Comparison of image viewers
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This article presents a comparison of image viewers and Image organizers which can be used for image viewing.
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| Name | View functions | Edit functions 3 | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACDSeeURL | 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: 129.99 USD |
| Adobe BridgeURL | 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 |
| ALSee URL | Thumbnails, zoom, slideshow, preview, fullscreen, Exif information | Resize, rotate, adjust colors, adjust levels, word balloons, picture frames, special FX, batch processing, batch renaming, save selections, add text, picture overlays | $0 $20 (For commercial use, 1 person) |
| Brava Reader URL | Zoom/Pan/Magnify View, Scrollable paging, Orient, Handles Large Files, Print w/Watermarks & Banners | None (view/print only) | $0 |
| Brava Desktop URL | Zoom/Pan/Magnify View, Scrollable paging, Orient, Handles Large Files, Print w/Watermarks & Banners | Annotation & Redaction, Save To TIFF/PDF/CSF | $29-345 |
| CocoViewX URL | Slideshow, fullscreen | Rotate, greyscale, HTML galleries | $0 |
| CPC View URL | Zoom, annotate, thumbnails, anti-aliasing | Rotate | $29.95 |
| CyberShot Viewer | Zoom, annotate, thumbnails, anti-aliasing | Rotate | Included as camera software with some Sony CyberShot cameras |
| Digikam URL | Fit to window, zoom, pan, Light Table, Slideshow+Effects | Rotate, crop, vertical/horizontal flip, lossless JPEG operations (90° steps), color management, 16bit color depth, Light Table, EXIF, IPTC, GPS metadata, adjust colors/brightness/levels, elaborate Black and White conversion, lens correction, anti-vignetting, sharpening tools, vibrance, many filters, Batch operations, export to archive, HTML, flickr, gallery2, picasaweb. |  |
| Elgorithms MagicTracer URL | Fit to window, zoom | Color editing, filters, color management, color-depth maganagement, rotate, crop, resize | $49.95 |
| ExifPro Image Viewer URL | Preview pane, dedicated viewer window, magnifier tool, thumbnail mode, detailed mode, image preview mode, Exif info | Batch resize, copy, move, transfer, rename, slide show, HTML page generator, send e-mail, rotate, crop, adjust colors/brightness/levels, build a catalog of images, print, print thumbnails, export Exif info, show histogram | $20 |
| Eye of GNOME URL | Fit to window, zoom, print, full-screen, slideshow, image collection, image information... | Rotate, delete, flip, save as | |
| EyeBrowse URL | Fit to window, zoom, file tree, file selector, print with print preview, keyboard control, hotkeys, screen captures... | Image manipulation (blur, resize, crop, sharpen, rotate, negative, vertical/horizontal flip, grayscale, brightness & contrast), batch file management, undo/redo actions | $0/$20 |
| FastPictureViewer URL | Borderless full-screen kiosk mode, Fit-to-window, 1:1, 50%-6400% magnifier, Multicore-aware, DirectX hardware accelerated. | No image editing. 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. | Free for personal use (freeware license), $15-$40 depending on edition |
| FastStone Image Viewer URL | Thumbnails (5 predefined sizes), fullscreen, slideshow, Exif, etc | Rotate, move, rename, 150+ transitional effects, lossless JPEG transitions, drop shadow effects, scanner support, histogram, ... | Free for personal use |
| Firehand Ember URL | $60 | ||
| FlexSnap URL | High speed viewing, format detection, anti-aliasing, flip X & Y, fit to height/width, image rotation, scrolling, thumbnails, aspect ratio correction, pan button, resize, multiple page support | annotation (any format), merge annotation, insert bitmaps, brightness, contrast, gamma correction, draw freehand or use standard shapes, redact, resize, add sticky notes, crop, paste, merge and more | per license |
| FotoWare URL | Thumbnails, slideshow, filmstrip, preview, category segmentation, | Stand Alone: batch rotate, rename, delete, move, copy, batch rename, add/Edit Metadata XMP+IPTC, camera raw image handling (crop, resize, exposure, contrast, white balance, curves, etc...)
