Comparison of image viewers

This article presents a comparison of image viewers and image organizers which can be used for image viewing.

General information

Name	View functions	Other functions 3	Price
ACDSee	Thumbnails (user-defined sizes), fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, fit, view Exif info, view inside ZIP archives, ...	Resize, crop, rotate, flip, JPEG lossless rotate/mirror, adjust exposure and colors etc, filters (sharpen, blur, average, emboss, ...), red eye removal, batch rename, edit Exif info, ...	std: 49.99 USD pro: 129.99 USD
A4Desk Photo Gallery	Thumbnails, slideshow, categories	Over 20 photo album with flash effects, generate web pages	39.95 USD
Adobe Bridge	Thumbnails, slideshow, filmstrip, preview, versions with alternates	Stand Alone: rotate, rename, delete, move, copy, batch rename, add/Edit Metadata, camera raw image adjustments (crop, resize, exposure, contrast, white balance, curves, etc...) Via Photoshop: contact sheet, merge to HDR, PDF presentation, Photomerge, Web picture gallery	Included with various Adobe products 1
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom	library organization, RAW and JPEG editing, slideshow tools, print layout and preferences, web gallery creation and uploading		299 USD
Alchemy Mindworks Graphic Workshop Professional	Thumbnails, thumbnail arrays of image collections, multiple browser windows, slideshow, text captions, print, rename, move and copy files, hard drive search, image database	Over 50 graphic formats, conversion, image filters, effects, textures, fractals, dither, rotate, flip, scale, contrast, brightness, crop, acquire images from scanner/camera, video formats, any function in batch mode	44.99 USD
AZImage	preview	support for most common and raw graphic formats, conversion, scale, rotate, batch mode, upload to Facebook and Google Picasa	18 USD (15 days trial)
BreezeBrowser	Thumbnails (small, large or extra large), slideshow, filmstrip, main view, view Exif and XMP IPTC data info, Image Comparison (2,3,4-way), Printing,	Tagging, Convert, resize, sharpen and level raw images from Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Olympus, Sony, Fuji and Minolta cameras, Batch rename images and managing folders, Generate captioned web pages (watermarking, online ordering)	69.95 USD
Digikam	Fit to window, zoom, pan, Light Table, Slideshow+Effects, OpenGL viewer	Rotate, crop, vertical/horizontal flip, lossless JPEG operations (90° steps), color management, 16bit color depth, Light Table, Exif, IPTC, XMP, GPS metadata, adjust colors/brightness/levels, elaborate Black and White conversion, automatic lens correction, anti-vignetting, sharpening tools, vibrance, many filters, Batch operations, export to archive, HTML, flickr, gallery2, picasaweb, smugmug, ipod, facebook, 23hq, flash...	free (GNU GPL)
DIMIN Image Viewer	Thumbnails (user-defined sizes), fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, fit, metadata Exif/IPTC/GEO/BIO, panoramic view, large image view, ...	Resize, crop, rotate, flip, JPEG lossless rotate/flip, adjust exposure and colors etc, filters (sharpen, blur...), batch convert supporting multi page output, batch rename, edit IPTC info, filter scripts, automation scripts...	freeware for private non-commercial, educational use and non-profit organization;
Elgorithms MagicTracer	Fit to window, zoom	Color editing, filters, color management, color-depth maganagement, rotate, crop, resize	49.95 USD
Eye of GNOME	Fit to window, zoom, print, full-screen, slideshow, image collection, image information...	Rotate, delete, flip, save as	free (GNU GPL)
CDisplay	Fit to window, zoom, print, full-screen, slideshow, image collection, image information...	Rotate, flip, save as	freeware
CDisplayEx	Fit to window, zoom, print, full-screen, slideshow, image collection, image information...	Rotate, flip, save as	free (Mozilla Public License)
EyeBrowse	Fit to window, zoom, file tree, file selector, print with print preview, keyboard control, hotkeys, screen captures...	Image manipulation (blur, resize, crop, sharpen, rotate, negative, vertical/horizontal flip, grayscale, brightness & contrast), batch file management, undo/redo actions	0/20 USD
FastPictureViewer	Borderless full-screen kiosk mode, Fit-to-window, 1:1, 50%-6400% magnifier, Multicore-aware, DirectX hardware accelerated.	No image editing. File renaming. Single-click background copy/move to preset location, single-click rating/labeling (writes Adobe XMP sidecar files and/or embeds XMP metadata within JPEG/TIFF/HD Photo/JPEG XR), Windows Vista rating, Color management including custom target profile selection, Unicode support, Exif shooting data (shutter speed, f-stop, ISO speed, exposure compensation...) and real-time, seamless R,G,B histogram in translucent floating window.	free limited version, roughly 29.90 USD for Professional edition
FastStone Image Viewer	Thumbnails (5 predefined sizes), fullscreen, slideshow, Exif, etc	Rotate, move, rename, 150+ transitional effects, lossless JPEG transitions, drop shadow effects, scanner support, histogram, ...	Free for personal and educational (including non-profit organization) use. For commercial use, it is required to register. 34.95 USD
Firehand Ember			60 USD
Force vision	Support of 50 different graphics formats, Aggressive rendering for rapid image processing, Balanced and Quality rendering for extreme image quality, Multiwindow user interface allows to use your desktop space more efficiently, Multilanguage user interface support, Multiuser support, Thumbnails mode, Full-screen mode, Slide-show, Scan and print	Format Converting, Includes more than 30 filters and effects!, 30 image transitions types!	10 USD
