Free and customizable image viewer

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 includes 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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Why use PicView

Fast

Quick to start up & uses a built-in preloader to instantly switch to the next image.

Clean Design

Compact and neatly organized UI, that can be conveniently hidden when not needed.

Archive loading

View pictures inside archives such as ZIP, RAR, 7z, etc (requires 7-Zip or WinRAR to be installed).

Adapts to Screen

The application can automatically fit itself to best fit on your screen.

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An overview of the UI

Configurable UI

Change it and customize it to your liking

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Want to just show the image with no UI?

Toggle the UI by pressing Alt + Z. Hold shift down to drag window.

Press T to toggle if it should stay on top of other windows and you can use it as Picture-in-Picture.

The hover buttons can be turned on/off in the settings window.

Change background

Press B to toggle background for images with transparent background

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Features

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Press X to toggle the scroll function. Press the mousewheel button for auto scroll (built with manga/comics in mind)

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Editing

Rotate, flip, crop, convert to different image file formats.

Lossless image optimization.

27 different image effects.

27 different image effects.

Color Picker tool.

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Navigating

Drag & drop and pasting from clipholder supports files, folders, URLs and archives.

Sort files by: name, file size, date created, last accessed, latest edit, file extension and randomized.

Loop through files in folder.

Stay on top of other windows.

Navigate through file history with the contextmenu or by using the back and forth buttons on your mouse.

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File management

Open file in external application.

Cut, copy, send file to recycle bin or delete permanently.

Show file in folder.

View file properties.

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Quickly crop image by pressing C

Hold Shift for square selection

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Rename or move files by pressing F2 or right clicking the title bar

Display Image Info

Quickly view image info, which will update values as you browse through images

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Functions

Losslessly compress current image by pressing the Optimize Image button.

Click on the stars to save EXIF image rating.

Rename or move files by editing the text box values.

Resize image

Edit the Width and Height boxes to resize image.

Use % to resize it by percentage.

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View advanced EXIF metadata

Click the expander button to view GPS coordinates which links to Google or BING maps, including advanced camera info, image info, authors, copyright etc.

Shader effects/Image filters

Choose between 27 different shader effects, stays applied when changing images

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Use the slider to change the intensity of the effect

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Save it locally, set is as wallpaper/lock-screen image, or copy it to clip-holder with the effect applied.

Image Gallery

Features smooth and beautiful animations that will adapt to your screen

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Press G to open or close the image gallery

Navigate the gallery with the arrow keys or W,A,S,D and load the selected image with Enter or the E key.

Bottom Gallery

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Toggle showing the bottom gallery

Each gallery thumbnail image has it's own contextmenu, allowing you to quickly find an image and perform operations for it.

Batch Resizing

Resize, optimize, convert a bunch of images at the same time

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Convert/Optimize all your pictures

All files from the Source folder will be selected for processing and will be sent to Output folder. The default name for the output folder will be Processed Pictures.

If the Output folder is the same as the Source folder, or left blank, the files will be overwrittten.

The Convert to dropdown option allows you to convert all the files to a popular format.

The Compression dropdown option allows you to compress the files, either without losing quality or sacrifing some quality for greater reduced file size.

The Quality dropdown option allows you to change quality of supported file types. The higher the Quality setting, the more detail is preserved in the image, but the larger the file size.

The Resize dropdown option allows you to resize the picture by height, width and percentage while keeping the aspect ratio of the image.

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Generate thumbnails

From the Generate thumbnails dropdown menu, you can choose to generate up to 7 additional thumbnails.

They can be resized by height, width and percentage while keeping the aspect ratio.

Each thumbnail will be sent to its own folder. By default, it will be named from small to medium, large etc in an ascending order

Settings Window

Customize settings to your liking

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Press F4 to open the Settings window

From UI => use the shortcut from the context menu
or click the Settings button in the Quick Settings Menu.

Quick Settings Menu

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Auto Fit Window

Checking the Auto fit window button causes the window to automatically determine window size based on the current image.