Via FotoStation: contact sheet production, print & text templates, Web picture gallery creation |
Included with other solutions and product packages offered by FotoWare: FotoStation PRO - £340 +VAT |
| FuturixImager URL | Full-screen, slideshow, zoom, histogram, metadata view, view-as-wallpaper; | Effects/filters, pencil, flood fill, eraser; JPEG lossless rotation; printing, scanning; screen capture; | $0 Freeware |
| F-Spot URL | Full-screen, slideshow, zoom, multiple sizes of thumbnails. Export: HTML, Flickr, Gallery Project, and O.r.i.g.i.n.a.l | Tags, rotate, move, rename, hue, contrast, crop, resize | |
| gimageview URL | 3-paned view, drag-and-drop moving of images, tabbed viewing, play animated formats, thumbnails | None | |
| GQView URL | Full-screen, slideshow, zoom, color spectrum, 14 sizes of thumbnails | Rotate, move, rename, hue, contrast, find/remove duplicates | |
| GraphicConverter URL | Full-screen, slideshow, etc | Rotate, move, rename... | $35 |
| gThumb URL | Full-screen, slideshow, zoom, color spectrum, three sizes of thumbnails | Rotate, move, rename, hue, contrast, | |
| Gwenview URL | 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... | |
| IDimager URL | Thumbnails (custom defined), previews (custom defined), fullscreen, light table, slideshow, zoom up to 10,000%,... | contrast, brightness, fill flash, crop (to ratio), auto levels, dynamic range, glamour, image frames, watermarks, sharpening, blur, film grain, resizing, canvas sizing, ... | Lite: discontinued Personal 69 USD Professional 129 USD |
| Image Browser Arctic URL | slideshow, bookmarks | encryption | $0 |
| Imagine URL | fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, rotate, thumbnails | resize, rename, greyscale, negative, swap colors, filters (blur, edge, emboss, gaussian, sharpen, soften ) | $0 (Free without any limitation [1]) |
| Imaging Express URL | Fit/Zoom/Pan image, anti-aliasing, smoothing, auto fit, auto paging, rotate, flip, negative, image information | Crop, auto border crop, deskew, despeckle, cut, erase, append/move/delete pages, rotate, flip, negative, annotate (highlight, text, sticky note, freehand, color line and shape, stamp), convert format, printing, scanning... | $0 /$39 |
| IMatch URL | $59.95 | ||
| imgSeek URL | Search similar images, Fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, thumbnails, disk navigator tree, tag treeview. Export: HTML | Rotate, move, rename, hue, contrast, etc | |
| imgv URL | Full-screen, thumbnails, slideshow, 4 at a time, zoom, rotate, flip, persistent zoom, add border, on-the-fly camera data, Exif, website images, fit to window, transitional effects, image collections, image properties, multiple-directories, wallpaper, hand tool, search, filter, image browser, randomize, hide image, close image | delete image, external editor, preferences | |
| iPhoto URL | Thumbnails, fullscreen, slideshow | Lossy JPEG rotate, Cropping (custom and template), Brightness/Contrast, Red-eye, Retouch, Color Enhancement, B&W and Sepia Conversion... | $0 2 |
| IrfanView URL | Thumbnails (18 pre-defined sizes from 50×50–800×800 pixels), fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, fit (several options), view IPTC and Exif info, hex view; Format detection with offer to rename, set wallpaper, EXE/SCR creation, Burn slideshow to CD; directory tree
2 languages (ENG/GER) |
Add Text, Crop, Cut/Copy selected area, Paste-Into selected area, paste from PrintScreen, Resize/Resample, Rotate, Flip Vert/Horiz, JPG lossless transformations, Color Adjustments, Greyscale, Red-Eye Reduction, Sharpen, effects/filters, Own and 8bf (Photoshop) plugins compatibility, 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 |
cost-free for private, non-commercial and educational use and for use in charity or humanitarian organisations |
| Konvertor URL | disk navigator, file tree, thumbnails, bookmarks, fullscreen, Photoshop plugins ... | 250 effects, filters, 6 languages (ENG/GER/FR/ITA/SPA/POR) ... | 27 $ |
| KSquirrel URL | disk navigator, file tree, thumbnails, bookmarks, fullscreen, KIPI plugins ... | resize, rotate, colorize, convert, print ... | |
| Kuickshow URL | |
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| KPhotoAlbum URL | Zoom, Rotate, Metadata, Exif, thumbnails (customize size), slideshow, Categories | As Available per Kipi Plugins | |
| KView URL | Zoom, rotate, resize, greyscale | |
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| Lphoto URL | Zoom, Slideshow, camera information, | Crop, redeye, color tweaking, auto attach and resize for email, export to HTML, export to CD | |
| MangaMeeya URL | Thumbnails, Zoom, Fit to Screen, View inside archives (Zip, Rar, LZH, 7z, CAB), Many Scaling options, Sharpness/Brightness/etc. filters, Easily navigate through folders, read right to left, Rotate, Crop, Extremely fast! | $0 | |
