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Posted: **Sat Nov 10, 2018 2:37 pm**

Preamble
A couple of days ago I came upon another interesting image viewer- qimgv, which I found very promising- intuitive, customizable, portable, open source, cross platform. If it gets some features which are indispensable for me I may consider it as a replacement for my aged default image viewer (FastStone MaxView).

Synopsis

A cross-platform image viewer with webm support. Written in qt5.

User interface
The idea is to have a uncluttered, simple and easy to use UI. You can see ui elements only when you need them.
There is a pull-down panel with thumbnails, as well as folder view (accessible by pressing Return).
You can also bring up a context menu by right-clicking on an image.

Features

Simple UI

Fast

Easy to use

Fully configurable, including shortcuts

Basic image editing: Crop, Rotate and Resize

Ability to quickly copy / move images to different folders

Experimental video playback via libmpv

Ability to run shell scripts

A nice dark theme, should look identical on every OS / DE

Links

Downloads
Direct download links for qimgv version 0.7 (released on 2018-08-08):

qimgv - no video support:
- Archive
- Installer
qimgv - video support:
- Archive
- Installer

Images

qimgv version 0.7 - program window - context menu, thumbnails panel (animated image):

qimgv version 0.7 - folder view (static image):

qimgv version 0.7 - preferences window (animated image):

Portability
As of version 0.7 qimgv is fully porable- the configuration file (qimgv.ini) is saved in program folder and the program does not write to AppData or to Windows Registry.

Instructions

Download the 7Z archive (either with video support or without video support);
Extract the archive to a folder of your choice;
Run the executable (qimgv.exe);
The settings will be saved in INI file (qimgv.ini) inside program folder;
qimgv will also create cache and thumbnails sub-folders inside program folder;

Requirements
I presume that qimgv should work under Windows 7 or higher.

License
qimgv is released under GNU General Public License v3.0.

Note

qimgv is written in C++ and uses Qt 5.
The version without video support is not very bulky- 13.3 MB compressed, 48.8 MB uncompressed, while the version with video support is huge- 37.2 MB compressed, 127 MB uncompressed because qimgv uses mpv for MP4 and WebM playback.
Memory usage varies depending on the number of images in the viewed folder.
qimgv supports animated GIF but does not support animated PNG which for me is a major drawback.
qimgv supports drag&drop for both files and folders.
qimgv is not a new project (I suppose it is 4 years old) yet surprisingly it is not listed on the popular download sites.

Alternatives
A couple of programs with similar functionality:

HoneyView
JPEGView

Details
File details for qimgv version 0.7 (released on 2018-08-08):

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no video support - archive:
Name: qimgv-novideo_0.7-portable.7z
File Size: 13947512 Byte(s) (13.30 MB)
Modified Date: 2018-08-09 00:26
MD5: 46f4b8502154b02d3316d75337b35cd1
SHA1: 10bb0f2bf8dadd2ed6b65680657baeb8daf53b2e
SHA256: 55e021d81c253fe648e1a630121fc9c3039e78d71b5eba90600b05b2712eff15
SHA384: 225e0d55045f793491ab6b707d161c0396bfdc361ca99effe25202cd4a4cb5029a97d9b1dd5356bc831fcac008f69304
SHA512: 33bc71ee62c38dd2bf627a9f4112c1ed7f308036337ad35ae782943efd144f1645c7fe8e7079038ec8ab3ee29e4f2da94d6e1282067f7ebfea4ddbbfb60134db

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no video support - installer:
Name: qimgv-novideo_0.7-setup.exe
File Size: 14528965 Byte(s) (13.86 MB)
Modified Date: 2018-08-09 00:26
MD5: c3ac616cfb746fc61a1bb3c38416f83d
SHA1: a262590281071885e0ecc2ccee585e269b4ed915
SHA256: 837c6a099afb13868b0011f307241f9d31a3bc50ce8c47fb1ee26e926b5b5dc1
SHA384: 843200fa316ca4e28ed4f587daca583ebb8a6425287bb2e599d214628f2fc5e43f4c2efdcc4b688bfa50745c7e338710
SHA512: 57a9cbff7606cbbfc48b37f070d5f1d1ef4c7fc118738716ff2c541c35f108a3f1b829178a41db502f6f4e399c74a92e8788fd365098345d2ae61e17f75cf249