FuturixImager	Full-screen, slideshow, zoom, histogram, metadata view, view-as-wallpaper;	Effects/filters, pencil, flood fill, eraser; JPEG lossless rotation; printing, scanning; screen capture;	cost-free Freeware
F-Spot	Full-screen, slideshow, zoom, multiple sizes of thumbnails. Export: HTML, Flickr, Gallery Project, Picasa, Facebook (via extension) and O.r.i.g.i.n.a.l	Tags, rotate, hue, contrast, white balance, colour, sharpen, soft focus, crop, auto red-eye reduction	free (GNU GPL)
GQView	Full-screen, slideshow, zoom, color spectrum, 14 sizes of thumbnails	Rotate, move, rename, hue, contrast, find/remove duplicates	free (GNU GPL)
GraphicConverter	Full-screen, slideshow, etc	Rotate, move, rename...	35 USD
gThumb	Full-screen, slideshow, zoom, color spectrum, three sizes of thumbnails	Rotate, move, rename, hue, contrast,	free (GNU GPL)
Gwenview	fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, rotate, adjust gamma/contrast/brightness, disk navigator, file tree, thumbnails, extended thumbnails, bookmarks...	add border, filter, effects, resize, rename, raw image converter, recompress, edit color...	free (GNU GPL)
Hamana	fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, rotate, adjust gamma/contrast/brightness, file tree, thumbnails, screensaver, view inside archives, DirectX hardware accelerated, Multiple Page Support, fit to window, marco,		cost-free (Freeware)
Image Browser Arctic	Fullscreen, Thumbnails, Stretch-mode (resizable), Original-Ratio view, Slide Show+effects, Exif,	Effects such as blurr, rotate, loss-less JPG rotation, batch conversion, add border and text-stamp. Scanner support.	cost-free Freeware
Imagine	fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, rotate, thumbnails	resize, rename, greyscale, negative, swap colors, filters (blur, edge, emboss, gaussian, sharpen, soften, viewer plugin for Total Commander and Double Commander )	cost-free (Freeware without any limitation [1])
IMatch	Unicode	Maintains and external database for thumbnails and tags. Capable for very large collections.	59.95 USD
Image Keyworder	A comprehensive metadata management tool that comes with the ability to batch process images, create templates and selectively add or remove metadata to both jpg and tif image files. One of the most comprehensive keywording tools on the market, Image Keyworder comes with a searchable thesaurus over of 40,000 terms and allows users to add alternate terms and synonyms with a single click - making keywording fast and efficient. Image Keyworder	Able to edit all metadata fields including IPTC and XMP fields. Adding keywords to images is fast and intuitive.	79.99 USD ( Windows only. License fee allows for use on two personal computers and includes a 12 month subscription to the Image Keyworder thesaurus )
imgSeek	Search similar images, Fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, thumbnails, disk navigator tree, tag treeview. Export: HTML	Rotate, move, rename, hue, contrast, etc	free (GNU GPL)
iPhoto	Thumbnails, fullscreen, slideshow, camera information, search, tags, organize by event or album, auto organize by date during first import	Lossless JPEG rotate, Cropping (custom and template), Brightness/Contrast, Red-eye, Retouch, Color Enhancement, B&W and Sepia Conversion, Export to multiple format & size	– 2
IrfanView	Thumbnails (18 pre-defined sizes from 50×50–800×800 pixels), fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, fit (several options), view IPTC and Exif info, hex view; Format detection with offer to rename, set wallpaper, EXE/SCR creation, Burn slideshow to CD; directory tree 29 languages (version 4.25)	Add Text, Crop, Cut/Copy selected area, Paste-Into selected area, paste from PrintScreen, Resize/Resample, Rotate, Flip Vert/Horiz, JPG lossless transformations, Color Adjustments, Greyscale, Red-Eye Reduction, Sharpen, effects/filters, Own and 8bf (Photoshop) plugins compatibility, edit IPTC info, Move, Copy, Delete, Rename, Convert, batch conversion, batch renaming/resizing/cropping, panorama creation, send email via IrfanView Thumbnails/Plugins: contact sheet creation, thumbnail creation, web gallery creation	For personal, educational use (schools, universities and libraries) and for use in charity or humanitarian organisations: cost-free (freeware). At place of business or for commercial purposes: 12.00 USD or 10 EUR.
Konvertor	Multimedia files converter: audio, video, photo, text, plugins ...	reads and converts between 1750 different formats ...	shareware: 27 EUR
KSquirrel	disk navigator, file tree, thumbnails, bookmarks, fullscreen, KIPI plugins ...	resize, rotate, colorize, convert, print ...	free (GNU GPL)
KPhotoAlbum	Zoom, Rotate, Metadata, Exif, thumbnails (customize size), slideshow, Categories	As Available per KIPI plugins	free (GNU GPL)
Lphoto	Zoom, Slideshow, camera information,	Crop, redeye, color tweaking, auto attach and resize for email, export to HTML, export to CD	free (GNU GPL)
MangaMeeya CE	Thumbnail, Explorer mode, Slideshow, Image information	Rotate, Crop, Resize, Scale, Sharpness and Brightness filter, Fullscreen view, 2 image layout, Color tweaking, Imbracted archives (archives within archives), Image albums in RAR (CBR) or ZIP (CBZ) formats, No installation	freeware
MST Viewer	Thumbnail, Zoom, Rotation, Multiple Page Support, Pan, Fit to Height and/or Width	Cut, Copy, Paste, Merge, Crop, Annotate, Image Cleanup, Image Enhance, Scale-to-gray resizing for 1bit images, Bilinear Interpolation for resizing Bi-Level images, Bi-Cubic Interpolation for resizing color images, Converting, ...	?
