When comparing Photopea vs Windows Photo Viewer, the Slant community recommends Photopea for most people. In the question“What are the best Photoshop alternatives?” Photopea is ranked 5th while Windows Photo Viewer is ranked 13th. The most important reason people chose Photopea is:
Photopea allows dragging & dropping images in to the browser window to upload them and add to the scene.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Drag and drop support
Photopea allows dragging & dropping images in to the browser window to upload them and add to the scene.
Pro Very reactive on feedbacks
Pro Fast to load
Pro Can save as PSD
This means you can open these files in Photoshop, so if you don't have Photoshop on one device, you can still export your Photopea project and continue editing on Photoshop on another device
Pro Photoshop Like Interface
It has a Photoshop-like interface with most of its features for basic editing.
Pro Has many features
Pro Uses Photoshop standard shortcuts
Pro Requires no browser plugin
As it is an HTML5 application, running it requires no additional plugins on modern browsers.
Pro Fast
It load instantly
Pro Preinstalled for win 7/8
If you are win 7/8 user, then it already preinstalled
Cons
Con Hard to get used to it at first
However, you'll get used to it later!
Con Has only basic filters and operations
Con Doesn't support GIF
GIF image won't load.
Con Not Cross Platform
Exclusive for Windows 7/8 user.
Con 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.
