PicView is a fast, free and fully customizable image viewer for Windows 10 and 11.
It supports a vast range of image file types, including WEBP, GIF, SVG, PNG, JXL, HEIC, PSD and many others.
Additional features include viewing EXIF metadata, image compression, batch resizing, viewing images within archives and comic books, image effects, image galleries, and more.
Enjoy a clean, free, and fast experience with no bloated UI or annoying pop-ups.
Available in portable and installable versions.
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Customizable shortcuts
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Scroll function built with manga/comics in mind.
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Toggleable image galleries
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Resizes window dynamically to fit the image resolution
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Quickly view EXIF data as you browse through images
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Interface can be hidden, to just show the image
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Losslessly compress images by using the Optimize Image button
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Shows the file name, resolution, the size of the picture and aspect ratio in the title bar
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Basic editing: rotate, flip, crop, change file type
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Drag & drop/paste from clip-holder support for files, folders, URLs and archives
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file history so you can easily pick up the work from where you left off
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Customizable interface (choose between dark or white theme, pick between 12 accent colors.)
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View pictures inside archives such as ZIP, RAR, 7z, 7Zip, .iso, .Cab, .Wim, .Tar, BZip2, RAR (requires 7-Zip or WinRAR to be installed)
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View pictures inside comic book archives such as .cbr, .cb7, .cbt, .cbz, .cba
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27 different shader effects (image filters), including negative colors, old movie effects, pencil sketch, etc.
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Set image as wallpaper or lockscreen (Image effect will be applied as well)
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Sort files by: name, file size, date created, last accessed, latest edit, file extension and randomized
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Large file support
.jpg, .psd, .3fr, .pgm, .zip, .png, .psb, .arw, .ppm, .7zip, .svg, .xcf, .cr2, .cut, .rar, .webp, .heic, .crw, .exr, .cbr, .ico, .hdr, .dcr, .dib, .cb7, .tiff, .tga, .dng, .emf, .cbt, .gif, .dds, .erf, .wmf, .cbz, .ico, .hdr, .dcr, .dib, .cb7, .bmp, .jxl, .kdc, .wpg, .xz, .jpe, .jp2, .mef, .xbm, .gzip, .jpeg, .heif, .mos, .xpm, .tar, .mrw, .svgz, .wim, .nef, .b64, .iso, .nrw, .qoi, .cab, .orf, .avif, .raf, .raw, .rw2, .srf, .x3f, .cr3
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Language Support:
Chinese, Spanish, Korean, German, Danish, French, Polish, Italian, Russian, Romanian
Comments and Reviews
Finding a good replacement for IrfanView is not an easy task. I have tried different others and so far the only ones that can compete are Nomacs and PicView. Due to its ease and simplicity of use, I have chosen PicView. Really useful and with all the functionalities you need.
I went for PicView as it claims to recognise .cr3 files. Well it doesn't so it's not much use to me.
The open file dialog (when you press Ctrl + O) was missing the option for .cr3, however you were always able to load them using drag and drop or copy and pasting the files, as well as selecting it as the default option in Windows. This has been fixed in version 2.0 and later. I'm sorry for the inconvenience caused
Reply written Dec 22, 2023
Thank you for responding. I checked and my .cr3 files are now being recognised. Thank you. The only problem is that some of the functions don't work with my files. For example, the "Optimise Image" function just throws up a really long "System - Invalid Operation Exception" message. As soon as I closed the error dialog the app crashed, as it did every other time I tried it. I performed the same operation with a .jpg version of the file and it worked fine. I'm not really much further forward, I'm afraid.
Reply written Dec 27, 2023
Version 2.2 has stability improvements for the Optimize image function, as well as showing an error tooltip message for unsupported files. Only JPEG, PNG and GIF are supported for lossless compression, I'm afraid.
If you want to further reduce the file size of the images, consider converting them to WEBP formats. If you rename a file's extension within PicView, the file will be converted as well. This works for .cr3, .cr2, .nef and other files as well. You can rename them by pressing F2 (by default).
Reply written Jan 3, 2024
Excellent UI including possibility to hide all elements but the image itself.
Blazing fast switching of images using scroll-wheel.
Portable version; no install required.
Free and open source!
One thing I notice this PicView doing particularly nicely is the quick switch to an image browser from the lower right icon. It seems very lightweight. Alas, though, it does not crop, which is typically what I look for. I will still hold onto this because of the easy image browser.
It is about 250mb and has a lot of unnecessary features that any photo editor already has. But is not a fully fledged photo editor.
Tried a lot of alternatives to Irfanview, Liked this one. Especially like the viewer that slightly feels like the depreciated Picasa.
The program is good, beautiful, has all the necessary functions. But it takes a long time to open large pictures, or it does not open at all. There are also problems with rotating pictures.