Osiva	Borderless (and very fast) view, zoom, fit		freeware
Paint.NET	Thumbnail, Zoom, Rotation, Multiple Page support, Pan, Fit to screen	Resize, Crop, Copy, Paste, Black and white/sepia, various blurs, add and reduce noise, Plugin Support	Free (Creative Commons Non commercial CC-BY-NC)
PicaJet	Supports Exif, IPTC, XMP, unlimited keywords hierarchy.	Flickr and Fotki uploaders	59.95 USD
Picasa	Zoom, lossless rotate, histogram, camera information, Thumbnails (fully adjustable), Slide Show (Full Screen w/zoom), Magnifier, Search, Search for faces	Crop, straighten, redeye, color tweaking, retouch, tuning, add text, numerous effects, batch edit, batch rename, video rendering, HTML gallery creation, photo browser application creator, screensaver, tagging, geo-tagging, create collage, protects original, reorganize storage	cost-free
Pictomio	3D carousel ,filmstrip, thumbnail, Map (for geotagged Pictures), lossless rotate, slideshow, histogram, Exif	cut, copy, paste, rename,Exif, add time offset, geotag, auto rotation, lossless rotate	cost-free (Freeware)
PMView Pro	Zoom (multi-level, 1:1, fit-to-screen), Pan, Multiple image browsing, Deleting from view, Full-screen mode, file management functions, Format conversion, Screen capture, Modeless Exif info	Lossless JPEG transformations (rotate, mirror) with original date preservation, crop, resize, arbitrary rotation, image filters, sharpen, blur	49 USD
Preview	Zoom, rotate, metadata	Crop, straighten, color tweaking, profile assignment	cost-free
Scarlet	fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, thumbnails, tile, view Image channel(alpha, rgb, both), dds, pfm, hdr support	resize, rotate, mirror, colors, filters(Lighten, Blur, sharpen, Edge, Emboss, Noise..)	cost-free (Freeware without any limitation [2])
ShowImg	fullscreen, slideshow, filters, search for similar images	Batch rename, convert filetype	free (GNU GPL)
STDU Viewer	fullscreen, fit to window, zoom, print	rotate, brightness, contrast, gamma setting	free for non-commercial
SView5	fullscreen, slideshow, lots of filters, metadata (Exif, Iptc, Xmp), CMS (ICC), etc.	Filetype conversion, image processing filters (including 7x7 and 9x9 convolution), HDR support (48/64 bit), Alpha channel manipulation, screen grabbing	cost-free for non-commercial usage (Freeware) / commercial SDK
Snapact	Thumbnails (user-defined sizes), fullscreen, zoom, fit, print, view Exif info, file tree navigation, virtual albums, Mini-basket, Search results	Crop, rotate, adjust exposure and colors etc, filters (sharpen, blur, brightness, contrast...), red eye removal, black & white...	Cost-free for personal, non-commercial use (freeware license), prices starting from 24.95 USD for commercial Licenses
ThumbsPlus	Thumbnails (user-defined sizes), fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, fit, view Exif info, ...	Resize, crop, rotate, flip, JPEG lossless rotate/mirror, adjust exposure and colors etc, filters (sharpen, blur, average, emboss, ...), red eye removal, ...	std: 49.95 USD pro: 89.95 USD
VJPEG	Borderless (and very fast) view, zoom, fit		freeware
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer	fullscreen, slideshow, fit, zoom, print	rotate, lossy JPEG rotate, annotate TIFF images	– (included with Windows XP)
Windows Photo Gallery	fullscreen, slideshow, fit, zoom, print		– (included with Windows Vista)
Windows Live Photo Gallery	fullscreen, slideshow, fit, zoom, print	Panorama stiching, adjust brightness, contrast, color saturation/hue, filters, stiching, rotate, straightening and skew.
Xee	Fullscreen, Exif data, archive browsing, same directory browsing, slideshow, OpenGL display	Crop and rotate, lossless JPEG manipulation, file system manipulation
XnView	Thumbnails (user-defined sizes), fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, fit, view IPTC and Exif info, ...	Resize, crop, rotate, flip, JPEG lossless rotate/flip/crop, adjust exposure and colors etc, filters (sharpen, blur, average, emboss, ...), batch convert, batch rename, edit IPTC info, ...	freeware for private non-commercial or educational use, including non-profit organization (i.e. schools, universities, public authorities, police, fire brigade, and hospitals); otherwise 26 EUR.
Xv	View as ASCII or Hex, magnify, determine pixel values	Crop, pad, resize, rotate, flip, brightness, contrast, gamma, saturation, hue, colormap, reduce colors, dither, convert, and more	25 USD
Zoner Photo Studio	Thumbnails (user-defined sizes), fullscreen, histogram, slideshow with transitional effects, auto rotation, JPEG lossless rotate, pan, zoom, fit, ITPC and Exif info, GPS support, full Unicode support...	Resize, crop, rotate, flip, JPEG lossless rotate/mirror, adjust exposure, colors, contrast, saturation, hue, white balance, levels, curves, gamma correction, filters (sharpen, blur, soften, edge, emboss, average, grayscale, ...), .8bf (Photoshop) plugins compatibility, color management, batch operations, image conversions with reduced/dithered colors, batch rename, red eye removal, edit ITPC, XMP and Exif info, time creation offset, merge to HDR, PDF presentation, panorama creation, lens correction, anti-vignetting, web picture gallery, DNG/RAW image converter, TWAIN scanners support, send pictures via e-mail, 3D pictures, dynamic calendar generation, support for WIC codecs (RAW processing)...	Home: 49.99 USD Pro: 99.99 USD
Name	View functions	Edit functions	Price

