTIF, Mac PICT, FLI/FLC, SVG. |
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Konvertor | CBZ, CBR | PDF | BMP | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | GIF | | 3100+ types read, 250 types saved (3D, Images, Audio, Video, Text) |
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KSquirrel | | | | | | | | | 51 types |
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KPhotoAlbum | | | | | | | | | Photo formats supported by KDE; AVI, MPEG, RAW |
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Lphoto | | | | | | | | | iPhoto Clone |
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Phase One Media Pro | | PDF | | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | GIF | PSD | Supports over 100 file formats for images, videos and documents, including: PSD, IIQ, CR, CRW, MOS, NEF, RAF, RAW, SRW, DNG, EIP, DOC |
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Picasa | | | BMP | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | GIF | | 8 types including TGA, RAW, and some movie formats |
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Preview | | PDF | BMP | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | GIF | | All QuickTime images: |
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ResourceSpace | | | | | | | | | Hundreds; all types supported by ImageMagick and FFmpeg plus InDesign |
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ShowImg | | | | JPEG | PNG | | GIF | PSD | XCF etc. |
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Shotwell | | | | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | | | RAW and some video formats |
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Simple Comic | CBZ, CBR, CB7 | | | JPEG | PNG | | GIF | | JPEG2000, any other Core Image supported format. Also opens 7-Zip, LHA, RAR, ZIP |
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SView5 | | PDF | BMP | JPEG | PNG | TIFF (multipage) | GIF | PSD | Reads more than 140 file formats and writes more than 60. |
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STDU Viewer | | PDF | BMP | JPEG | PNG | TIFF (multipage) | GIF | PSD | TXT, EMF, WMF, DjVu, XPS |
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Windows Picture and Fax Viewer | | | BMP | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | GIF | | WMF, EMF, ICO |
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XnView | | | BMP | JPEG (IPTC&Exif) | PNG | TIFF (multipage) | GIF | PSD | reads about 400 formats, including: FAX, NEF, CRW, RWZ, Paint Shop Pro Photo PSPIMAGE, EPS, WMF, DICOM; writes about 50 formats |
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Xv | | | BMP | JPEG | PNG (with patch) | TIFF | GIF | | PBM, PGM, PPM, XPM, Sun Rasterfile, Targa, RGB, PCX, FITS, PM, PostScript |
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Zoner Photo Studio | | | BMP | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | GIF/aGIF | | HDP/WDP, PSD, PSB, PSP/PSPIMAGE, DIB/RLE, J2K/JPC/JP2, PAM, PBM, PGM, PNM, PCD, PCX, WBMP/WBM, TGA, ICO, MAC, WPG, BMI, MDM, THN, ARW/SR2, CRW/CR2, DNG, ERF, KDC, MEF, MRW, NEF, ORF, RAF, RAW, X3F, 3FR, RW2, PEF, SRF, DCM, RWZ, stereo pictures: JPS, PNS, BMS.[7] |
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Program | Comic book | PDF | BMP | JPEG | PNG | TIFF | GIF | PSD | Other Graphics file formats |
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Supported desktop environments- SView5 may also run on Linux/x86 and MacOS/x86 using Mono
Features|
ACDSee | Yes | Yes | Yes 1:1, fit width and/or height, lock | Yes previous, next | Yes user-defined | Yes database | directory-tree, albums, calendar, favourites, search results | Yes | Yes user-defined, name, date, size, type, ... | Yes | Yes individual, linear, block | Yes Exif, IPTC | Yes many | Yes | Yes | GPS Location, Scripts for batch/pre processing, automatic slideshow | Yes rotation only | Yes |
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Aperture | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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CDisplay | Yes | Yes | Yes 1:1, fit over/under width/height, fullscreen, doublepage | | Yes Fixed, with scroll | | Thumbnails(of current folder images or archive) | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes Rotate, Filter | Yes configurable | Yes | Slider, automatic slideshow, mouse control | No | No |
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Comix | Yes | Yes | Yes 1:1, fit over/under width/height, fullscreen, doublepage | | Yes Fixed, with scroll | | Thumbnails(of current folder images or archive) | No | No | No | No | | Yes Rotate, Filter | | | Slider, automatic slideshow, mouse control | | |
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Diffractor | Yes | Yes | Yes fit, 1:1 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes thumbnail results for folders or metadata searches | No | Yes name, size, date, location, rating | Yes most metadata | Yes individual, linear | Yes Exif, IPTC, XMP and ID3 | crop, rotate and color adjust | Yes | No | batch conversion and processing, social media upload, Geotagging | Yes | Yes |
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digiKam | Yes | Yes | Yes fit, in/out | Yes previous, next | Yes adjustable size | Yes | Yes album-tree, tags, calendar, searches, map (geolocation) | Yes | Yes tags, date, keywords, metadata | Yes file name, comments, most Exif and meta data | Yes linear, block, complex | Yes Exif and IPTC | Yes many editing function | Yes | Yes | Geotagging, batch processing, detect duplicate/similar images, export to Internet/social media/HTML | Yes in 90° steps | Yes |