Turn it off to have normal resizable window behavior.

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Image Stretching Behavior

CheckStretch image to fill the available space, while maintaining aspect ratio.

This feature works both when Auto fit window is on or off.

File Support

Common formats

Photoshop & Apple

Camera

Uncommon

Comic Book & archives *

.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

*requires 7-Zip or WinRAR installed

PicView also supports reading and converting to and from Base64-image format.

Default Shortcuts

* Shortcuts can be changed by opening the About window and scrolling down

Shortcut

Explanation

Esc

Close window or current open menu

Ctrl + Q

Exit the application

F1

Open the about window

F2

Rename or move the current file

F3

Open and select current file in Explorer

F4

Open the settings window

F5

Start slideshow

F6

Open the effects window

F7

Reset Zoom

F9

Open the batch resize window

F11

Toggle fulscreen

F11

Toggle viewing fulscreen gallery

Alt + Enter

Toggle fulscreen

C

Crop image

Ctrl + C

Copy image or copy cropped image

Ctrl + V

Paste from clipholder, URL, file, file path or image

Ctrl + X

Cut image file into clipboard

O, Ctrl + O

Open file picker dialog

Ctrl + S

Save as file

B

Toggle background color

X

Toggle scrolling the image

F

Flip the image

J

Open the image resize function

Del

Send current file to the recycle bin

Shift + Del

Permanently delete current file

I

Show the image info window

Ctrl + I

Show file properties

Ctrl + Alt + I

Open the image resize function

Ctrl + P

Print image

R

Reset zoom

Ctrl + R

Reload

L

Toggle looping

E

Open with another application (opens highlighted image if in gallery view)

T

Toggle if the applications should stay above other windows

N

Open the batch resize window

Ctrl + N

Open new window

G

Toggles the gallery view

Space

Centers window on the current screen (if gallery is open, it will scroll to the center of the highlighted image)

1

Turns on the Auto fit window and sets Stretch image off

2

Turns on the Auto fit window and sets Stretch image on

3

Turns off the Auto fit window and sets Stretch image off

4

Turns off the Auto fit window and sets Stretch image on

Home

Scrolls to the top, when scrolling is enabled

End

Scrolls to the bottom, when scrolling is enabled

Enter

Opens highlighted image if in gallery view

A

Navigate to the previous image

Left

Navigate to the previous image

Left

Navigate to the previous image

Ctrl + A

Navigate to the first image

Ctrl + Left

Navigate to the first image

D

Navigate to the next image

Right

Navigate to the next image

Ctrl + D

Navigate to the last image

Ctrl + Right

Navigate to the last image

Ctrl + Shift + Right

Navigate to the next folder

Ctrl + Shift + Left

Navigate to the next folder

Ctrl + Shift + D

Navigate to the next folder

Ctrl + Shift + A

Navigate to the next folder

Up ⇔ W

Rotates the image up (clockwise). Hold key down to rotate at uneven angles

Up ⇔ W

Scrolls up when scrolling is enabled

Page Up

Scrolls up when scrolling is enabled

Down ⇔ S

Rotates the image down (counterclockwise). Hold key down to rotate at uneven angles

Down ⇔ S

Scrolls down when scrolling is enabled

Page Down

Scrolls down when scrolling is enabled

+

Zooms in at cursor position

-

Zooms out at cursor position

Double click

Reset zoom

Mouse Browserback

Go to the previous entry in the file history

Mouse Browserforward

Go to the next entry in the file history

Scrollwheel *

Navigates back or forth

Ctrl + Scrollwheel *

Zoom in or out

Alt + Z

Show or hide UI

* Scrollwheel behavior can be changed in settings

You can also view and edit shortcuts by opening the About window F1

Languages

PicView has been translated into the following languages:

Chinese

Spanish

Korean

German

Danish

French

Polish

Italian

Russian

Romanian

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Clean, free, fast. No bloated UI. No annoying pop-ups.