Note 1: Adobe Bridge comes free with the Adobe Creative Suite CS2, Adobe Production Studio and Photoshop Elements 4 for Mac OS X. Adobe Bridge cannot be purchased separately, but Photoshop Elements is available from Adobe Systems for 70 USD, and Photoshop is available for 400 USD.

Note 2: The latest version of iPhoto comes included with a Macintosh PC. iPhoto cannot be purchased separately, but is part of the iLife-suite which is available from Apple Computer for 79 USD.

Note 3: See also Comparison of raster graphics editors.

Supported file formats

Name	File formats
ACDSee	BMP, EMF, GIF, JPEG, PCX, PIC, PICT, PNG, PSD, PSP, SGI, TGA, TIFF, WMF, XBM, various camera formats among others
Adobe Bridge	Displays all file types supported by Adobe Creative Suite
Digikam	JPEG, PNG, JPEG 2000, BMP, GIF, PCX, TIFF, WMF, PNM, PPM, XCF, XPM, PGX, all RAW formats, DNG, MPEG, MPO, MPE, AVI, MOV, ASF
DIMIN Image Viewer	reads/writes > 100, including: JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG..., Multipage: TIFF, GIF, Video MPEG1/2/4, MOV, FLV, Digital Camera RAW: Canon, Nikon..., Geo: GeoTIFF, GeoJpeg2000, Bio: Fluoview, LSM,STK...
Elgorithms MagicTracer	PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIF, ICO, CUR, PCX, TGA, RAS, WMF, EMF, JPEG 2000, JPC, PNM
Eye of GNOME	PNG, GIF, JPG, BMP, PNM, RAS, TIFF, ICO, XPM, SVG
CDisplay	PNG, GIF, JPG, BMP
CDisplayEx	PNG, GIF, JPG, BMP
EyeBrowse	PNG, JPG, BMP, TGA, TIFF, PCX, WMF, EMF, DIB, GIF, ICO
FastPictureViewer	JPEG, JPE, JFIF, HD Photo, HDP, WDP, JPEG XR (+ PNG, BMP, RLE, DIB, ICO, TIFF, MTIFF, DNG, NRW, NEF, CR2, ORF, PEF, ARW, RW2, SR2, SRF, DjVu, TGA, WIC codecs in the Professional Edition)
FastStone Image Viewer	loading of: PNG, JPEG, BMP, JPEG 2000, GIF, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO, CUR, TGA, CRW, saving to: JPEG, JPEG2000, TIFF, GIF, PCX, BMP, PNG, TGA
Firehand Ember
F-Spot	CR2, CRW, DNG, GIF, JPEG, MRW, NEF, ORF, PEF, PNG, PPM, RAF, RAW, SRF, SVG, TIFF
GQview	See note
GraphicConverter	190 types read, 79 types saved
gThumb	See note
Gwenview	PNG, JPEG, MNG, GIF, XCF etc.
Hamana	Images: PNG/GIF/BMP/TIF/ICO/[[[WMF]]/EMF; Archives: 7z/rar/arj/cab/cbr/lzh; Able to support other file types with susie plugin
Image Browser Arctic	Read/Write: BMP/DIB, ICO, JPG, JP2, J2K, GIF, PNG, TIF (multi-page supported), TGA, PCX. Read-only: EMF, WMF
Imagine	ANI, ANM (Deluxe Paint Animation), BMP, CorelDRAW drawing (CDR,CDT,PAT,CMX), CUR, DCX, DDS, EMF, GIF, ICL, ICO, JPE, JPEG, JPG, MacPaint, MNG, PBM, PCD, PCX, PGM, PIC, CEL, PNG, PPM, PSD, PSP (Paint Shop Pro image), RAS, RLA, RLE, SGI (RGB,BW), SPR (Pro Motion Animation), TGA, TIFF, WBMP, WMF, XBM, XCF, XPM,
IMatch	over 50 types including RAW, also Unicode
Image Keyworder	jpg, tif
imgSeek	12 types
iPhoto	PNG, JPEG, GIF, RAW (All QuickTime supported images), PSD (Leopard), AVI (Leopard), MOV (Leopard)
