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Highly customizable
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No support for JPEG-XL
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Detailed view of image metadata
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Only partial support for HEIC
Apple's HEIC format is only partially supported. Nomacs can open individual images, but can't navigate among them.
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Lots of image adjustment tools
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Heavy compared to other Linux image viewers
Uses more memory and CPU than other lightweight image viewers. High CPU usage when starting.
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Simple and pleasant look
No cramped toolbars or large icons; the UI is cohesive, minimal and keeps out of your way.
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Returns to default settings after update
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Lightweight
Starts very quickly and has a small memory footprint.
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Recent version has slowed down
The latest version (3.8) suddenly became very slow in Fedora 26. Slow to step from image to image; slow to open a directory; slow slow slow. Downgrading to the previous version (3.6) restored speed.
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You can work with hot keys that can be reassigned as you want them
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Frameless view
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Allows to cut (frame) images
It is important if you have to work with photos of documents and want to cut off the background on which you made photos.
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Flexible thumbnail views
Can display thumbnails in a strip or a zoomable grid as well, also has hotkey for both of these. Opening a folder is one of the main actions on the toolbar!
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Cross-platform
Has builds for Windows, Mac and Linux.
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Remembers last used folders
Often used folders (e.g., screenshots) can be quickly accessed.
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Batch image processing
Has tools for applying conversions etc. to many files at once.
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Can print to printer
Unlike most other image viewers.
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Supports new image formats out of the box
Such as WebP, AVIF, etc.
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Comparing two images
This feature is called Synchronization. With the synchronization it is possible that multiple viewers perform the same action (like panning, zooming, etc.). This feature is useful when comparing two images. See more here.
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qimgv
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Simple UI
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No support for JPEG-XL
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Fast and lightweight
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Can't show CMYK colours
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Can support video playback
Experimental feature via libmpv.
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Customizable shortcuts
Can use a variety of short-cuts which can be customized.
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Beautiful
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Open-Source/Libre
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Supports Linux and Windows
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Ability to run shell scripts
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Plugin support
Can extend/add features by downloading or writing your own plugins.
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License:
GPLv3
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sxiv
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Anti-aliasing can be toggled
Anti-aliasing is usually enabled on startup and can be toggled with 'a'. Disabling anti-aliasing means faster operation due to less CPU load. Changing the default is possible by compiling with this setting: # config.h static const bool ANTI_ALIAS = false;
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Browsing a directory after opening a single file needs fixing
See here There is a workaround implemented in ranger that works more or less out of the box # This hook allows image viewers to open all images in the current # directory, keeping the order of files the same as in ranger. # The requirements to use it are: # 1. set open_all_images to true # 2. ensure no files are marked # 3. call rifle with a command that starts with "sxiv " or "feh " def sxiv_workaround_hook(command):
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Supports embedding into other X windows
Via option -e.
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Jumping in thumbnail mode possible, but limited
By entering a number, followed by capital G the focus jumps to that image in the list counted from beginning. (G is default key for 'g_n_or_last'-action (see config.h in source).) It has to be noted that prefixing a motion with a number also works as espected (vim style). Alas, a jumping mode with lables (like with pqiv) would be an advantage.
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Basic support for multi-frame images (aka animations)
Load all frames from GIF files and play GIF animations.
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It doesn't have pong
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Acts as a filter for images that interacts with the command line
Option -i (input) takes filenames from stdinput and outputs marked images to stdoutput via option -o (output).
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Thumbnail mode only with simple marking
Key 'm' marks files.