| MobaPhoto URL | Thumbnails, fullscreen, fit, web slideshow | Resize, crop, rotate, correct red eye effect, jpeg lossless rotate, adjust brightness/contrast/colors, batch convert, batch rename, create web galleries, ... | cost-free for private, non-commercial use, educational use and non-profit organizations |
| My pictures 3D Album URL | Thumbnails, Slideshow, Save as 3D gallery, Save as screensaver | Fit frame to image, Fit image to frame, Crop image to frame, Rotate, Add Caption, Add Comments | $0 |
| My ViewPad URL | Features | €0 | |
| MultiView | Only basic functions | copy, rename, move, delete | $0 |
| nxv URL | 2D image Display - Zoom - Histogram view - Profile of a line - 3D projections (Intensity converted to Volume) - | Color table manipulation, normalization, histogram cut, pixel color modification, crop, invert, transpose, mirror | |
| P3dO URL | 3D rendering, Thumbnails (8 pre-defined sizes), slideshow, ... | rotate | std: 0 USD pro: 24.95 USD |
| PicaJet Photo Manager URL | Full-screen, thumbnails, slideshow, lossless JPEG rotate, histogram, camera information, zoom, rotate, flip, Exif, IPTC, XMP viewer and editor, transitional effects, photo galleries, picture burning | Crop, Red-eye, JPEG lossless rotate, photo effects, batch edit, batch rename, Brightness, Contrast, Levels, Sepia | $39.95 |
| Picasa URL | Zoom, lossless rotate, histogram, camera information | Crop, straighten, redeye, colour tweaking, effects, batch edit, batch rename, video rendering, HTML gallery creation, photo browser application creator, screensaver | $0 |
| PicLens URL | 3D wall, thumbnails in cinematic presentation, preload, zoom, fullscreen (plugin for Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari) | $0 | |
| PicShow URL | preload, adjust screen depth, scaling, fade and crossfade, animation, fullscreen, slideshow, rotate free, connect images as continuous strip (useful for online comics) | Extract grayscale, extract colors, cropping, autocropping, scaling, save, join various IFF in a larger image | $0 |
| Plumeria Image Sorter URL | auto-resize | organize large amounts of images using keyboard hotkeys and/or mouse with one click | |
| PMView Pro URL | Zoom, rotate, paging, Exif information | Crop, size, resolution, rotate, brightness, contrast, color, convert | $49.95 |
| Preview URL | Zoom, rotate, metadata | Crop, straighten, color tweaking, profile assignment | $0 |
| Shell Picture URL | $30 | ||
| ShowGirls URL | fullscreen, slideshow, display of images with Alpha Channel, perspective and rotation, scaling image display to fit in the window (separate control over enlarging and reducing), optional bilinear filtering, scrolling/zooming of very big images, thumbnailer generator, Exif data tags | Batch processing, balance, resize, smoothing, cropping, splitscreen mode for easy previewing, intelligent scaling, copy, rename, move, delete, convert filetype, text insert function, insert Alpha image tool, color picker, notification (refereshing of list) if new images are copied inserted or deleted while current is displayed, Jpeg saver moves Exif tags | $0 |
| ShowImg URL | fullscreen, slideshow, filters, search for similar images | Batch rename, convert filetype | |
| SView5 and SView Image Toolkit URL | Reads more than 100 file formats. Supports 8/24 bit graphics with or without transparency or 8 bit alpha channel, i.e. 8-32 bit input. 48/64 bit or HDR images also can be imported, processed and converted (eventually are scaled to 24 bit) - lots of add. tools like WinSlide, ScrollSlide, CyberSlide, SuperSlide. EXIF/IPTC/XMP support. | BatchProcess Batch conversion tool; writes C-Sourcecode in chunky/RGB notation; available 76 graphic operators with unlimited undo and applicable even into selected regions: Dither24Bit, 24BitToHAM, HilbertDither256, ExtractRed, ExtractGreen, ExtractBlue, XOR, ExtractGrayScales, TopToBottom, LeftToRight, Rotate, Scale50, AnyTo24Bit, Crop, CallPNM, OptimizePalette, RotateFree,PaletteDither, Blur, Sharpen, AddText, Antique, AutoBorder, Brightness, Complement, Contrast, Convolve, DitherFix24, EdgeDetect, Gamma, Mosaic, PagePrint, RGBAdjust, ScaleFree, Resize, AlphaBlend, InvertColors, NegateColors, AddAlpha, AddTransColor, InvertAlpha, StripAlpha, ExtractAlpha, FixAlphaBlend, ColorCycle, Cut, Mirror, Scatter, FlipNibbles, ChangeColor, ChangePixel24; plus the following from Steve Quartly: SQBentley, SQTiling, SQThreshold, SQOilPaint, SQMosaic, SQEmboss, SQSlicing, SQDiffuse, SQContrast, SQSharpen, SQBlur, SQDeep_Press, SQMotion_Blur, SQHighPass | $0 |
| ThumbsPlus URL | Thumbnails (user-defined sizes), fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, fit, view Exif info, ... | Resize, crop, rotate, flip, jpeg lossless rotate/mirror, adjust exposure and colors etc, filters (sharpen, blur, average, emboss, ...), red eye removal, ... | std: 49.95 USD pro: 89.95 USD |
| Vallen JPegger URL | $0 | ||