IrfanView	~70 types including : AIF, ANI/CUR, ASF, AU/SND, AVI, B3D, BMP/DIB, CAM (Casio JPG), CLP, DDS, Dicom/ACR, DJVU, ECW, EMF/WMF, EPS/PS/PDF, FITS, FlashPix (FPX), FSH, G3, GIF, HDR, ICO/ICL/EXE/DLL, IFF/LBM, IMG (GEM), JPG2000, JPG, JPM, KDC, LDF, LWF, MED, MID/RMI, MNG/JNG, MOV, MP3, MPG, MrSID, NLM/NOL/NGG, OGG, PBM/PGM/PPM, PCX/DCX, PhotoCD, PIC, PNG, PSD, PSP, RAS/SUN, RAW, Real Audio (RA), RLE, SFF, SFW, SGI/RGB, SWF (Flash/Shockwave), TGA, TIF, TTF, TXT, WAD, WAL, WAV, WBMP, WBZ/WBC, XBM, XPM, CRW/CR2, DNG, NEF, ORF, RAF, MRW, DCR, SRF, CAD formats. Partial support: MOV, QTIF, Mac PICT, FLI/FLC, SVG.
Konvertor	1750+ types
KSquirrel	51 types
KPhotoAlbum	Photo formats supported by KDE; AVI, MPEG, RAW
Lphoto	iPhoto Clone
MangaMeeya CE	JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, CBR, CBZ, ZIP, RAR
MST Viewer	ASCII, ABIC, AFP (MO:DCA), BMP, Brooktrout, CALS, CLIP, DCX, DICOM, DOC, DJVU, EPS, GIF, IOCA (MO:DCA), JBIG, JBIG2, JPEG, JPEG2000, MO:DCA, MO:DCA Uncompressed, PBM, PCX, PGM, PNG, PPM, PCL, PDF, PTOCA (MO:DCA), RLE, RTF, SVG, TIFF, TIFF Group 3/Group 4, TIFF JBIG, TIFF JPEG, TIFF Uncompressed, TXT, WMF, XLS, XML, XPS
Osiva	JPEG, GIF
Picasa	8 types including PNG, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, TIF, BMP, TGA, RAW, and some movie formats
Pictomio	JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, TGA with codec: MPG, MPEG, AVI, WMV, ASF, VOB, QT, MP4, WMA, WAV, MP3, OGG
PMView pro	BMP (OS/2 & Windows), CUR, DCA, DCX, FITS, CCITT G3, GIF, ICO (OS/2 & Windows), IFF, IMG, JPG, LGO, MAC, MSP, PCD, PCX, PIC, PBM, PGM, PPM, PNM, PNG, PSD, PTR, RAS, RLE, SFF, SFW, SGI, SHW, TGA, TIF, WBMP, WPG, XBM, XPN, XWD
Preview	All QuickTime images:
ResourceSpace	Hundreds; all types supported by ImageMagick and FFmpeg plus InDesign
ShowImg	JPEG, PNG, GIF, XCF, PSD etc.
STDU Viewer	BMP, GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, PSD, multipage TIFF, TXT, EMF, WMF, PDF, DjVu, XPS
SView5	JPEG, PNG, GIF, JPEG2000, RGFX, etc. (116 formats on 68k/Amiga and 129 formats on .NET/Win)SView5 Image Format & Feature List
Snapact	JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, ICO, WBMP
VJPEG	JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, PSD (limited)
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer	JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF, WMF, EMF, TIFF, ICO
Xee	JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, GIF, PSD, TIFF, OpenEXR, Radiance, RAW, PICT, QuickTime Image, MacPaint, Apple Icon, BMP, Targa, PCX, ILBM, SGI, FPX, XBM, Fax Document (fax, jfx, jfax), Comic Book Archive
XnView	reads about 400 formats, including: JPEG (IPTC & Exif), BMP, PNG, FAX, GIF, TIFF (Multipage), NEF, CRW, RWZ, PSD, EPS, WMF, DICOM; writes about 50 formats
Xv	GIF, JPEG, TIFF, PBM, PGM, PPM, XPM, Sun Rasterfile, Targa, RGB, BMP, PCX, FITS, PM, PostScript, PNG (with patch)
Zoner Photo Studio	JPG/JPEG/JPE, HDP/WDP, TIFF/TIF, GIF/aGIF, PNG, PSD, PSB, PSP/PSPIMAGE, BMP/DIB/RLE, J2K/JPC/JP2, PAM, PBM, PGM, PNM, PCD, PCX, WBMP/WBM, TGA, ICO, MAC, WPG, BMI, MDM, THN, ARW/SR2, CRW/CR2, DNG, ERF, KDC, MEF, MRW, NEF, ORF, RAF, RAW, X3F, 3FR, RW2, PEF, SRF, DCM, RWZ, stereo pictures: JPS, PNS, BMS.
Name	File formats