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Userscripts can be applied to single images or thumbnail mode selection
Examples of how to use the key-handler are found here: /usr/share/sxiv/exec/key-handler
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Keys not configurable except via keyhandler mode or compilation
Keys can be associated with userscripts, which can be defined in ~/.config/sxiv/exec/key-handler. Every associated button needs to be prefixed with the key combination C-x (although that prefix can be configured to another key or key combination in config.h). It has to be noted that key configuration apart from the key-handler is possible via compilation (Customizable key and mouse button mappings in config.h), which must not be a bad way to configure buttons, but certainly means a barrier for the not so tech-savvy. Easy instruction for compilation: 1) Enter in terminal: "git clone https://github.com/muennich/sxiv.git" 2) Edit file "config.h" according to this 3) Compile and install, namely enter directory and enter in terminal: "make && sudo make install" (beware of sudo/root unless you know what you do) ( 4) Iterate: 2), then: enter directory and enter in terminal: "make clean && make && sudo make install" ) See an example for remapping the navigation buttons: // navigate thumbnail+image { 0, XK_Left, i_navigate, -1 }, { 0, XK_Left, t_move_sel, DIR_LEFT }, { 0, XK_Right, i_navigate, +1 }, { 0, XK_Right, t_move_sel, DIR_RIGHT }, { 0, XK_Down, t_move_sel, DIR_DOWN }, { 0, XK_Up, t_move_sel, DIR_UP }, { ShiftMask, XK_Right, i_navigate, +10 }, { ShiftMask, XK_Left, i_navigate, -10 },
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Image infobox can be configured
Can be configured in ~/.config/sxiv/exec/image-info. See also here.
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Rudimentary viewing manipulation
Images can be rotated (<,>), flipped (|,_) and scaled (w,W,e,E,=).
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View mode with marked files
Keys 'N' and 'P' move in list of marked files. This can be useful.
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Thumbnail mode
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Fast
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License:
GPL-2.0
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Gwenview
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Easy to navigate folders
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Has a bug that causes certain png files to show brighter than normal
The image, if is a png that contains gamma information, will appear washed out. There is still an open ticket concerning this issue.
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Quickly view image metadata
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Very slow on remote folders
Compared to others, like XNview, is VERY slow when retrieving images from shared folders (NFS or Samba).
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Easily resize, crop, flip and rotate
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Not lightweight
Needs a lot of KDE packages.
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Keyboard shortcuts can be redefined
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Images can be sorted by name, date and size
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GPicView
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Multiple windows
When opening multiple images at once it opens every single picture in a separate window.
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Functional
It has all the necessary functions that you can reasonably expect from a lightweight image viewer: you can view all the image files in a directory, rotate and save them.
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Customizable
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Extremely lightweight
And still you can browse all images in a directory.
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pqiv
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Browsing a directory after opening a single file needs user intervention
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Configuration via command line flags or configuration file
Configuration based on one file (~/.config/pqivrc). See manual page: " [options] fullscreen=1 sort=1 command-1=|convert - -blur 20 - ... [keybindings] q { goto_file_relative(-1); } w { goto_file_relative(1); } Similarly, you can also specify (multiple) actions to be executed each time pqiv is started in a section called [actions]. "
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Slow display
Going through a list of images is not as fast as e.g. with sxiv.
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Has a jump mode in thumbnail mode (montage mode) thats similar to vim-easymotion
See "montage_mode_follow(KEYS)" in the man page. By default g activates jump mode.
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No selection of (multiple) files
Thumbnail mode hasn't any means of marking files.
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Can pipe images through external filters
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Thumbnail creation extremely slow
Thumbnail mode is called "montage mode" (key m).
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VIM-like key sequences, action cycling and binding multiple actions to a single key
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Only background color of infobox can be configured
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Keys are easily configured to a user command.
Keys can even be configured on the command line.
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It doesn't have pong
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Powerful collection of so called actions
Actions can be used to configure the interaction with the program (e.g. moving, file selection, view manipulation, UI appearance, simple image manipulation). Actions can easily be used in the configuration.
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Rudimentary viewing manipulation
h/v: Flip the image horizontally or vertically. k/l: Rotate the image right or left. Plus/Minus: Zoom.
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Comes with transparency support
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Can watch files and directories for changes
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Quick jump dialog based on filename mask
j: Show a dialog with a list of all files for quick selection.