| VeriPic URL | Password protected photos, Multi-user Multi-computer access SQL Database, Up to 32767 simultaneous users and client connections per server, Fullscreen, Slideshow, Zoom, Progressive Compression Portable Show (99% compression, 1% of original size), 250 per second thumbnail display, 10,000 per second search of photo DB, titles and notes as keywords, multi-user access, network access, tamperproof time clock audit trail, fingerprint background removal, calibration 1:1 output, photo encryption, high performance distributed network CPU usage, targeted to store 10,000 to 1,000,000 photos per year per corporate or law enforcement user | Lossless Brightness, Lossless Contrast, Lossless Color Channel, Lossless Rotation | $5250 |
| ViewIt URL | fullscreen, slideshow, print, digitall cameras, find duplicates, sort, search, mark | Batch rename, convert filetype, create www page, contact sheet | $20 |
| Web Photo Album URL | Thumbnails (user-defined sizes), slideshow (user-defined sizes), choose design (many galleries) | automatic rotate using EXIF info, rename images, rename gallery, add link to your website, input HTML code for image header/footer, include full-sized images into album, publish album to the web (free web photo hosting pho.to[2]) | $0 |
| Windows Picture and Fax Viewer URL | fullscreen, slideshow, fit, zoom, print | rotate, lossy JPEG rotate, annotate TIFF images | $0 (included with Windows XP) |
| Xee URL | Fullscreen, Exif data, archive browsing, same directory browsing, slideshow, OpenGL display | Crop and rotate, lossless JPEG manipulation, file system manipulation | |
| XnView URL | 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, ... | cost-free for private, non-commercial use, educational use and non-profit organizations |
| Xv URL | 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 | $25 |
| Zoner Photo Studio URL | Thumbnails (user-defined sizes), fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, fit, ITPC and Exif info, ... | Resize, crop, rotate, flip, jpeg lossless rotate/mirror, adjust exposure and colors etc, filters (sharpen, blur, average, emboss, ...), red eye removal, batch rename, edit ITPC and Exif info, ... | Classic: free Xpress: 14.95 USD Home: 59.95 USD Pro: 84.95 USD |
| Name | View functions | Edit functions | Price |
Note 1: Adobe Bridge comes free 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 are available from Adobe for $70 and Photoshop is available for $400.
Note 2: The latest version of iPhoto comes free with a Mac. iPhoto cannot be purchased separately, but is part of the iLife-suite which is available from Apple Computer for $79.
Note 3: See also Comparison of raster graphics editors.
[edit] Supported file formats
| Name | File formats |
|---|---|
| ACDSee | BMP, EMF, GIF, JPEG, PCX, PIC, PICT, PNG, PSD, PSP, SGI, TGA, TIFF, WMF, XBM, various camera formats among others |
| Adobe Bridge | Displays all file types supported by Adobe Creative Suite |
| ALSee | ANI, BMP, CAL, EPS, FAX, GIF, IMG, JBG, JPE, JPEG, JPG, MAC, PBM, PCD, PCX, PCT, PGM, PNG, PPM, PSD, RAS, TGA, TIFF, WMF |
| Brava Reader | TIFF, PDF, CSF |
| Brava Desktop | TIFF, PDF, ISO, CALS, PNG, JPEG, GIF, JEDMICS, CGM, WMF, EMF, PCX, DWG, DWF, PLT and many more document, image and CAD drawing formats. |
| CocoViewX | PNG, JPEG, GIF |
| CPC View | TIFF, CALS, JEDMICS, PNM, CPC |
| CyberShot Viewer | JPEG, TIFF, MPEG1 |
| Digikam | JPEG, PNG, JPEG 2000, BMP, GIF, PCX, TIFF, WMF, PNM, PPM, XCF, XPM, PGX, all RAW formats, MPEG, MPO, MPE, AVI, MOV, ASF |
| Elgorithms MagicTracer | PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIF, ICO, CUR, PCX, TGA, RAS, WMF, EMF, JPEG 2000, JPC, PNM |
| ExifPro Image Viewer | JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIF, NEF, CRW, CR2, ORF, RAF, DNG, PSD, CATALOG |
| Eye of GNOME | PNG, GIF, JPG, BMP, PNM, RAS, TIFF, ICO, XPM, SVG |
| EyeBrowse | PNG, JPG, BMP, TGA, TIFF, PCX, WMF, EMF, DIB, GIF, ICO |
| FastPictureViewer | JPEG, JPE, JFIF, HD Photo, HDP, WDP, JPEG XR, (+ PNG, BMP, RLE, DIB, ICO in Home Basic Edition), (+ TIFF, NEF, CR2, ORF, PEF, ARW, SR2, SRF, DNG, WIC codecs in Professional Edition) |
| FastStone Image Viewer | loading of: PNG, JPEG, BMP, JPEG 2000, GIF, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO, CUR, TGA, saving to: JPEG, JPEG2000, TIFF, GIF, PCX, BMP, PNG, TGA |
| Firehand Ember | |
| FlexSnap | TIFF, JPEG, BMP, PNG, PCX, NCR, PCL, DCX, DIB, ASCII, CALS, EPS Preview, Exif, FileNet, GIF, , Apple Filing Protocol, DICOM, MS Word, MS Excel, PDF, and more |
| FotoWare | Displays & handles all file types supported by Adobe, Quark, Microsoft Office |
| FuturixImager | 50+ types - including JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, JPEG 2000, RAW, DNG, SVG |
| F-Spot | CR2, CRW, DNG, GIF, JPEG, MRW, NEF, ORF, PEF, PNG, PPM, RAF, RAW, SRF, SVG, TIFF |
| gimageview | JPEG, PNG, PPM, GIF, TIFF, XBM, XPM, BMP, ICO, PCX, TGA, XCF, MAG, SVG, MNG, WMF, ANI, RAS |