Supported desktop environments

Name	Windows	Mac OS	X Window System	AmigaOS	MorphOS	IBM z/OS	OS/2
ACDSee	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Adobe Bridge	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Digikam	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
DIMIN image Viewer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Elgorithms MagicTracer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Eye of GNOME	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
CDisplay	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
CDisplayEx	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
EyeBrowse	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
FastPictureViewer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
FastStone Image Viewer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Firehand Ember	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
F-Spot	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
GQView	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
GraphicConverter	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
gThumb	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Gwenview	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Hamana	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Image Browser Arctic	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Imagine	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
IMatch	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Image Keyworder	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
imgSeek	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
iPhoto	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
IrfanView	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Konvertor	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
KSquirrel	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
KPhotoAlbum	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Lphoto	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Osiva	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
MST Viewer	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Picasa	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Pictomio	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
PMView Pro	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Preview	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
ShowImg	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
STDU Viewer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
SView5	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Snapact	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
ThumbsPlus	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
VJPEG	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Xee	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
XnView	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Xv	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Zoner Photo Studio	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Name	Windows	Mac OS	X Window System	AmigaOS	MorphOS	IBM z/OS	OS/2

• SView5 may also run on Linux/x86 and MacOS/x86 using .NET 3.x emulation (Mono)

Features

Program	Fullscreen	slideshow	zoom (styles)	cache decoded images	thumbnails (sizes)	thumbnail caching	navigation views	print	sort (schemes)	search (criteria)	selection (styles)	metadata	adjust image (functions)	hotkeys	color management (ICC)	other / special	JPEG Lossless operations	Unicode support
ACDSee	Yes	Yes	Yes 1:1, fit width and/or height, lock	Yes previous, next	Yes user-defined	Yes database	directory-tree, albums, calendar, favourites, search results	Yes	Yes user-defined, name, date, size, type, ...	Yes	Yes individual, linear, block	Yes Exif	Yes many	Yes			Yes rotation only	Yes
Digikam	Yes	Yes	Yes fit, in/out	Yes previous, next	Yes adjustable size	Yes	Yes album-tree, tags, calendar, searches, map (geolocation)	Yes	Yes tags, date, keywords, metadata	Yes file name, comments, most Exif and meta data	Yes linear, block, complex	Yes Exif and IPTC	Yes many editing function	Yes	Yes	GPS location	Yes in 90° steps	Yes
DIMIN Image Viewer	Yes	Yes	Yes 1:1, fit, lock	Yes dynamic, preemptive	Yes user-defined	Yes memory/disk	dir-tree, organizer, large files, panoramas, web albums	Yes	Yes name, date, size, type, Exif-date, numbers in files, smart by alfa numeric blocks	No	Yes individual, linear	Yes IPTC, Exif, Geographical (GeoTIFF, GeoJpeg2000), Biological (Fluoview, Zeiss, Metamorph)	Yes many, self assembly scripts of adjustments	Yes configurable + multimedia	No	Scripts for batch/pre processing, Automation with photoshop, skins, Full multi-page support including video	Yes	No
Eye of gnome	Yes	Yes	Yes +/-, 1:1, best fit		image collection pane, only one row		Thumbnails(of current folder images)	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes Rotate	Yes unconfigurable
CDisplay	Yes	Yes	Yes 1:1, fit over/under width/height, fullscreen, doublepage		Yes Fixed, with scroll		Thumbnails(of current folder images or archive)	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes Rotate, Filter	Yes configurable	Yes	Slider, automatic slideshow, mouse control	No	No
CDisplayEx	Yes	Yes	Yes 1:1, fit over/under width/height, fullscreen, doublepage		Yes Fixed		Thumbnails(of current folder images or archive)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes Rotate, Filter	Yes configurable	No	Slider, automatic slideshow	No	No
EyeBrowse			Yes fit, in/out				file-tree, ???	Yes		Yes				Yes		Screen captures...
F-Spot	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		list, file-tree		Yes keywords			Yes				Export to HTML, Flickr, or O.r.i.g.i.n.a.l.
FastPictureViewer	Yes	Yes Auto-advance mode	Yes 1:1, fit, 50%-6400% magnifier, click-and-hold zooming	Yes dynamic, adaptive	Yes 96x96px, shown on navigation slider (Vista or later)	Yes (uses OS-managed cache on Windows Vista or later)	Yes Windowed or full-screen, back and forth navigation, bookmarks, navigation slider	No	Yes Filenames, file creation/modification date, Exif date taken, GPS timestamp	No	Yes Copy, move, delete, rate, label	Yes Write XMP Rating/Label, Vista Rating, embedded or in sidecar files, shows shooting info (Exif) and realtime RGB histogram	No	Yes	Yes (supports custom monitor profile, direct conversion from image colorspace to monitor colorspace, ICC v4)	Native 32 and 64-bit, Tethered shooting (MTP/PTP over USB), Multicore-aware, DirectX accelerated, HD Photo / JPEG XR support.	n/a	Yes, native
FastStone Image Viewer	Yes	Yes	Yes 1:1, fit width and/or height, lock	No	Yes 5 predefined sizes	Yes database	dir-tree	Yes	Yes user-defined, name, date, file size, image size, type		Yes individual, linear	Partial JPEG comment	Yes many				Yes lossless transitions
GQView	Yes	Yes	Yes fit, 1:1, in/out	Yes next	Yes 24x24 - 256x256	Yes as png-files centrally or in sub-dir	list, dir-tree, collection	Yes	Yes collections, keywords, directory	Yes collections, keywords, filename, location, size, date, dimensions, comments, previous results	Yes block, linear, complex	Yes	Yes rotate, brightness, contrast	Yes		find duplicates, sort manager, recent collections
