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Twenty one interesting FREE image viewers

#1 Post by I am Baas »

This post will present 21 image viewers that you have likely never heard about, which run the gamut from full-fledged image organizers to small and simple viewers with a light footprint that you might want to use in addition to your default image viewer:

1.Osiva: view images as desktop objects
2.Imagina: combine a good interface with sheer raw power
3.P3dO Explorer: a viewer for images and 3D objects
4.StudioLine Photo Basic 3: impressive, full-featured photo organizer and editor
5.Twins Visions: brings a stylish ‘3D browsing’ experience to your image folders
6.PinPics: juxtapose your geo-tagged images with a Google map
7.Imgv: image viewer with a unique, stylish interface
8.My ViewPad: may have one of the best graphics engines on the market
9.JPEGView: fast image viewer with on-the-fly image processing
10.NexusImage: a stylish, practical image viewer
11.RecursiView: view images in a folder and all of its subfolders
12.Image Glass: lightweight image viewer that keeps things simple
13.Scarlet: a competent, well rounded image viewer
14.Stoik Imagic: a nice image organizer, editor and viewer
15.CSlide: portable viewer of image folders with a nice interface
16.Roboreader: view images and comic book files as floating objects on your desktop
17.FSPViewer: view panoramic images in high quality
18.FreeVimager: straightforward, low-maintenance image viewer
19.Picgl: innovative image viewer and organizer
20.Vjpeg: images as floating desktop objects, with no visible interface
21.Cornice: a cross-platform viewer inspired by ACDSee
http://www.freewaregenius.com/2012/04/1 ... -heard-of/

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#2 Post by webfork »

Old thread update: I may have missed one or two but I wanted to connect this thread to the rest of the site:

Entries:

JPEGView
http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1749

FreeVimager
http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2248

NexusImage
http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2050

Osiva
http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=1389

RecursiView
http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2210

In forums:

imgv
http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/ ... hp?p=66845

Cornice - first mentioned here: http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/ ... php?t=1872 ... lists a portable version up on softpedia: http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-S ... able.shtml

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#3 Post by Midas »

I think this one should also be mentioned... :mrgreen:

Imagine
http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1819

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#4 Post by __philippe »

Couple of additional Tiny image viewers

1. LittleViewer v1.1 (2005) 21k, Yoda-crypter compressed

Already in the DB, (but not mentioned in the above list)
http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=801

Since the original developer's web site vanished, the current PFC pointers are broken, but the program can still be obtained from this recommended source:
http://download.freewarefiles.com/files ... Viewer.zip

(see comments in main PFC entry about why an alternate download from BrotherSoft is best avoided)


2. IMV(stb) v1.02 (2013) lightweight, fast, no-frills image viewer/browser with a minimal interface for the Windows platform.
Two versions available within the same package:

• IMV 1.02 (76k uncompressed)
• IMV_light, an even leaner version of the main program (49k uncompressed)

Development started in 2007, regularly updated and meticulously documented up to current version released February 2013.
Source code available.

Can be launched from
• Command-line
• Win Explorer
• Context menu ("Open With")

Partial functions list:
• Slide show, selectable speed
• Zoom control (+/-/original)
• Border control (white/double)
• Filename Label toggle
• Filename Label font selection
• Image sharpen when upscaling
• Image drag (left arrow drag center)
• Image resize (left arrow drag edges)
• Transparencies Background color selection

stb-IMV Project Development site:
http://code.google.com/p/stb-imv/

stb-IMV Win32 binary download:
http://code.google.com/p/stb-imv/downlo ... p&can=2&q=

Cheers,

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__philippe wrote:1. LittleViewer v1.1 (2005) 21k, Yoda-crypter compressed

Already in the DB, (but not mentioned in the above list)
http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=801

Since the original developer's web site vanished, the current PFC pointers are broken, but the program can still be obtained from this recommended source:
http://download.freewarefiles.com/files ... Viewer.zip

(see comments in main PFC entry about why an alternate download from BrotherSoft is best avoided)
Eh? The "Website" and "Download" links work fine here.
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#6 Post by __philippe »

@SYSTEM:

Miracle ! Both links do indeed work again right now, while they were both definitely broken for a looong time, ...up to three hours ago...

I like to think Thomas' remark (2008-01-17) about LittleViewer's down site and my own little grumblings (2013-11-16) in the comments section
might perhaps have prodded whoever managed this welcome site revival...;-)

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#7 Post by Midas »

Cool! 8)

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#8 Post by Island Boy »

Does anyone know any image viewer that does pop up preview on mouse over.

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#9 Post by I am Baas »

Island Boy wrote:Does anyone know any image viewer that does pop up preview on mouse over.
Do you mean hover over a thumbnail?

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#10 Post by Island Boy »

......er, yeah...
a small preview when hovering over thumbnail
that what I am meaning.

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#11 Post by robertcollier4 »

XnView for the win.

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