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Has infobox out of the box
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ImageGlass
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Does not support APNG
It does not support the Animated Portable Network Graphic (APNG) format yet. And it is a con worth considering.
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Open source
As long as you have enough skill you can mold it to your liking.
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No editing options
The program lacks any kind of image manipulation or batch processing features like Irfanview or XnView has. If you're an advanced user, this will be the biggest con against this software.
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It handles animated GIF files really well
Animated GIF files (let it be transparent or regular) are played seamlessly even if you zoom in and out.
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Color picker doesn't have an X [close]
And can only be closed with the menu options or by ctrl+shift+k.
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Portable version available
If you don't want to or you can't install ImageGlass, you can go with the portable.
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Good looking
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Eye of Gnome (eog)
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More lightweight than other kde or gnome dependent applications like gwenview, gthumb or kphotoalbum
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No APNG support
And it won't be it seems https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151281
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Double-click to view Fullscreen
By default, double-clicking on the current image opens it in Fullscreen mode. This can be turned off in Preferences if desired
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Still have gnome dependencies
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Image Slideshow
You can view a slideshow of all images in the current folder, and adjust the delay between images in the Preferences dialog
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ESC key exits Fullscreen and program
Pressing the ESC key exits Fullscreen mode, as well as exits the program ... hence press the ESC key twice and you're out
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Can set image as wallpaper
You can set the current image as your desktop wallpaper directly from within this program
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FastStone Image Viewer
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Really fast
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Free version is not valid for business usage
Only good for private use, small business licensing is very expensive.
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Lots of features for simple editing
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Broken SVG Support
SVG images do not show at all.
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Great for comparing and sorting multiple images
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Sometimes really sluggish
Showing the wait cursor for multiple seconds like executing large operations in the GUI thread.
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Free
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Can't view photos that have a filename over 30 characters
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Best keyboard controls
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Editing photo levels
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Built-in folder browser
Can browse folders, images and videos, all with thumbnails.
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Has dark mode
As well as Gray mode. Good for your eyes.
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Phototonic
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No Dark mode
And not a lot of customization available.
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Clean and functional UI
Beside being pretty clean and easy-to-use, the UI is also pretty fast.
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No WebP image format support
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Can be easily keyboard driven
Lots of pre-defined keyboard shortcuts.
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Highly customizable
Lots of options to personalize your experience. You can set Photonic to fit images by width and height, or width or height; rotate according to Exif orientation; show/hide image name in viewer; adjust space between thumbnails; adjust delay between slides.
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Irfanview
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Some editing tools included (cropping, color correcting, etc...)
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GIF viewing is buggy
GIF viewing has longstanding problems like flickering, incorrect framerate or artifacts, and it is very unlikely that it will be ever fixed.
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Lots of plugins available
Plugins can be found here.
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Irfanview Thumbnail Viewer crashes on accessing AVI files
For some reason, the Irfanview Thumbnail Viewer crashes when it tries to access any .AVI movie file.
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Batch processing
Even exif information can be batch processed.
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No transparency support
The alpha is converted to the selected background color upon opening a picture. When saving the picture again, you can select a color which is converted to alpha again.
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Recognizes virtually any image format
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Missing some utilities
Like browsing files utility.
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You can just scroll with your mouse to explore images
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Preferences are hard to find
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Ultra fast
If you press and hold the right-arrow button (for displaying the next image), you can watch images pass by as if they are a video, it's that fast. No stuttering, it loads images as fast as your hard drive can keep up.
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Windows only
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Lightweight
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UI is far from ideal
Sometimes the interface is confusing.
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Can use 8bf (Photoshop) filters
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Easy updates
Very easy to update the program and its associated plugins.
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Irfanview Thumbnail Viewer is a convenient way to view all image files easily
Irfanview Thumbnail Viewer is a great way to view thumbnails of all image files, including thumbnails of WMF files which Windows cannot natively display.
