Images are an essential constituent of a person’s life these days, as they let the people recall the happy moments of their life that are gone by. These days people are more inclined to getting ultra-high-resolution images snapped, due to the wide range of sophisticated cameras that are easily available.
There are many players in the field that have produced apps that are filled with numerous features which make viewing image files a very fun-filled activity. Many image viewers come with different basic image editing tools, like crop, resize, shrink and enlarge. Image viewers also provide options for sharing images with family, friends, and so on.
Today we will be looking at our compilation of top 10 image viewers.
IrfanView
Irfanview got its name after its creator, IRFAN ŜKILJAN. This is a free-to-use software for non-commercial users. Commercial usage does require a premium fee to be paid. It is quite popular as it makes it very easy for the users to work and preserve a variety of different image formats such as BMP, PNG, GIF, JPEG, JP2 and JPM (JPEG2000), TIFF, ECW, EMF, ICO, PCX, PBM, PGM, PPM, TGA, WEBP, FLIF, etc. This software supports the English language by default and allows to install language support for a whole range of the most widely spoken international languages.
FastStone Image Viewer
FastStone Image Viewer made the second spot in our top 10 image viewers. This software is compatible with Microsoft Windows and can be used without any cost. It supports English as well as a number of other different multilingual languages. This software endorses a variety of graphic file formats such as JPEG, JPEG 2000, BMP, TGA, and ICO. It also includes basic editing tools as crop, resize and red-eye removal.
XnView
XnView is developed by Xnsoft and is used for general file management, image processing, as well as basic editing of raster images. Besides supporting up to 500 image formats, this software also supports some audio and video formats as well. This software supports an extensive variety of languages as it is available in 46 languages for the user’s convenience.
Honeyview
Honeyview is a very popular image viewer for Windows, as it supports many different file formats even in the compressed form. This is a super-cool feature, as it can read files in compressed file formats such as ZIP, CBZ, RAR, CBR, LZH, LHA, TAR 72, HV3, ALZ, EGG, etc. It provides support for a wide variety of languages. It also supports numerous image formats belonging to the raw images category, as well as several animated file formats.
Nomacs
Nomacs has been developed and designed by a team of Austrian computer scientists. It is an extremely user-friendly and free of cost solution. Like all its competitors, it supports all the widely used image formats. It has been designed for multiple operating system users that include Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD, and OS/2. Users can very easily manipulate an image’s saturation, hue, brightness, contrast, and gamma exposure by using Nomacs.
Imagine Picture Viewer
Imagine Picture Viewer made its place to the 6th spot in our top 10, this software is a general photo viewer enhanced with several basic editing tools. This software also allows its users to share the photos online with ease and supports a comprehensive list of file formats like JPG, GIF, BMP, PCX, LBM, ANI, FLI, etc. It allows various picture editing jobs to be formed easily such as color balance, contrast, adjust, etc. It also provides a full-screen mode for the users’ ease, and also provides for uploading any images to Flickr, Picasa, ImageShack, and TwitPic easily.
QuickLook
QuickLook was primarily developed for the Mac user base. However, it has now seen its Windows variant announced as well, which makes it super easy for users to view the preview for an image simply by pressing the space key after selecting the image while staying within the File Explorer. It enables users to easily view files such as PDF, HTML, PPT, RTF, OD.
Fresh View
Fresh View occupies the 8th spot and is loaded with an unbelievable 86 different file formats. The software allows arranging all the photos/ albums with great ease, and the user can easily view the thumbnails to find out which images are located inside a particular album. Users can easily convert graphics from 1 type to another and happily create an HTML album. It even supports the user listening to their favorite music, watch movies and display graphics as a slideshow.
Microsoft Photos
Microsoft Photos was initially released on the 26th of October 2012 and is loaded with powerful features that make playing with photos a truly enjoyable experience. Users can seamlessly organize images, edit videos, as well as edit raster graphics. Microsoft Photos allows its users to save, and later share the images online with an audience of their choice. This image viewer supports multiple image formats including JPEG, ICO, GIF, JPEG XR, BMP, PNG, and raw camera images.
Apowersoft
Apowersoft Image Viewer caps up our top 10 image viewers and is the perfect fit at this spot. It is a loaded software program that allows users to experience with utilities like Photoshop, Corel Draw, and even directly open up captured images from a Canon, Sony, Nikon, Olympus, and Matsushita device. Apowersoft allows its users to save, edit and arrange the captured screenshots with ease. This software supports different file formats such as PNG, JPG, BMP, TIFF, HEIC etc, and users can easily take screenshots of the screen, draw lines, add text/ arrows to an image.