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video support - archive:
Name: qimgv_0.7-portable.7z
File Size: 39071595 Byte(s) (37.26 MB)
Modified Date: 2018-08-09 00:25
MD5: 4b1eb1358c91152a4f4faeda279ba6e9
SHA1: 5e1da197f41c167cdc9810784af9c006dc04ded9
SHA256: 9dc79d878c58b5d01f8d8958ec745af371cd7eaec6ed3311a3ce08b95e499678
SHA384: 91b4472750a9e5a58a89d42b951c3f1c7b93895d60899c02afde207bcdd307e3f4fbcb6a5a85d5ad95afba66da96c1fd
SHA512: fa73db62edacb1ce42cd46f0b230369c49c5ca46cdff93fe59f2649b5a3f3e9ded4e4507b6af5d85f9ba5909f02b8c38de62c0d82578af9df9b1638e7de1b014

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video support - installer:
Name: qimgv_0.7-setup.exe
File Size: 39613455 Byte(s) (37.78 MB)
Modified Date: 2018-08-09 00:25
Version: 0.0.0.0
MD5: 259cc69fbc487c619f7cdf2bd9a326a1
SHA1: f882b5cb46a178473d8554042347e95d7080bf01
SHA256: 032112951b7bde891229f6e596949b21ec826207ba35c5160a728bd0ed2dc409
SHA384: b833f976fc073bdb1a90f057a8c4c039b8453f1c7b77f2523b317c53638e8099cccc745d1034732f04209e1f7eccf351
SHA512: 6f68b55d38b035eacc9a6d35bb94ef5511ab6c653bad2644bfea503b66785ed31ef8713ef0f7cf704e3f7e1564f0c20ab8e015881551d1c20e843e9a4740373a

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Posted: **Thu Sep 26, 2019 5:04 am**

Qimgv v0.8.4 released (changelog and downloads at https://github.com/easymodo/qimgv/releases).

fix rename window (regression)

show error when a file operation fails

[windows] fix white window flicker at startup

[windows] fix moving/deleting animated media

@ https://github.com/easymodo/qimgv/releases/tag/v0.8.4

Posted: **Wed Nov 27, 2019 8:59 pm**

Update: version 0.8.8 is out, with launch speed probably the most notable feature: https://github.com/easymodo/qimgv/releases ... still only available for 64-bit Windows

Posted: **Thu Jan 07, 2021 12:06 pm**

Posted: **Fri Jan 08, 2021 5:11 am**

Thanks for resurfacing qimgv, rbon.

It's becoming quite a well-rounded image viewer with its extensive file support and extended configurability.

Some notes from a very quick test:

- 'qimgv.ini' is now saved to the 'conf' sub-folder, not to program folder as initially reported.

- some shortcuts can't be set through the program settings dialog, but will work alright if edited in 'qimgv.ini'.

E.g., backspace for previous image ("prevImage=Backspace"; collides with "folderView=Backspace", which I set to"ctrl+Enter"; include quotes and separate with comas) or escape for outright quitting ("exit=Esc" instead of "closeFullScreenOrExit=Esc"; note the lack of capitalization on my choice).

- Plenty of other settings with helpful tooltips on mouse-hover, but some of them still need more detailed explanations.

- I got the video version to test ('qimgv-x64_0.9.1-video.zip' from github.com/easymodo/qimgv/releases) but was unable to get video playback -- a "qimgv was built without video support" message still shows in qimgv settings.

Posted: **Tue Jan 12, 2021 3:21 am**

I was able to get both the 32-bit (qimgv-0.9.1-video.zip) and 64-bit (qimgv-x64_0.9.1-video.zip) working with video right out of the box. The program only supports mp4 and webm. I only tested with mp4, and it worked with all the files I threw at it (a full-length movie, quite a few MP4 taken with smartphones).

I like this. I think it should be added to the database.

Posted: **Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:28 am**

Got video working after an install-copy-uninstall cycle -- must have been something wrong with my configs.

I'd add that although formats are limited -- lay it on qimgv proper, because the underlying mpv has no such limitation -- those two it has will cover over 80% of online sourced videos.

Totally agree regarding database entry, BTW.

Posted: **Wed Jan 13, 2021 2:30 am**

Added to the database:

https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=3042

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