Program	Fullscreen	slideshow	zoom (styles)	cache decoded images	thumbnails (sizes)	thumbnail caching	navigation views	print	sort (schemes)	search (criteria)	selection (styles)	metadata	adjust image (functions)	hotkeys	color management (ICC)	other / special	JPEG Lossless operations	Unicode support
gThumb	Yes	Yes random, forward, reverse	Yes fit, 1:1, remember, fit-if-larger, in/out		Yes 48x48 - 256x256, 9 sizes	Partial Newer versions cache in a central directory	list, icon, subfolders, categories	Yes	Yes catalogs, categories	Yes name, comment, date, category, folder, recursive-folder	Yes linear, block, complex	Partial	Yes manipulate color, flip/rotate, etc	Yes		bookmarks, comments, rename series, create index image, create HTML album
Image Browser Arctic	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	viewing-list, favorites, thumbnails	Yes	Yes name, file size	No	Yes individual, linear	Yes Exif	Yes many	Yes		bookmarks, encryption, transitional effects, batch conversion	Yes
IrfanView	Yes	Yes	Yes 1:1, fit width and/or height, lock	No	Yes 18 predefined sizes: 50×50–800×800	No	dir-tree, search results	Yes	Yes name, date, file size, image width/height, type, user-defined	Yes name, date, metadata	Yes individual, linear	Yes JPEG comment, IPTC, Exif	Yes many	Yes	Partial, no custom monitor profile		Yes crop plugin and rotate plugin available	No can see file structure, but not view image
Konvertor	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	dir-tree, search results	Yes	Yes name, date, file size, image width/height, type, Exif, GPS	Yes name, date, metadata	Yes individual, linear	Yes IPTC, Exif, XMP	Yes many	Yes		Yes	No
KPhotoAlbum	Yes	Yes	Yes fit, in/out, presets		Yes		views search results		by date	Yes keywords, comments, title, any field from Exif metadata	Yes linear, complex	Partial	Yes per KIPI plugins	Yes configurable		Quick-tagging using keyboard tokens
MST Viewer	Yes	No	Yes 1:1, fit width and height, 0%-infinite magnifier	Yes Dynamic	Yes	No	Yes Windowed, Splitter Panes, or Tree View	Yes	Yes Filenames, alphabetic	No	Yes File copy, move, delete, merge, create	Yes	Yes	Yes customizable		URL Downloading, Automatic pixel depth conversion, Image Cleanup, Image Enhance.	Yes on rotation and zoom
Osiva	No	No	Yes 1:1, fit, thumb-sized, in/out	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Very quick loading	No	No
Picasa	Partial only in slideshow mode	Yes	Partial no view window, fit to viewing area, 1:1, zoom to 400%	No	Yes user defined	Yes database	directory-tree, albums, timeline	Yes	Partial name, date, size, user-defined	Yes name, date, rating, faces	Yes individual, linear	Partial Keywords	Partial basic	Yes		collages, Geotagging, Search for Faces	Yes rotation only	Yes
PMView pro	Yes	Yes	Fit-to-screen, Fit-to-window, Fit-to-screen-if-larger, Fit-to-window-if-larger, 1:1, 1:2 1:4 1:8, 2:1, 4:1, 8:1, 100%	Yes	Yes Multiple thumbnail sizes	Yes	File manager with preview, metadata tooltips, hot-key navigation (windowed and full-screen)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes Exif	Yes resize, rotate, lossless JPEG transforms, crops, convert, resample, sharpen, filters and more	Yes full customizable			Yes With original date preservation	Yes
Program	Fullscreen	slideshow	zoom (styles)	cache decoded images	thumbnails (sizes)	thumbnail caching	navigation views	print	sort (schemes)	search (criteria)	selection (styles)	metadata	adjust image (functions)	hotkeys	color management (ICC)	other / special	JPEG Lossless operations	Unicode support
Pictomio	Partial only in slideshow mode	Yes	Yes fit to viewing area, 1:1, in/out	Yes previous, next	Yes 2 pre-defined sizes	Yes database	directory-tree, albums, thumbnails, filmstrip, categories, favorites	Yes	Yes name, date, filesize, rating, colormark grouping by: rating, colormark, shortlist, year, month, day, type, orientation, pixelcount, volume, original path)	Yes meta infos, tags, filename, category, album	Yes individual, linear	Yes Exif, keywords, annotations	Partial rotate	Yes	No	DirectX accelerated, Geotagging
ResourceSpace	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes user defined	Yes filesystem	thumbs, list, themes	Yes contact sheet	Yes date, relevance, colour	Yes	Yes	Yes Exif, IPTC, user defined	Yes rotate, gamma	No
Snapact	Yes	Yes	Yes fit to viewing area, 1:1, in/out	Yes previous, next	Yes user-defined (with limits)	Yes yes, on file system	Yes folders/directory-tree, albums, search results, Mini-basket	Yes		Yes	Yes individual, linear, block, complex	Yes Exif	Yes many	Yes		Yes Album synchronization with online account for photo sharing		Yes
STDU Viewer	Yes	No	Yes fit to width, fit to height, fit to size	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
SView5	Yes	Yes forward, reverse	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
ThumbsPlus	Yes	Yes	Yes 1:1, fit width and/or height	No	Yes user-defined	Yes database	dir-tree	Yes	Partial name, date, size, type, etc.; no user-defined order	Yes name, date, file size, image size, meta data, image similarity	Yes individual, linear	Yes IPTC, Exif, JPEG comment	Yes many	Yes		can sort images by similarity to a sample image, loupe
VJPEG	No	No	Yes 50%/100%/200%, zoom by dragging	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Very quick loading	No	No
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer	Yes	Yes	Yes 1:1, fit, in/out	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes: Exif	Yes rotate, lossless JPEG rotate, annotate TIFF images	Yes			Yes rotate only	Yes
XnView	Yes	Yes	Yes 1:1, fit width and/or height, lock	Yes previous, next	Yes user-defined	Yes database	dir-tree, favourites, categories	Yes	Partial name, date, size, type, etc.; no user-defined order	Yes name, date, file size, image size, meta data, ...	Yes individual, linear	Yes IPTC, Exif, JPEG comment	Yes many	Yes configurable	Partial, no custom monitor profile	Supports Adobe Photoshop Filter 8BF plugins	Yes	No Supported in XnViewMP
xv	No	Yes		No	Yes fixed size	Yes in subdirectory (.xvpics)		Yes	Partial name	No	Partial individual, all	Partial view comments	Yes many	Yes
Zoner Photo Studio	Yes	Yes	Yes 1:1, fit width and/or height, lock	Yes in Viewer, previous and next	Yes user-defined	Yes database	dir-tree, albums, CD compilations, media archive, search results, web albums	Yes contact sheet, templates, calendars, paper saver	Yes name, date, size, type, etc.; user-defined order	Yes name, date, file size, meta data	Yes individual, linear	Yes IPTC, Exif, XMP, JPEG comment	Yes very many	Yes configurable	Yes	sign images, 16 bits per channel, GPS support, merge pictures to HDR, WIC codecs support	Yes	Yes
	Fullscreen	slideshow	zoom (styles)	cache decoded images	thumbnails (sizes)	thumbnail caching	navigation views	print	sort (schemes)	search (criteria)	selection (styles)	metadata	adjust image (functions)	hotkeys	color management (ICC)	other / special	JPEG Lossless operations	Unicode support

