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: 69.99 USD pro: 169.99 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 | |
| Aperture | Add view functions here | Add edit functions here | 79 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) |
| blueMarine | Import, tag, organise. JPEG, TIFF, RAW formats. | None presently | Apache License 2.0 |
| CDisplay | Fit to window, zoom, print, full-screen, slideshow, image collection, image information... | Rotate, flip, save as, used for reading manga. | freeware |
| Comix | Fit to window, zoom, rotate, full-screen, image collection, image information... | manga mode, double page view | free (GNU GPL) |
| 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) |
| Eye of GNOME | Fit to window, zoom, print, full-screen, slideshow, image collection, image information... | Rotate, delete, flip, save as | free (GNU GPL) |
| 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. IPTC metadata editor in the registered version. | free limited version, 39.95 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 | ||
| 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 in single degree increments, hue, contrast, white balance, colour, sharpen, soft focus, crop, auto red-eye reduction | free (GNU GPL). Files stored at /user/Pictures/Photos/// |
| Fotoxx | Full-screen, slideshow, zoom, multiple sizes of thumbnails. | Tags, rotate in 10, 1 and 0.1 degree increments, hue, contrast, white balance, colour, sharpen, soft focus, horizontal and vertical flip, crop, auto red-eye reduction, keystone correction, bend, and warp | free (GNU GPL). |
| Geeqie | 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) |
| ImageAXS | Unicode | Organizing photos, importing image files, tracking features, as well as tags and collections for further sorting. | cost-free (Freeware). Out of support |
| 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 ) |
| IMatch | Unicode | Maintains and external database for thumbnails and tags. Capable for very large collections. | 59.95 USD |
| 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, histogram (also RGB); Format detection with offer to rename, set wallpaper, EXE/SCR creation, Burn slideshow to CD; directory tree
32 languages (version 4.28/4.30) |
Add Text, Crop, Cut/Copy selected area, Paste-Into selected area, paste from PrintScreen, Resize/Resample, Rotate, Flip Vert/Horiz, JPEG lossless transformations, Color Adjustments, change color depth, Greyscale, Red-Eye Reduction, Sharpen, effects/filters, Own and 8bf (Photoshop) plugins compatibility, insert text, 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, face detection |
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 | Thumbnails (pre-defined and user defined), 3100+ formats read. | Rotate, move, rename, 250 special effects... 6 languages (version 4.06) | 30 USD |
| 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) |
| Phase One Media Pro | Thumbnails, Slideshow, Zoom, Print, Light Table, Library organization, best practice DAM | Rotate, rename, delete, batch rename, Add/Edit Metadata (IPTC, EXIF, Custom), Free Reader App to distribute catalogs | EUR 139,00 |
| 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) |
| 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, face recognition, keyword tagging, geo-tagging, photo collage, original file preservation, reorganize storage | cost-free |
| Preview | Zoom, rotate, metadata | Crop, straighten, color tweaking, profile assignment | cost-free |
| Roboreader | Zoom, rotate | cost-free | |
| Shotwell | Thumbnails, Fullscreen, Slideshow, Zoom, Print, Camera Information, Events | Auto Enhance, Rotate, Mirror, Flip, Red Eye, Crop, Exposure, Saturation, Tint, Temperature, Shadows, Revert to Original, Rename, Change Time/Date, Publish to Facebook, Picasa Web Albums, Flickr | Free GNU Lesser General Public License |
| ShowImg | fullscreen, slideshow, filters, search for similar images | Batch rename, convert filetype | free (GNU GPL) |
| Simple Comic | slideshow, double image layout, left-to-right & right-to-left ordering, thumbnail navigation, zoom, print | Quick Look for comic book archives, Finder icons, text notes, delete files, extract files | Free (MIT License) |
| SIV | zoom, pan, slideshow, brightnes/contrast/gamma adjustments, filters, displays MPO and JPS stereo images | stereoscopic image viewer, VR920 headtracking, quad buffered stereo | Free (Creative Commons Non commercial CC-BY-NC) |
| SView5 | fullscreen, fit to window, zoom, scan, print, etc. - in 8-64 bit with and without alpha channel | rotate, brightness, contrast, gamma setting, etc. | free for non-commercial |
| STDU Viewer | fullscreen, fit to window, zoom, print | rotate, brightness, contrast, gamma setting | free for non-commercial |
| Windows Live Photo Gallery | fullscreen, slideshow, fit, zoom, print | Panorama stitching, adjust brightness, contrast, color saturation/hue, filters, stitching, rotate, straightening and skew, face recognition. | cost-free |
| Windows Photo Gallery | fullscreen, slideshow, fit, zoom, print | – (included with Windows Vista) | |
| Windows Picture and Fax Viewer | fullscreen, slideshow, fit, zoom, print | rotate, lossy JPEG rotate, annotate TIFF images | – (included with Windows XP) |
| 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 | 35 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, free version does not support color profiles... | 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)... | Free: for personal non-commercial use Home: 49.99 USD Pro: 99.99 USD |
| Name | View functions | Other functions | Price |
Note 1: Adobe Bridge comes included in the price 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 every new Mac PC. iPhoto cannot be purchased separately, but is part of the iLife suite which is available from Apple for 10.49 GBP.
Note 3: See also Comparison of raster graphics editors.
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