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Eye of gnome | Yes | Yes | Yes +/-, 1:1, best fit | | image collection pane, only one row | | Thumbnails(of current folder images) | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes Rotate | Yes unconfigurable | | | Yes | |
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F-Spot | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Yes | | list, file-tree | | Yes keywords | | | Yes | | | | Export to HTML, Flickr, or O.r.i.g.i.n.a.l. | | |
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Fotoxx | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Yes | | list, file-tree | | Yes keywords | | | Yes | | | | Export to HTML, Flickr, or O.r.i.g.i.n.a.l. | | |
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FastPictureViewer | Yes | Yes Auto-advance mode | Yes 1:1, fit, 50%-6400% magnifier, click-and-hold zooming | Yes dynamic, adaptive | Yes 96x96px, shown on navigation slider (Vista or later) | Yes (uses OS-managed cache on Windows Vista or later) | Yes Windowed or full-screen, back and forth navigation, bookmarks, navigation slider | No | Yes Filenames, file creation/modification date, Exif date taken, GPS timestamp | No | Yes Copy, move, delete, rate, label | Yes Write XMP Rating/Label, IPTC metadata, Vista Rating, embedded or in sidecar files, shows shooting info (Exif) and realtime RGB histogram | No | Yes | Yes (supports custom monitor profile, direct conversion from image colorspace to monitor colorspace, ICC v4) | Native 32 and 64-bit, Tethered shooting (MTP/PTP over USB), Multicore-aware, DirectX accelerated, HD Photo / JPEG XR support. | n/a | Yes, native |
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FastStone Image Viewer | Yes | Yes | Yes 1:1, fit width and/or height, lock | No | Yes 5 predefined sizes | Yes database | dir-tree | Yes | Yes user-defined, name, date, file size, image size, type | | Yes individual, linear | Partial JPEG comment | Yes many | | | | Yes lossless transitions | No |
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Geeqie | Yes | Yes | Yes fit, 1:1, in/out | Yes previous, next | Yes 24x24 - 256x256 | Yes as png-files centrally or in sub-dir | list, dir-tree, collection | Yes | Yes collections, keywords, directory | Yes collections, keywords, filename, location, size, date, dimensions, comments, previous results | Yes block, linear, complex | Yes | Yes rotate, brightness, contrast | Yes | | find duplicates, sort manager, recent collections | | |
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gThumb | Yes | Yes random, forward, reverse | Yes fit, 1:1, remember, fit-if-larger, in/out | | Yes 48x48 - 256x256, 9 sizes | Partial Newer versions cache in a central directory | list, icon, subfolders, categories | Yes | Yes catalogs, categories | Yes name, comment, date, category, folder, recursive-folder | Yes linear, block, complex | Partial | Yes manipulate color, flip/rotate, etc. | Yes | | bookmarks, comments, rename series, create index image, create HTML album | | |
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ImageAXS | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Yes | | Yes | Yes | Yes | tags, comments, rename series, create HTML album | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | | | |
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IrfanView | Yes | Yes | Yes 1:1, fit width and/or height, lock | No | Yes 18 predefined sizes: 50×50–800×800 | No | dir-tree, search results | Yes | Yes name, date, file size, image width/height, type, user-defined | Yes name, date, metadata | Yes individual, linear | Yes JPEG comment, IPTC, Exif | Yes many | Yes | Yes Custom monitor profile supported | Batch Conversion, Supports Adobe Photoshop Filter 8BF plugins, Screen Capture | Yes crop plugin and rotate plugin available | Yes (with plugin) |
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Konvertor | Yes | Yes | Yes Fit to viewing area/height/width | Yes | Yes Yes, user-defined | Yes Database | Yes Date, filetypes, sizes, by search, by keywords and all metadata | Yes | Yes name, date, size, user-defined | Yes name, date, rating, file size, and many more. | Yes individual, linear | Yes EXIF, IPTC, XMP, ICC | Yes Rotate, Red eye removal, saturation, color balance, levels and more | Yes | Yes | Yes Find duplicates, hierarchical keywords, distributable catalog with free Media Pro reader, offline browsing of images | | Yes |
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KPhotoAlbum | Yes | Yes | Yes fit, in/out, presets | | Yes | | views search results | | by date | Yes keywords, comments, title, any field from Exif metadata | Yes linear, complex | Partial | Yes per KIPI plugins | Yes configurable | | Quick-tagging using keyboard tokens | | |
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Media Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes Fit to viewing area/height/width, 1:1, zoom to 1600% | Yes | Yes Yes, user-defined | Yes Database | Yes Catalog-sets, date, filetypes, events, author, people, by search, by keywords and all metadata | Yes | Yes name, date, size, user-defined | Yes name, date, rating, file size, and many more. | Yes individual, linear | Yes EXIF, IPTC, and custom keywords | Yes Rotate, Red eye removal, saturation, color balance, levels and more | Yes | Yes | Yes Find duplicates, hierarchical keywords, distributable catalog with free Media Pro reader, offline browsing of images | | Yes |