Notes

• The filetypes that can be displayed by GQView depends on the image-processing libraries (libjpeg, libpng, etc.) installed on the operating system.
• Prices will vary over time, and between suppliers, and are for approximate indication only
• iPhoto is part of iLife, which includes a DVD authoring package (iDVD), a video editor (iMovie), a music player (iTunes), a multimedia web publisher (iWeb), and an audio-sequencing program (GarageBand)
• ACDSee supports 61 various image formats and writes to 16. Reads 9 compression formats and writes to 2. Also ACDSee supports 33 Video Formats (Reads)
• FastPictureViewer's DirectX hardware acceleration support depends on the actual video card installed and the amount of available video memory. The commercial version also supports previewing some camera RAW formats for which a WIC-enabled codec exists. Such RAW codecs are currently available from Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Sony and for Adobe DNG.
• Picasa has an experimental GNU/Linux version that runs under WINE.
• A large majority of Windows based image viewers do not have Unicode support. Some exceptions that do work with Unicode include ExifPro, FastPictureViewer, Imatch and Ashampoo Photo Commander.
• SView5 has different functionality under AmigaOS/MorphOS and Windows/.NET as the .NET port has started end of 2008, while the Amiga version has been put on hold at the same time.

See also

• Comparison of raster graphics editors
• Digital image editing
• List of raster graphics editors
• List of graphics file formats