SageThumbs AlternativesImage Viewers and other similar apps like SageThumbs

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   Icaros

    42 likes

   Icaros is a collection of lightweight, high quality, Windows Shell Extensions, which is capable of providing Windows Explorer thumbnails for essentially any video media filetype.

   6 Icaros alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Shell Extension

   Origin

   • Sweden
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Windows Explorer

   

   

   

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   Laura Timmel

   Negative comment•Feb 7, 2018

   6

   Whereas SageThumbs provides thumbnails for IMAGE files, Icaros works with VIDEO files.

   BevansDesign

   Positive comment•Apr 29, 2021

   1

   Contrary to what others say, this DOES make thumbnails for image files. It seems to generate thumbnails for PSD files just fine for me.

   Guest

   Negative comment•Jun 6, 2020

   3

   Icaros previews video files while SageThumbs is an extension for previewing image files. Completely different file types

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • Icaros is Free and ProprietarySageThumbs is Free and Open Source
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   XnShell

    19 likes

   XnShell is a free File Explorer extension that installs a number of image-related tools in the right-click context menu, including a thumbnail preview, image conversion to a wide variety of formats, image resizing, editing image IPTC...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application types

   • Image Converter
   • Image Optimizer

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Windows Explorer

   

   

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   MysticThumbs

    5 likes

   MysticThumbs generates thumbnails of many image types not natively supported by Windows. It does this transparently and in the background for Explorer so you don't have to run a separate application to preview your images.

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Origin

   • Australia

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Windows Explorer

   

   

   

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   hermes3por3

   Positive comment•Jan 13, 2017

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   I have found MysticThumbs a longstanding success at generating thumbnails for file formats not supported natively by Windows. What I value most is its smooth blend with explorer, the fact that does not block drives when I eject them, and its useful tray icon that indicates when it's working on new thumbnails. For its usefulness and reliability I am a happy customer!

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • MysticThumbs is Paid and ProprietarySageThumbs is Free and Open Source
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   Pictus

    13 likes

   Pictus is a fast, free image viewer that enables Windows to see thumbnails of supported formats, such as PSD. Give it a spin today!

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Image Viewer

   Origin

   • Sweden
   • EU

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Windows Explorer

   

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   Smart SVG Viewer

    4 likes

   “Smart SVG Viewer” is a free, fast and convenient SVG image viewer with Thumbnail Gallery and Transparency Grid. It is a must-have tool for UI/UX design, Web design, and Graphic design.

   33 Smart SVG Viewer alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Image Viewer

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

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7. Instant ThumbView

    3 likes

   Instant ThumbView is a tiny image viewer that displays image thumbnails in a tooltip window, when mouse pointer is hovered over an image file in Windows Explorer. It supports a lot of popular image file formats, including BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, WMF, EMF, TIFF and is very handy for...

   14 Instant ThumbView alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application types

   • Image Viewer
   • Shell Extension

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Windows Explorer

   

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   SVG Explorer Extension

    22 likes

   Extension module for Windows Explorer to render SVG thumbnails, so that you can have an overview of your SVG files.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

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   Guest

   Negative comment•Jan 8, 2017

   1

   no .psd, .ora, or .sai thumbnails

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • SVG Explorer Extension is Free and Open SourceSageThumbs is also Free and Open Source
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    FastPreview

     6 likes

    FastPreview was created in need of a usable PicaView replacement which was discontinued at the time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer

    

    

    

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    SVG Shell Extensions

     2 likes

    A collection of extensions tools for SVG files, integrated into Microsoft Windows Explorer (Vista, 7, 8, 10 and 11):

    30 SVG Shell Extensions alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

    Application type

    • Image Viewer

    Origin

    • Italy
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

    

    

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    PicaView

     6 likes

    PicaView is the simple, no-hassle image viewing solution. This is an add-on for viewing images in File Explorer that lets you right-click on an image file to bring up a miniature image and image file information.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Image Converter

    Origin

    • Canada

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer

    

    

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    ThumbView

     5 likes

    ThumbView enables image thumbnails and tooltips in Microsoft Windows XP Explorer (does not work on Windows 7) for filetypes that are not natively supported. It started with PCX, TGA, DDS and PNG images, but now ThumbView supports an amazing 19 image types - directly inside any...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer

    

    

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14. MenuViewer

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    This shell extensions will show you a thumbnail of an image file, as well as its dimensions, when you right click on a filename inside Explorer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Image Viewer

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

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