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Picasa | Partial only in slideshow mode | Yes | Partial no view window, fit to viewing area, 1:1, zoom to 400% | No | Yes user defined | Yes database | directory-tree, albums, timeline | Yes | Partial name, date, size, user-defined | Yes name, date, rating, faces | Yes individual, linear | Partial Keywords | Partial basic | Yes | Yes | collages, Geotagging, Search for Faces, find duplicates | Yes rotation only | Yes |
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ResourceSpace | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes user defined | Yes database | thumbs, list, events, tags | Yes contact sheet | Yes date, relevance, colour | Yes | Yes | Yes Exif, IPTC, user defined | Yes rotate, gamma | No | | | | |
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Shotwell | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes fixed size | Yes | Thumbs, Events (dates), tags | Yes | Yes Title, Exposure Date | No | Yes individual, linear, hide | Yes Read IPTC, Exif, XMP | Yes Exposure, Saturation, Tint, Shadows, Temperature, and more | Yes | No | Non-destructive editor, Auto Enhance Images, Duplicate, Upload, Favorite | No | Yes |
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Simple Comic | Yes | Yes | Yes Magnifying loupe on cursor | | Yes | | Yes fullscreen thumbnails, thumbnails when hovering over progress bar, single page, double page | No | Only by ascending file name. | No | | No | Yes rotate | Yes | | capture page, remove page, set icon | | |
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STDU Viewer | Yes | No
| Yes fit to width, fit to height, fit to size | No
| Yes
| No
| No
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
| No
| No
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
| Yes
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Windows Picture and Fax Viewer | Yes | Yes | Yes 1:1, fit, in/out | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes: Exif | Yes rotate, lossless JPEG rotate, annotate TIFF images | Yes | | | Yes rotate only | Yes |
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XnView | Yes | Yes | Yes 1:1, fit width and/or height, lock | Yes previous, next | Yes user-defined | Yes database | dir-tree, favourites, categories | Yes | Partial name, date, size, type, etc.; no user-defined order | Yes name, date, file size, image size, meta data, ... | Yes individual, linear | Yes IPTC, Exif, JPEG comment | Yes many | Yes configurable | Yes Custom monitor profile supported | Supports Adobe Photoshop Filter 8BF plugins | Yes | No Supported in XnViewMP |
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xv | No | Yes | | No | Yes fixed size | Yes in subdirectory (.xvpics) | | Yes | Partial name | No | Partial individual, all | Partial view comments | Yes many | Yes | | | | |
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Zoner Photo Studio | Yes | Yes | Yes 1:1, fit width and/or height, lock | Yes in Viewer, previous and next | Yes user-defined | Yes database | dir-tree, albums, CD compilations, media archive, search results, web albums | Yes contact sheet, templates, calendars, paper saver | Yes name, date, size, type, etc.; user-defined order | Yes name, date, file size, meta data | Yes individual, linear | Yes IPTC, Exif, XMP, JPEG comment | Yes very many | Yes configurable | Yes | sign images, 16 bits per channel, GPS support, merge pictures to HDR, WIC codecs support | Yes | Yes |
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Program | Fullscreen | slideshow | zoom (styles) | cache decoded images | thumbnails (sizes) | thumbnail caching | navigation views | print | sort (schemes) | search (criteria) | selection (styles) | metadata | adjust image (functions) | hotkeys | color management (ICC) | other / special | JPEG Lossless operations | Unicode support |
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Notes- Prices will vary over time, and between suppliers, and are for approximate indication only
- iPhoto is part of iLife, which includes a DVD authoring package (iDVD), a video editor (iMovie), a music player (iTunes), a multimedia web publisher (iWeb), and an audio-sequencing program (GarageBand)
- ACDSee supports 61 various image formats and writes to 16. Reads 9 compression formats and writes to 2. Also ACDSee supports 33 Video Formats (Reads)
- FastPictureViewer's DirectX hardware acceleration support depends on the actual video card installed and the amount of available video memory. The commercial version also supports previewing some camera RAW formats for which a WIC-enabled codec exists. Such RAW codecs are currently available from Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Sony and for Adobe DNG.
- Konvertor supports 2200 various file formats and writes to 225. Reads 9 compression formats and writes to 6.
- A large majority of Windows based image viewers do not have Unicode support. Some exceptions that do work with Unicode include ExifPro, FastPictureViewer, Imatch, Ashampoo Photo Commander and Konvertor.
- Many applications on Mac OS X use either the Core Image or QuickTime APIs for image support. This enables reading and writing to a variety of formats, including JPEG, JPEG2000, Apple Icon Image format, TIFF, PNG, PDF, BMP and more.
References See also
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