100% free and open source picture viewer
Fast Picture Viewer for Windows with compact UI, that can be hidden.
Features image effects, galleries, EXIF, image optimization and more.
The application will automatically adjusts itself to your screen.
Clean, free, fast. No bloated UI. No annoying pop-ups.
Why use PicView
Fast
Quick to start up & Uses a built-in preloader to instantly switch to next image.
Clean Design
Compact and neatly organized UI, that can be completely hidden.
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.
Configurable UI
Change it and customize it to your liking
Want to just show the image with no UI?
Toggle the UI by pressing Alt + Z. Hold shift down to drag window.
The hover buttons and the colored window border can be turned on/off in the settings window.
Change background
Press T to toggle background for images with transparent background
Features
Press X to toggle scroll function with auto scroll (built with manga/comics in mind)
Editing
Rotate, flip, crop, convert to different image file formats
Lossless image optimization
Color Picker tool
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
File management
Open file in external application
Cut, copy, send file to recycle bin or delete permanently
Show file in folder
View file properties
Quickly crop image by pressing C
Hold Shift for square selection
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.
Functions
Lossleslly compress current image by pressing the Optimize Image button.
Click on the stars to save EXIF image rating.
Quickly rename or move files by editing the text box values.
Shader effects/Image filters
Choose between 27 different shader effects, stays applied when changing images.
Use the slider to change the intensity of the effect.
Save it on your PC, set is as wallpaper or copy it to clip-holder with effect applied!
Horizontal Gallery
Features smooth and beautiful animations that will adapt to your screen
Press G to open or close the horizontal gallery
Navigate the image gallery with the arrow keys or WASD and load image with Enter or the E key.
Fullscreen Gallery
View your pictures in fullscreen with a blurred background
Use the menu to open the fullscreen gallery
In the settings window, you can chose if you want the thumbnails to be displayed at the bottom or vertically to the right
Settings Window
Customize settings to your liking
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
Auto Fit Window
Checking the Auto fit window button cause the window to best fit your screen to adapt the viewed image.
Turn it off to have normal resizable window behavior.
Fill Image Height
CheckFill Image Height to fill the height of your screen, while maintaining aspect ratio.
This feature works both when Auto fit window is on or off.
Quick keyboard shortcuts
Press 1 to set default behavior with Auto fit window on and Fill Image Height off
Press 2 to set Auto fit window on and Fill Image Height on
Press 3 to set normal window behavior with Auto fit window off and Fill Image Height off
Press 4 to set Auto fit window off and Fill Image Height on
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
.mef
.xbm
.gzip
.jpeg
.mos
.xpm
.tar
.mrw
.svgz
.wim
.nef
.iso
.nrw
.cab
.orf
.raf
.raw
.rw2
.srf
.x3f
*requires 7-Zip or WinRAR installed
PicView also supports reading and converting to and from Base64-image format.
Languages
PicView has been translated into the following languages:
Chinese
Spanish
Korean
German
Danish