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FastStone Image Viewer is a fast, stable, user-friendly image browser, converter and editor. It has a nice array of features that include image viewing, management, comparison, red-eye removal, emailing, resizing, cropping, retouching and color adjustments.
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  • Image browser and viewer with a familiar Windows Explorer-like user interface
  • Support for many popular image formats and PDF viewing
  • True Full Screen viewer with convenient image zoom support and unique fly-out menu panels
  • Crystal-clear and customizable one-click image magnifier
  • Powerful image editing tools: Resize/resample, rotate/flip, crop, sharpen/blur, adjust lighting/colors/curves/levels etc.
  • Eleven re-sampling algorithms to choose from when resizing images
  • Image color effects: gray scale, sepia, negative, Red/Green/Blue adjustment
  • Image special effects: drop shadow, framing, bump map, sketch, oil painting, lens
  • Draw texts, lines, highlights, rectangles, ovals and callout objects on images
  • Clone Stamp and Healing Brush
  • Superior red-eye effect removal/reduction with completely natural looking end result
  • Multi-level Undo/Redo capability
  • Single click to switch between best fit and actual size mode
  • Image management, including file tagging, rating and drag-and-drop to copy/move/re-arrange files
  • Histogram display with color counter feature
  • Compare images side-by-side (up to 4 at a time) to easily cull those forgettable shots
  • Image EXIF metadata support (plus comment editing for JPEGs)
  • Configurable batch processing to convert/rename large or small collections of images
  • Slideshow with 150+ transition effects and music support (MP3, WMA, WAV...)
  • Create efficient image attachments for emailing to family and friends
  • Print images with full page-layout control
  • Create fully configurable contact sheets
  • Create memorable artistic image montages from your family photos for personalized desktop wallpapers (Wallpaper Anywhere)
  • Acquire images from scanners. Support batch scanning to PDF, TIFF, JPEG and PNG
  • Versatile screen capture capability
  • Powerful Save As interface to compare image quality and control generated file size
  • Run favorite external editors with one keystroke from within Image Viewer
  • Offer portable version of the program which can be run from a removable storage device
  • Configurable mouse wheel support
  • Support themes (bright, gray and dark)
  • Support dual-monitor configurations
  • Support touch interface (tap, swipe, pinch)
  • Support dual instances
  • Play video and audio files (Third party codecs may be required for old versions of Windows)
  • And much more...
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FastStone Image Viewer 7.7
Version 7.7 (August 24, 2022)
  • Loads HEIC/HEIF faster by 40% to 100%
  • Added "Show Dimension" option to Settings -> Thumbnail tab
  • Added "25%" and "75%" options to the Quick Resize menu
  • Added an option to Settings -> Programs tab to open external programs using Alt key instead of Ctrl key
  • In Draw Board, you can now draw objects continuously without having to select the drawing tool repeatedly
  • For Batch Convert/Rename:
    • You can now customize the template list for filenames
    • Added "Keep Screen On" option to the batch processing dialogs
  • For GPS:
    • Added a new GPS format DDD° MM.MMMM'
    • Added "Show in Open Street Map" option
  • For RAWfiles:
    • Supports OM-1 ORF format
    • Added "RAW Filter" option to Settings -> RAW tab. This option puts a filter on toolbar to show or hide RAW files with a single click
    • When RAW files are hiddenby disabling "View RAW files in" option in Settings -> RAW tab, you will have the following new options:
      • Handle (rename, delete, copy, move) RAW+JPEG together
      • Open RAW in external programs
  • Improved text rendering quality in slideshow
  • You can now rotate all pages in a multi-page tiff file with a single click
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes
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FastStone Image Viewer 7.8
  • Added "Search by Name" to toolbar above thumbnail browser
  • Added drag-and-drop functionality to viewing panel. You can drag and drop image or video files from external sources (e.g. Windows File Explorer) into image viewing area to view files directly
  • Added Shadows and Highlights to batch conversion tool (Advanced Options -> Adjustments)
  • Added Contrast and Gamma options to Scan Board
  • Added keyboard shortcuts to change "Auto Image Size" option. Press Ctrl+Shift+K for "Auto Fit". Press Ctrl+Shift+L for "Lock Zoom Ratio"
  • Added more options to "Mouse Click" in Settings window
  • Added "Load from File" and "Save to File" in Settings window
  • Added support for AVIF format
  • Presets in Resize tool are customizable
  • Moved Rename tool to a higher position to avoid covering the center of the image
  • Enhanced Draw Board:
    • Added Text with effects (curve, outline and shadow)
    • Added Emojis
    • Added preset color lists (click * button to select a preset color)
    • Flip/Rotate image objects
    • Zoom In/Out ranging from 1% to 5000%
    • When editing text, press Ctrl+Del or Ctrl+Backspace to delete an entire word
  • Enhanced PSD format support
  • Enhanced Wallpaper support on Windows 10/11
  • Improved loading speed of Apple DNG raw files
  • Fixed compatibility issue with iOS 17 when importing photos/videos from iPhone
  • Many other small improvements and bug fixes
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FastStone Image Viewer 7.9
Version 7.9 (October 17, 2024)
  • Added Japanese language support to the software interface
  • Enhanced window capturing on Windows 10/11
  • Increased maximum font size to 200 in Draw Board
  • Fixed a compatibility issue with the Windows 11 24H2 update that could cause application crashes when accessing network folders
  • Other improvements and bug fixes
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FastStone Image Viewer 8.0​

Version 8.0 (April 28, 2025)
  • Added two larger thumbnail sizes to Settings
  • Added Keep Settings option to Adjust Curves and Adjust Levels
  • Add a Title option to Image Strip Builder
  • Simplified the Save dialog interface for the Scan tool
  • Enhanced handling of longer filenames and paths
  • You can now rename a file by changing only the case of its letters
  • Other improvements and bug fixes
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Version 8.1 (July 31, 2025)
  • Improved Open and Save dialogs with a modern style
  • Displays current file position and total files in menu toolbar
  • With the "Select files manually" option in "Import Photos and Videos", you can choose to display either filename or date/time beneath the thumbnails
  • Provides native read/write support for WEBP images
  • Faster HEIC/HEIF thumbnail generation
  • Enhanced video thumbnail generation
  • When batch-renaming HEIC/HEIF images by date/time, EXIF "date taken" is used when available
  • Fixed a bug where files couldn't be dropped into folders that are symbolic links
  • Other improvements and bug fixes
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Version 8.2 (November 21, 2025
  • Added ZIP Archive option to the Create menu, allowing you to compress selected files into a ZIP file
  • Added shortcut Ctrl + 0 to reset image zoom to 100%
  • Reintroduced Update file timestamp option in the Save dialog
  • Restored [File index / Total files] information beneath the Preview window, after the filename
  • Improved handling of long file names
  • Improved support for multi-monitor systems
  • Improved email support for Unicode file names
  • Fixed a reliability issue affecting batch conversion of HEIC files to other formats
  • Optimized the shutdown process so the application closes more quickly
  • Keep file selections highlighted in Details and List views even when the application is inactive
  • Other improvements and bug fixes
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FastStone Image Viewer 8.5
Version 8.5 (June 23, 2026)
  • Added support for SVG format
  • Added Start importing automatically and Handle duplicate file names automatically options to the Import Photos and Videos tool
  • WebP files can now be rotated and saved with a single click
  • Enhanced dark theme support in the PDF viewer
  • Fixed a bug where some links in PDF files were not clickable
  • Other improvements and bug fixes
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