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Xee
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Easy to browse through picture folders quickly
It's good for browsing through folders with pictures. Double click one picture, then use left/right to go to next previous (Modeled after Windows XP image viewer).
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Abandoned by developer
The developer no longer responds to support or giving info about the app development roadmap.
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Very good quality pics
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Lacks next gen image format support
Newer generation of images like HEIC and AVIF are not supported. Developers no longer maintain the app.
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Recompiled open source version 2 can run on Mojave in 64-bit
Version 2.x was open source and so can be recompiled to run on Mojave 64-bit with some source code modification. Thanks to the author who left some old code that works well in 64-bit. But 64-bit has some restrictions. QuickTime.framework is not available so Xee will not open QuickTime files. You can download and try 64-bit Xee build here.
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M1/2: Fails randomly to load images
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Cropping doesn't work
On the latest MacOS (Monterey), cropping no longer works.
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Not for new M1 chip Mac's
Cannot handle with new chips M1 of Apple.
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Basic features missing
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It's free only for 1 month
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Not for new systems
Cannot handle Mojave.
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Display bugs in copy/move panel and random restarts
Move/Copy panel items randomly disappear. Viewer also randomly restarts a the beginning of a folder if you delete or move files too quickly. Can't assign shortcuts to more than 10 move/copy destinations.
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It feels sluggish when traversing through pictures quickly
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ACDSee
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Dark style theme
ACDSee has a nice dark style theme.
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No face recognition
ACDSee doesn't allow you to set face recognition to files. It also doesn't read already recognized faces. Metadata for faces aren't shown.
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Very fast image reader
ACDSee reads the images (jpgs) extremely fast. It displays them very fast, too.
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Phiewer
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The FREE version has no basic functionality limits
Most of the premium features are about advanced filters, more presets and more image manipulation tools, but the free version is perfectly functional, with no time limits.
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It lacks sophistication
A lot of filters, presents, and functions available in more sophisticated viewer programs are lacking here. It is recommended to check out the free version first to see if it suits your needs before upgrading to the paid version.
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It handles all picture file formats, but also most video and audio formats
It will handle both the standard formats, like png, jpg, bmp, gif, tiff and camera, and the RAW formats like crw, cr2, dng, eip, erf, nef, nrw, obm, orf, pef, raw. It can also handle many video formats: mp4, m4v, m4u, m4a, mkv, mov, and audio formats as well: opus, weba, webm, ogg, ogm, oga, wav, mp3, flac, m4v, acc.
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Lightweight
This app is really fast, and not encumbered even when it encounters folders with thousands of photos.
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Image Viewer Ultimate
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Watermark support
You can add watermark to bulk images.
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Slideshow and full screen
You view as slideshow or full screen mode
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Cactus digital
A pro digital compay recomendation on ease of use.
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Windows Photo Viewer
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Fast
It load instantly
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Doesn't support GIF
GIF image won't load.
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Preinstalled for win 7/8
If you are win 7/8 user, then it already preinstalled
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Not Cross Platform
Exclusive for Windows 7/8 user.
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Discontinued
Windows Photo Viewer is deprecated in Windows 10 in favor of Microsoft Photos . It's inherited from Windows 7 or 8 if you upgraded the system to Windows 10. It's not in it if you installed Windows 10 from scratch.
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Bloated as Windows 10
Windows Photo Viewer takes almost 30 seconds to open in a high end computer. That's embarrassing.
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Pre-installed on Windows 10
For Windows 10 users, it comes preinstalled.
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Runs very slow
And sometimes cause a timeout.
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Integration with Microsoft services = No privacy
For example, it uses AI-powered facial recognition features and integrations with Cortana.
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Auto improves RAW files that can't be turned off
And it is TERRIBLE!!!!
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It lacks of tools for designers
The other image viewers have much more tools than this app...
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Not cross platform
Exclusive for Windows 10.
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Written in C# and XAML
Windows 10 UWP software tend to perform worse than software written in C++.
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