Photo Viewer
Zee Badoni
When I want to view images quickly I have always used Irfanview, which is great, except that in some situations, where I want to view an Affinity Photo file, outside of Affinity Photo, it cannot recognise it. I was told by someone that Faststone can view Affinity files, but I have just tried and so far it refuses to recognise them. Is there someway that I can get Faststone to do this, or is there another program I could use for the purpose?
Unfortunately, XnView MP is not free. Have had a look at ACDSee and it seems that it may only show thumbnails, whilst I want to look at the images at 100% (and often above that). Will keep researching, including having a closer look at AlternativeTo.
Nothing will actually open .afphoto, .afdesign, or .afpub files except the Affinity products. However, Affinity will embed a thumbnail preview that some other programs can show, if enabled in the Affinity Preferences.
In Settings>General>General Tab Make sure the first option, show all graphic formats is checked. Then go to File list>Custom Filter and make sure the row that says Exclude has everything UNCHECKED. Hope this helps. You should be seeing thumbnail previews for afdesign and afphoto files..if not, check in AD and AP to make sure you have the setting enabled to include thumbnails with your files.
It isn't strictly necessary to do that. It can be useful to limit the visibility of some file types, particularly those XNViewMP can't display much if any info about. The important thing is not to include any Affinity native file format extensions in the Extensions column (which is editable). So just make sure afphoto & afdesign are not included in that column & together with the General > Show all graphics formats option, you should be good to go.
Instead of unchecking anything in the Exclude row, try double-clicking on the last item in that row, with the list of excluded file type extensions. That will highlight the text of the list, so you can edit it like any other line of text. Delete svg in the usual way & see if you can see svg file thumbnails. You may have to restart the app for this to take effect.
ImageGlass stands as an open-source, ad-free photo viewer, yet its development and upkeep demand resources. Your financial backing not only sustains this project but also fuels my motivation for crafting future releases.
I was just wondering about this myself. According to GPSrCHIVE, if I click on a saved photo, and then click Menu, one of the Menu items should include "View Map", but I don't have that listed in my items.
I've hit a bit of a snag and could really use some help. I've got a bunch of photos in HEIC format, and I'm struggling to view heic files on Windows 10 (and potentially Windows 11) setup. It seems like my current setup just isn't cutting it for these types of files. I'm wondering if anyone has recommendations for a best HEIC viewer that's compatible with Windows 10 or 11? I'm looking for something straightforward and user-friendly since I'm not exactly a tech wizard. Any advice or suggestions would be super appreciated. Thanks in advance!
After a bit of research and trying out a few different applications, I found a couple of solutions that worked well for me. First, I discovered that Microsoft actually offers a HEIC file extension support in the Microsoft Store, which, once installed, it seems doesn't allow me to view HEIC files directly in the Windows Photos app, I don't why.
I also tried out a third-party app called TunesBro HEIC converter. It not only let me view HEIC files seamlessly but also offered the option to convert them to JPG if needed. This was super handy for sharing photos with friends who couldn't view HEIC files or for uploading to websites that only accept JPG.
Google Photos is a popular photo sharing and storage service developed by Google. It allows users to upload, share, and manage their photos and videos from any device. It supports a wide range of photo and video formats, including the High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIC). HEIC is a format used by Apple's iOS devices for storing high-quality images in smaller file sizes compared to traditional formats like JPEG. However, HEIC is not as widely supported on non-Apple platforms, which can create challenges when sharing or viewing these files.
Once uploaded, Google Photos automatically converts HEIC files to a compatible format for easy viewing across all devices. Simply click or tap on an image to view it. You can also use Google Photos' editing tools to enhance your images.
Encouraged by that success, I also decided to give TunesBro HEIC Converter a shot, especially since I often need to convert photos for sharing with friends and family or for use on websites. The ability to easily convert HEIC files to JPG has been a game changer for me. It's incredibly user-friendly and the batch conversion feature has saved me so much time.