| GQView | See note |
| GraphicConverter | 190 types read, 79 types saved |
| gThumb | See note |
| Gwenview | PNG, JPEG, MNG, GIF, XCF etc. |
| IDimager | over 30 types, also supports any non-image format. Formats include JPG, TIFF, DNG, PSD, CR2, NEF, PEF, ORF, PDF, etc |
| Image Browser Arctic | 11 types |
| Imagine | ANI, ANM (Deluxe Paint Animation), BMP, CorelDRAW drawing (CDR,CDT,PAT,CMX), CUR, DCX, DDS, EMF, GIF, ICL, ICO, JPE, JPEG, JPG, MacPaint, MNG, PBM, PCD, PCX, PGM, PIC, CEL, PNG, PPM, PSD, PSP (Paint Shop Pro image), RAS, RLA, RLE, SGI (RGB,BW), SPR (Pro Motion Animation), TGA, TIFF, WBMP, WMF, XBM, XCF, XPM, |
| Imaging Express | 30 types - including TIFF, PDF, JPEG, BMP, PCX, DCX, GIF, PNG, TGA... |
| IMatch | over 50 types including RAW |
| imgSeek | 12 types |
| imgv | JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, BMP, PCX, TGA, PPM, PNM, PBM, PGM, XPM, XCF, LBM, IFF, MPEG |
| iPhoto | PNG, JPEG, GIF, RAW (All QuickTime supported images), PSD (Leopard), AVI (Leopard), MOV (Leopard) |
| IrfanView | ~70 types including : AIF, ANI/CUR, ASF, AU/SND, AVI, B3D, BMP/DIB, CAM (Casio JPG), CLP, DDS, Dicom/ACR, DJVU, ECW, EMF/WMF, EPS/PS/PDF, FITS, FlashPix (FPX), FSH, G3, GIF, HDR, ICO/ICL/EXE/DLL, IFF/LBM, IMG (GEM), JPG2000, JPG, JPM, KDC, LDF, LWF, MED, MID/RMI, MNG/JNG, MOV, MP3, MPG, MrSID, NLM/NOL/NGG, OGG, PBM/PGM/PPM, PCX/DCX, PhotoCD, PIC, PNG, PSD, PSP, RAS/SUN, RAW, Real Audio (RA), RLE, SFF, SFW, SGI/RGB, SWF (Flash/Shockwave), TGA, TIF, TTF, TXT, WAD, WAL, WAV, WBMP, WBZ/WBC, XBM, XPM, CRW/CR2, DNG, NEF, ORF, RAF, MRW, DCR, SRF, X3F, CAD formats. Partial support: MOV, QTIF, Mac PICT, FLI/FLC, SVG. |
| Konvertor | 1041 types: audio, video, photos, images, texts |
| KSquirrel | 51 types |
| Kuickshow | See note |
| KPhotoAlbum | Photo formats supported by KDE; AVI, MPEG, RAW |
| KView | 9 types, including PNG, JPEG |
| Lphoto | iPhoto Clone |
| MangaMeeya | BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, PDF |
| MobaPhoto | BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX, PIC, PICT, PNG, TGA, TIFF |
| My Pictures 3D Album | JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF, PNG, TIFF, BMP, a3g, pgal |
| My ViewPad | Features |
| MultiView | AmigaOS and MorphOS standard multimedia viewer/player. It is a universal reader of datatypes. If correspondent Amiga datatypes are installed it could read virtually any kind of file included images, music, docs, PDF, HTML, etc. |
| P3dO | PNG, JPEG |
| PicaJet Photo Manager | TIFF, GIF, JPEG, PCX, BMP, ICO, CUR, PNG, AVI, JPEG2000, QT, MOV, MPEG, MPG, M1V, MP2, MPA, MPE, WMV, ASF, M2V, MP4. Plus RAW files of most Camera Manufacturers, including: Adobe DNG, Canon, Nikon, Minolta, Pentax, Sigma, Fuji, Olympus etc...: CRW, CR2, DNG, NEF, RAW, RAF, X3F, ORF, SRF, MRW, DCR, BAY, PEF |
| Picasa | 8 types including PNG, JPEG and some movie formats |
| PicLens | Flickr, Facebook, Google Images, PhotoBucket etc. (plugin for Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari) |
| PicShow | JPEG, IFF/LBM, etc. (uses Amiga Datatypes for virtually any filetype compatibility) |
| Plumeria Image Sorter | JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, ICO |
| PMView Pro | Over 40 types including PNG, JPEG, TIFF |
| Preview | All QuickTime images: |
| ResourceSpace | Hundreds; all types supported by ImageMagick and FFmpeg plus InDesign |
| Shell Picture | |
| ShowGirls | JPEG, PNG, GIF, IFF/LBM, BMP, etc. (uses Amiga Datatypes for virtually any filetype compatibility) |
| ShowImg | JPEG, PNG, GIF, XCF, PSD etc. |
| SView5 and SView Image Toolkit | More than 100 graphics file formats and sub-types: IFF (ACBM,ILBM,DEEP,FAXX,PBM,RGBN,RGFX,YUVN), BMP, XPM v1-v3, JPEG (JFIF v6), IMG (GEM/XIMG), PhotoCD, WPG v5.0/v5.1, TIFF, MacPaint, PCX, EPS (Header/PS), Atari Degas (1-3), PSD (Ph*t*sh*p), TIM, Spectrum ZX (SCR/TAP), XWD v11, FBM, Windows Icon, CDR Preview, QRT/POV Raytrace, Mac PICT v1/v2, SGI, SVG (SView), Targa, Pictor/PCPaint, SunRaster, RAW/RAW-CM, PNG, CVP (passphoto), Amiga Icons (lots), SPP, UtahRLE (RLE.5), C64 GEOS, JPEG 2000 (JP2/PGX), C64 Koala, C64 Doodle, GIF 87a/89a, PSP (PaintSh*p), JPEG (LJPG), Dr. Halo (CUT/PAL), PNM (P4-6), PBM/PGM/PPM (P1-3), XBM v10/v11, MTV, MSP v1.0/v2.0, HDR Radiance, PFM HDR (Pf/PF). Amiga version also uses Amiga Datatypes for virtually any filetype compatibility. Also reads packed HQX/BZ2/GZ/XPK/PP20-packed data via Unpack.svobject. Thru third party software auto-embedded function also reads: AMF, CLP, DXF/AutoCAD (tm), FIG, CGM, IFF-DR2D, IFF-DRSD, Limbo, Postscript (TM), SVG (W3C), WPG-Vector, WMF |
| Vallen JPegger | |
| VeriPic | Photo, video and audio formats supported by Windows including RAW. Also stores non-image files including Word and Excel documents as Blob data indexed and searched by keywords. |
| ViewIt | PNG JPEG BMP GIF RAW PSD TIFF and many more |
