Advice Request Best image viewer ?

[ng4ever]

There is so many to pick from! I can never make a decision. Is it worth paying for one ?

 

[show-Zi]

There are many excellent free software on the market. I'm using FastStone Image Viewer.
FastStone Image Viewer

In terms of an easy-to-use image viewer, I find the one that came with win7 to be excellent.
Restore Windows Photo Viewer

 

[Deletedmessiah]

I like Irfanview and Honeyview. Thanks to @roger_m for Honeyview recommendation.

 

[silversurfer]

There is so many to pick from! I can never make a decision. Is it worth paying for one ?

I believe to purchase isn't worth for this purpose as image viewer only, unless for professional work...

As mentioned by @Deletedmessiah I can recommend: IrfanView

IrfanView graphic viewer​

• Fast and compact ( just 5 MB )
• Freeware for non-commercial use
• Supports Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 and 11
• 32 and 64 bit version
• Multi language support
• Unicode support
• Designed to be simple but powerful

IrfanView - Official Homepage - One of the Most Popular Viewers Worldwide

IrfanView ... one of the most popular viewers worldwide.

www.irfanview.com

 

[SeriousHoax]

IrfanView is also my favorite, mainly because how fast it loads.
But since Windows 11, I'm using the default Photos app. I like the new design and it's fast now.

 

[harlan4096]

XnView Classic here

 

[Freud2004]

There is so many to pick from! I can never make a decision. Is it worth paying for one ?

If you go for the aesthetic/functionality of the software you can try: Seer (paid software, what I use) - image 1

You can try: Simpview 0.6.1 - Image viewer by UserFo on DeviantArt ( free, very similar to the above software)- image 2

image 1:



image 2, Not my desk just an example:

 

[Jaspion]

My go-to image viewer: JPEGView - Image Viewer and Editor

And IrfanView if I need more features.

 

[CyberDevil]

Honeyview · Free Image Viewer · Download & Features - I like Honeyview. Its very simple, integrates into the context menu with a quick preview right from there, has the necessary utilities for conversion and compression. It's purely a viewer and nothing else.

 

[ng4ever]

Thanks everyone!

 

[Deletedmessiah]

Trying Faststone Image viewer and really liking so far.

 

[M4RT1NE2]

For me, on board Honeyview. I like programs from this manufacturer

 

[Shadowra]

IrfanView <3

 

[Chigwells]

The only one I can use here is FastStone Image Viewer because I work with a lot of images and need the library feature as well, not just the viewer.

I might give Irfanview another look, but I don't think the library is so efficient, sounds like it might load faster though.

Got an old version of Photoshop, CS5, which still works fine. Have FastRawViewer for working with raw files. Recently bought Affinity Photo as an upgrade to Photoshop (fantastic value for money as a Photoshop replacement!).

I use Faststone as a quick general lightweight viewer and library, and from that you can add shortcuts to open the heavy guns for image manipulation @ng4ever

 

[lokamoka820]

I have more than one image viewer installed for different purpose, I have FastStone Image Viewer and IrfanView for a long time, but what I find myself use more recently in XnView MP, it has the simple interface of FastStone and the strong capabilities of IrfanView and more features added over all that.

 

[Sunshine-boy]

. Is it worth paying for one ?

Photo mechanic the only that worth paying .