Just tried setting Opera as the default program for .jpg files and now
things are better. When I highlight several files they all open though
its very resource demanding on the system. With about 50 photos opening
(each one about 2-3mb) memory usage is about 800,000k. So one can only
open a few at a time. So back to the first request - How to get Opera to
open the next file in the folder so its not such so demanding on resources.What makes Opera special are the Fit to Width and Full Screen options. If
they could only add a Fit to Height option as well it would be awesome.
When you use Fit to Width the mousewheel scrolls vertically. When you use
Fit to Height the mousewheel could scroll horizontally. When you need
more detail you just use Control_Mousewheel and zoom in and out.
I'd also say IrfanView and it free
remember to get the plugins as well then You can
open almost any file.Use space-bar to next picture
Use Backspace to previousin full screen
Use Right Mouse to next picture
Use Left Mouse to previous
Best regards
Asger-P
Let Opera see the directory contents first. Then fast-forward will take
you through all the files.Open a file in the target folder and then use Ctrl+Backspace to go to the
root of the folder, which when loading a local folder will make Opera
generate a list of files.Now use the fast-forward buttons or hotkeys to cycle through the images.
Eventually you'll come back to the folder listing.
> You certainly will be better served employing a dedicated
> image viewer application, e.g. IrfanView, however you may
> want to review Opera's "Show" functionality.
>
> I say XnView is the best photo viewer.www.xnview.com
Google Photo just annonced that thier free service is now gone. There is now room for a new player and since Dropbox is already one of the top used storages services for photos this would be an amazing fit. What I'm suggesting is a stand alone Photo app that gives users the posibility to brows view their Dropbox photos in one place. A few suggestions of features are:
As a Dropbox user I did not mind using Google Photos since it was free, however paying for another cloud service when I already have Dropbox is kind of pointless in my opinion. I am pretty sure it is not just me
I am fully aware that Dropbox has a feature to back up the camera roll. Yet the Dropbox is not the best experience when it comes to viewing my photos. It does not have to be a fully featured app like Google Photos, but an easy gallery style web app followed by a mobile app that can be used as the gallery would be a great addition to Dropbox apps.
I would happily sign up for a paid Dropbox plan if there were a basic photo viewer. Something that makes it easy to view photos by date and location, nothing overly fancy. Google Photos would remain my daily app, but I would periodically dump all my photos into Dropbox for long term storage and delete them from Google Photos. I would just need for their to be a basic viewer so I can quickly find specific photos years later (which means sorting/filtering by date and location).
The difference between the current photos implementation and what I'd like is that I don't want ALL photos in Dropbox to be part of this photos app. Just like Google Photos does not show me every image I have in Google Drive, I would want Dropbox Photos to only show me photos that were taken on my phone or specifically added to the folder where camera uploads are stored. I believe this is currently possible through albums and using the Camera Uploads folder, but it isn't nearly polished enough to be a standalone photo viewer. This lack of separation of photos is one of the major reasons I never used Carousel when it was available.
I made the mistake of putting all my photos on Dropbox as my photo cloud storage so the family and I can view them for decades to come. I keep everything on Dropbox as I dont use a computer. But now I am regretting it as their are no features to make viewing and searching the photos easy.
Im tempted to embark on the mission of moving my thousands of photos to Google photos but would much prefer to leave them in Dropbox (especially seen im on terrible internet). Would be brilliant if they could add the functionality you have suggested!
We used to have Carousel, and it was the best app. I dare to say much better than Google Photos. Unfortunatelly Dropbox dropped it and now is focused on implementing Businesses features that nobody uses.
On my mobile device, specifically, I would be happy with the current app for photos if it allowed much better viewing and organizing options, such as those noted by others. It should at least include basic features, such as full-resolution views, folder-specific view settings (thumbnail views for folders with photos), adjustable thumbnail sizes, searching, and so on.
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