| Web Photo Album | JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF, PNG, TIFF, BMP |
| Windows Picture and Fax Viewer | JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF, WMF, EMF, TIFF, ICO |
| Xee | JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, GIF, PSD, TIFF, OpenEXR, Radiance, RAW, PICT, QuickTime Image, MacPaint, Apple Icon, BMP, Targa, PCX, ILBM, SGI, FPX, XBM, Fax Document (fax, jfx, jfax), Comic Book Archive |
| XnView | reads about 400 formats, including: JPEG (IPTC & Exif), BMP, PNG, FAX, GIF, TIFF (Multipage), NEF, CRW, PSD, EPS, WMF, DICOM; writes about 50 formats [1] |
| Xv | GIF, JPEG, TIFF, PBM, PGM, PPM, XPM, Sun Rasterfile, Targa, RGB, BMP, PCX, FITS, PM, PostScript, PNG (with patch) |
| Zoner Photo Studio | supported formats |
| Name | File formats |
[edit] Supported desktop environments
| Name | Windows | Mac OS | GNOME | KDE | X Window System | AmigaOS | MorphOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACDSee | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Adobe Bridge | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| ALSee | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Brava Reader | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Brava Desktop | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| CocoViewX | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| CPC View | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| CyberShot Viewer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Digikam | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Elgorithms MagicTracer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| ExifPro Image Viewer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Eye of GNOME | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| EyeBrowse | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| FastPictureViewer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| FastStone Image Viewer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Firehand Ember | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| FlexSnap | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| FuturixImager | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| F-Spot | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| gimageview | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| GQView | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| GraphicConverter | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| gThumb | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Gwenview | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| IDimager | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Image Browser Arctic | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Imagine | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Imaging Express | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| IMatch | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| imgSeek | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| imgv | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| iPhoto | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| IrfanView | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Konvertor | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| KSquirrel | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Kuickshow | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| KPhotoAlbum | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| KView | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Lphoto | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| MangaMeeya | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| MobaPhoto | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| My Pictures 3D Album | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| My ViewPad | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| MultiView | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| P3dO | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| PicaJet Photo Manager | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Picasa | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| PicLens | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| PicShow | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Plumeria Image Sorter | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| PMView Pro | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Preview | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Shell Picture | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| ShowGirls | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| ShowImg | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| SView5 and SView Image Toolkit | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ThumbsPlus | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Vallen JPegger | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| VeriPic | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| ViewIt | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Web Photo Album | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Xee | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| XnView | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Xv | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Zoner Photo Studio | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Name | Windows | Mac OS | GNOME | KDE | X Window System | AmigaOS | MorphOS |
