A question for i3's Sages and Luminaries of Open Source Computer Applications for MS Windows

[David J. Scholl]

In my data science work, I make extensive use of the Open Source image viewer called qiv (http://spiegl.de/qiv/). Of its many features, what is important to me is the ability to flip quickly through thousands of plots stored as image files, backward and forward, almost like a flipbook. I use both hot keys and the mouse wheel.

Unfortunately, my collaborator does not (yet) use Linux, so she cannot use qiv. She has been looking for a free qiv equivalent, because she also has thousands of plots to look through on Windows. Does anyone have any suggestions for an application that she can use?

The images are png files, if that makes a difference.

Thanks, Dave Scholl

[James Kemp]

You could setup her computer with a virtual Linux machine.  Showing her how to start the virtual machine / qiv should be simple enough.  

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[Jenny Steele]

How about http://img-browse-sort.sourceforge.net ? Haven't used it myself. Helping people find open source software is kind of my job https://sourceforge.net/directory/graphics/graphics/viewers/ :)

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[Nathaniel Bezanson]

On Jun 7, 8:54 am, "David J. Scholl" <djsch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> important to me is the ability to flip quickly through thousands of plots
> stored as image files, backward and forward, almost like a flipbook. I use

Back when processors were in the sub-GHz range, image decoding speed
mattered a lot to me. The fastest viewer I ever found for Windows is
ACDSee, which is now sadly bloatware. Find the old 2.4x version if you
can. It's not free, but it's blisteringly quick, and has simple PgUp/
PgDn to flip between images. I don't honestly know if the mouse wheel
does the same thing, I never touch it.

There's also IrfanView, which is free for non-commercial use, and has
a reputation for being pretty quick. Worth a try.

Good luck!
-Nathaniel-

[Rob]

If she doesn't want to run a virtual machine, and the open source
viewer doesn't pan out there is Fast Picture Viewer for Windows
(http://www.fastpictureviewer.com/). It is only $39 bucks, so if you
use it for work, maybe the company would purchase it for for you? It
has a free trial (unsure how long) and after that it converts down so
you can only use it with jpeg images. You have probably heard of this
if you were already looking for a solution, but just in case in the
off-chance you missed it I thought I would give you a heads up.

On Jun 7, 8:54 am, "David J. Scholl" <djsch...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Mark Pirkola]

If your using Windows 7 I use GIMP for photo editing and Inkscape for layouts and drawing. Both are open source.

[David J. Scholl]

We want to thank everyone who took the time to offer suggestions. We considered all of them, and img-browse-sort looked the most promising, so she downloaded that one to try, and it does exactly what she needs.

Regards, Dave Scholl