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Add to SafariWhen comparing XnView vs FastStone Image Viewer, the Slant community recommends FastStone Image Viewer for most people. In the question“What are the best image viewers for Windows?” FastStone Image Viewer is ranked 1st while XnView is ranked 3rd.
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Pros
Pro Supports over 500 image formats
Pro Includes simple editing tools
Typical image editing tools are included. For instance, there are tools for color and size manipulation, several filters and effects.
Pro Available for macOS, Linux and Windows
Pro Easy redate and view configuration
Pro Compare images side-by-side
To delete blurry phone pics, etc.
Pro Multi-lingual
XnView speaks over 30 languages.
Pro Portable version for Windows available
Pro Really fast
Pro Lots of features for simple editing
Pro Great for comparing and sorting multiple images
Pro Free
Pro Best keyboard controls
Pro Editing photo levels
Pro Built-in folder browser
Can browse folders, images and videos, all with thumbnails.
Pro Has dark mode
As well as Gray mode. Good for your eyes.
Cons
Con Very poor quality and very invazive on windows 10
Convert all images to 8bit rgb
[not suport 16bit or 32bit, cmyk, Lab, multichannel] so you never be able to see real original image, you only see the result of conversion...on windows 10 it enforced self promotion to default app for every type/format of image...
Con No Dark mode
Con No custom installation - if you need i.e. a language package, you need to install the full version
Con Free only for private use
For use in a company 1 license starts at 26 EUR.
Con Doesn't show movies on phone in correct position
Some of mp4 files shows in upside down position.
Con Doesn't pan/zoom fluidly with touchscreen
Con Free version is not valid for business usage
Only good for private use, small business licensing is very expensive.
Con Broken SVG Support
SVG images do not show at all.
Con Sometimes really sluggish
Showing the wait cursor for multiple seconds like executing large operations in the GUI thread.
Con Can't view photos that have a filename over 30 characters