[edit] Features
| Program | Fullscreen | slideshow | zoom (styles) | cache decoded images | thumbnails (sizes) | thumbnail caching | navigation views | sort (schemes) | search (criteria) | selection (styles) | metadata | adjust image (functions) | hotkeys | other / special | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Yes many |
Yes | |
| Digikam | Yes | Yes | Yes fit, in/out |
Yes | album-tree, tags, calendar, searches | Yes | tags, date, keywords, metadata | Yes | Yes linear, block, complex |
Yes Exif and IPTC |
Yes many editing function |
Yes | color management, GPS location | ||
| EyeBrowse | Yes fit, in/out |
file-tree, ??? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Screen captures... | |||||||||
| 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. | |||||||
| FastPictureViewer | Yes | No | Yes 1:1, fit, 50%-6400% magnifier, click-and-hold zooming |
Yes Adaptive | No | No | No | No | Yes Filenames, alphabetic | No | Yes file copy/move |
Yes Write XMP Rating/Label, Vista Rating, embedded or in sidecar files, shows shooting info (EXIF) and histogram | No | Yes | Unicode support, Color management, Multicore-aware, DirectX accelerated, HD Photo / JPEG XR support. |
| 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 |
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| GQView | Yes | Yes | Yes fit, 1:1, in/out |
Yes 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 |
| gThumb | Yes | Yes random, forward, reverse |
Yes fit, 1:1, remember, fit-if-larger, in/out |
Yes 48x48 - 256x256, 9 sizes |
No | 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 | |
| IDimager | Yes | Yes | Yes fit, 100% view, in/out |
Yes read-ahead |
Yes user defined, up to 300% |
Yes including previews |
directory view, catalog folders, ratings, color labels, keywords, metadata, timeline, file formats, ... view as list, details, thumbs |
Yes images, contact sheets |
Yes custom selectable. Includes file name, ratings, color labels, photo date, ... |
Yes keyword combinations, ratings, color labels, folders, portfolios, file formats, ... |
Yes linear, blocks, on-the-fly |
Yes Exif, IPTC, (extensible) XMP including IPTC4XMP |
Yes many | Yes | Publish to web, transfer features, batch operations like rename and re-date, batch editing, ... |
| imgv | Yes | Yes | Yes fit, in/out, persistent |
Yes auto or adjustable |
list, dir-tree, subfolders, multiple dir tagging, collection, web extraction, command line | Yes collections, filters, image browser, shuffle/unshuffle |
Yes collections, location, filter, find |
Yes detailed, on-the-fly |
Yes | 4 at a time, extract from web, mpeg movies, image hiding, image playlists, choose fullscreen resolution | |||||
| 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 | Partial name, date, file size, image width/height, type; no user-defined order |
Yes name, date, metadata |
Yes individual, linear |
Yes jpeg comment, IPTC, Exif |
Yes many |
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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 | |||
| MangaMeeya | Yes | Yes | Yes 1:1, Fit width and/or height, Lock, Magnifier |
Yes Default Image cache size is 20MB. read-ahead. User can specify settings for the Image/File/Archive cache. |
Yes user-defined |
Yes | Directory-tree, Favorites, File-list, Thumbnail | No | Yes user-defined, name, date, size, type, random ... |
No | Yes Individual, Linear, Block |
Yes Exif |
Yes Brightness, Sharpness, Rotate, Resize |
Yes Many - Customizable | This is first and foremost a Manga reader; note the 'read right to left' option. It can also effectively as a regular image-viewing. It is VERY FAST because of the read-ahead and image cache. |
| MobaPhoto | Yes | Yes | Yes 1:1, Fit width and/or height |
Yes read-ahead previous/next. |
Yes predefined size |
No | Directory-tree, File-list, Thumbnail | No | Yes user-defined, name, date |
No | Yes Individual, Linear, Block |
Yes Exif |
Yes Brightness, Contrast, Red-eye effect, Rotate, Resize |
Yes | This is a portable photo viewer, a batch editor, and a web gallery generator bundled in a single executable file. |
| My Pictures 3D Album | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes database |
directory-tree, photos in current albums, preview 3D album, frame layout | No | Yes by name | No | Yes individual, linear |
