FastStone Image Viewer - TPFC

Ruby

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:18:46 +0000

@SH

I think what you're referring to has been fixed in Version 4.4 (March 25, 2011)

"Fixed a bug in the "Adjust Lighting" tool that it could not save changes of Highlights"

Baas

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 01:41:14 +0000

@SH

Get V4.2 Portable @ http://www.afterdawn.com/software/general/download_splash.cfm/faststone_image_viewer?software_id=2790&version_id=26148

Bug report to support@faststone.org

SH

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:50:11 +0000

Just found another bad bug that qualifies this as a version to avoid. It has new features, one of which is similar to the brightness editor. Any adjustments I make simply revert and do not save.

showstopper!

So, anyone have a link to 4.2 portable version? :(

SH

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:54:10 +0000

Version 4.3 has a bug that I wonder if others can reproduce?

Go to "Draw board"
Create something with the text tool
Move the selected text box
Text disappears.

webfork

Sat, 15 Jan 2011 19:19:35 +0000

Ancient: Agreed. Although I haven't had the hang issue.

Ancient Images

Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:33:40 +0000

My favorite image browser. Essentially, ACDSee for free.

The one problem is that it hangs from time to time, not really sure why. Maybe the latest 4.3 has fixed it!

Bill

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 04:08:58 +0000

Excellent free download with one thing that I cannot do. Crop an image out of a photo and print a 4x6 picture of that cropped image.

borivoje

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 20:46:14 +0000

Small, lightweight and perfect program. Recommendation!

jojopumpkin

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:54:02 +0000

Love it! I was using Picasa as my main organizer but hated the editing results that would change after exporting. I found this program and I put a copy of it on all my photo usb drives. It makes life easier when bringing photos to show friends and family. There is so much to this program. I'm amazed by its small foot print and its enormous power.

TH

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:33:37 +0000

4.2 is at: http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDownload.htm
pick portable

nighttime junkie

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:14:29 +0000

what chris? why would you ever need that!?

ChrisC.

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:11:00 +0000

Nice, but where is the option to play sound files with each picture, like in Thumbs Plus?

Henk

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:01:37 +0000

I am doing lots of photo work! This program is my default viewer for a couple of years already! Its really great, thanks a lot! Everything is so easy, even batch conversions!

avoidz

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:49:10 +0000

I love this program so much it's unnatural :)

Bruce

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:28:27 +0000

Amazingly FastStone Image Viewer keeps getting better and better. This is a must have program.

Bruce

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:13:52 +0000

Version 3.9 has been released :-)

Neumar

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:47:33 +0000

Ok, it's really good, and etc., I also want to state this. But here's a little tip: go to Settings - settings (or hit F12), Thumbnail tab and disable "Use thumbnail database". I started to use the program and notice some space missing in my device, found this option, disabled, got 54Mb back!

Mark

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:43:46 +0000

This, along with Faststone Capture, has quickly become an essential and regularly-used program on my computer :)

Bruce

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:13:31 +0000

One of the best image viewers around continues to get better. Highly recommended.

joysan

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:10:43 +0000

Excellent software. This program not only gives a more convenient way to zoom an image but also zooms more smoothly. I compared it using several test images with IrfanView and XnView (both latest versions and set to the smoothest zoom possible) and FSViewer was the best. I also liked the way it gave access to thumbnails in fullscreen view by moving mouse to the top of screen. The keyboard shortcuts are also good.

Having said that, it cannot entirely replace IrfanView and XnView. These two programs also have their own unique features. So I am now using 3 image viewers according to my needs at the moment.

Paul

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:46:21 +0000

As a professional and "software rebellious" photographer who prefers GIMP to PhotoShop, I'm always looking for "just do it" programs to speed workflow with reliable, excellent results. FastStone is simply the single best small program available. And the ability to export by hitting "E" and send images to the GIMP for final tweaking - is just perfect. It should get product of the year IMO.

Netsaver

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:04:11 +0000

very nice the interface,
anyway for big archives also IPTC or XMP
management would be required (categories and keywords
tagging), EXIF only reports technical info from cameras.

For this purpose XnView is preferrable (together with ExifToolsGUI)

avoidz

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:14:01 +0000

Fantastic freeware! Tough choice between this and IrfanView, so I use both (the crop tool in particular is a lot better in FastStone).

The Capture tool is missing the Scrolling Window option, and there's no Screen Color Picker, but those are small omissions in such a feature-packed - free - utility.

The Windows Vista skin in my personal choice, though I use XP :)

JayKay

Wed, 28 May 2008 16:54:14 +0000

I find the batch F4 and F3 tools most useful. I switched skins to one of the XP styles - much better. Now if I could save the thumbnails off like in Irfanview... FS would become my one-stop shop.

MrBuddha

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:03:15 +0000

@kike:
What's so difficult using "Tools" -> "Batch convert / rename"? This tool is so great, except that horrible skin annoyance...

kike

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:59:18 +0000

Very good, I prefer it more than ACDC, the only thing poor is when you have to convert a group of pictures, I had to do one by one.

grannyGeek

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:07:39 +0000

I wanted to love it, truly I did. The feature set is very attractive. Unfortunately, I don't have eyes like a hawk, and the (apparently) 6-point font used for the interface and the tiny icons just made it too much struggle to use, even with 120-dpi screen setting at 1024x768. So back to IrfanView for me, which anyway supports audio and video files too. If anyone knows of a way to modify FastStone interface for a larger appearance, I'd love to try it again.

BillyBob

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:04:18 +0000

I thought I had copied all my comments across last night, but just noticed I missed the last paragraph:

The 30 day trial pay version of FSCapture allows you to set edges (torn etc.) on all sides, while this last free version allows it on 2 sides only. FSViewer goes even further and allows all the same editing, highlighting, drop shadows etc. and on top of that, you also have 88 (yes - eighty eight!) frame masks which do the whole torn edges, hearts, and other special effects on the edges, as well as rotating the screenshot to any angle you specify, and much more. I think I will be removing FSCapture from my PC and using only FSViewer from now on. Only one thing more I would like to see in FSViewer - the ability to save an image to a Windows icon .ICO file.

BillyBob

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:19:43 +0000

This is one of the best image viewer/resizing and other utility programs I have ever used. Take a look at the screen capture / edit capabilities also. I just noticed that tonight. Below is what I just posted under the FastStone Capture comments.

FSCapture is good, but even better, take a look at FastStone Image Viewer (v3.2 is what I have) - it has a built in screen capture which looks like it is exactly the same as FSCapture, but on steroids. (Click File, Screen Capture and then choose from all the same types that FSCapture has - Foreground Window, Window or object, Rectangle region, Freehand region, Full screen). The only thing it doesn't seem to have is the hot keys, but that is minor.

Local

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:29:57 +0000

I just can't believe this is free.

There are just so many features, including a version of their screen capture and bulk resizer/converter utilities built in.
I doubt you'd ever need another image viewer.