Yes photo comment | Yes rotate image, fit image to frame, crop image to frame, fit frame to image, choose gallery design | Yes | export gallery for sharing, sharing with adjastable image quality, share as: package for local view and screensaver view, self-extracting .exe-file, stand-alone player installer, self-extracting screensaver, export to VRML format |
| PicaJet Photo Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes fit, 1:1, in/out |
Yes 24x24 - 256x256 |
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 | ||
| Picasa | Partial only in slideshow mode |
Yes | Partial no view window, fit to viewing area, 1:1, variable |
No | Yes 2 pre-defined sizes |
Yes database |
directory-tree, albums, timeline | Yes | Partial name, date, size, user-defined |
Yes name, date, rating |
Yes individual, linear |
Partial Keywords |
Partial basic |
Yes | |
| ResourceSpace | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes user defined |
Yes filesystem |
thumbs, list, themes | Yes contact sheet |
Yes date, relevance, colour |
Yes | Yes | Yes EXIF, IPTC, user defined |
Yes rotate, gamma |
No | |
| ThumbsPlus | Yes | Yes | Yes 1:1, fit width and/or height |
No | Yes user-defined |
Yes database |
dir-tree | Yes | Partial name, date, size, type, etc.; no user-defined order |
Yes name, date, file size, image size, meta data, image similarity |
Yes individual, linear |
Yes IPTC, Exif, jpeg comment |
Yes many |
Yes | can sort images by similarity to a sample image, loupe |
| VeriPic Digital Photo Lab(R) | Yes | Yes | Yes fit, 1:1, crop horz, crop vert, no crop |
Yes 90x120, 180x240, 360x480 paint 200 per sec |
dir-tree, case, keywords, project, photographer, search /w subsearch | Yes | Yes case, keywords, project, photographer, time sequence, serial number |
Yes case, keywords, project, photographer, date of import, camera date, photographer or owner, titles, notes, previous results |
Yes size calibration, background, complex |
Yes | Yes rotate, brightness, contrast, saturation, 1:1 calibration, auto background removal |
Yes | authenticates photos, prints life size, super fast thumbnails > 200 per sec, password protected photos, high compression slide shows (<1% of original photo size in bytes | ||
| Web Photo Album | No | Yes | Yes small, medium, large |
No | Yes small, medium, large |
Yes database |
directory-tree, movement into one album (next, previous, up, home) | No | No | No | Yes individual, linear, block |
Yes Exif |
Yes many |
Yes | choose gallery design, publish album to the web, add HTML code for album header/footer, rotate using EXIF info, rename image, rename album, include full-sized images, ... |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
|
| xv | No | Yes | No | Yes fixed size |
Yes in subdirectory (.xvpics) |
Yes | Partial name |
No | Partial individual, all |
Partial view comments |
Yes many |
Yes | |||
| Zoner Photo Studio | Yes | Yes | Yes 1:1, fit width and/or height, lock |
No | Yes user-defined |
Yes database |
dir-tree, albums, CD compilations, media archive, search results, web albums | Yes | Yes name, date, size, type, etc.; user-defined order |
Yes name, date, file size, meta data |
Yes individual, linear |
Yes IPTC, Exif, jpeg comment |
Yes very many |
Yes | sign images, 16 bits per channel, GPS support |
| Fullscreen | slideshow | zoom (styles) | cache decoded images | thumbnails (sizes) | thumbnail caching | navigation views | sort (schemes) | search (criteria) | selection (styles) | metadata | adjust image (functions) | hotkeys | other / special |
[edit] Notes
- The filetypes that can be displayed by GQView and Kuickshow depend on the image-processing libraries (libjpeg, libpng, etc.) installed on the operating system.
- Prices will vary over time, and between suppliers, and are for approximate indication only
- PicaJet has the ability to save categories, categories structure and description directly to the files (IPTC/XMP). Supports for dcRAW library, so supports almost all the Camera RAW formats.
- 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 but the actual list supported by the viewer currently only includes Nikon NEF, Canon CR2 and Adobe DNG.
- Konvertor supports 1401 various image, audio and video formats and writes to 170. Reads 19 compression formats and writes to 7.
- Picasa has an experimental GNU/Linux version that runs under WINE.
- Plumeria Image sorter runs under WINE.
- A large majority of Windows based image viewers do not have Unicode support. Some exceptions that do work with Unicode include ExifPro, FastPictureViewer and Ashampoo Photo Commander.
- SView5 exists as full-featured tool for AmigaOS/MorphOS and there is a limited (developers) toolkit for Linux/Windows. If you want to run it under Windows the way to go is using an Amiga emulator like WinUAE/AmigaForever/AmiKit.
- MangaMeeya development has been discontinued; the last release (English) is 2.4Beta. There are a few bugs in the program (beta), but most people are unlikely to ever encounter them.
