Graphic Apps

PicView

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Mar 13, 2025 Last updated

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# Change Log

Changelog

Improvements

Scroll Window Size: Improved size calculation when Auto fit window is on while scrolling is enabled.

Print Everything: Improved the print function to save the image to a temporary file if it's not already a file, or convert the image to a temporary file if it's in an uncommon format.

Bug Fixes

General Fixes

Multipage TIFF Navigation: Fixed the page count not updating in the title bar after adding files to the current directory while viewing multipage TIFF files (#190).

Update Function: Fixed an issue where the update function only selected the portable builds; if PicView is installed, it now downloads and starts the appropriate installer.

Set as Wallpaper: Fixed an issue where setting an image as wallpaper was not applied when the image is not a file.

Gallery Setting: Fixed incorrect gallery translation, now correctly indicating whether the gallery is closed or open.

Recent Files Highlight: Fixed the currently viewed file not being highlighted in the Recent Files submenu in the context menu.

Animated Image Crop: Fixed animated image not being shown after closing crop (cropping animated images is currently not supported).

Bottom Toolbar Text: Fixed the context menu option to hide the bottom toolbar, to properly display "Hide bottom toolbar" instead of "Show bottom toolbar".

Renaming and Title Bar

Renaming Stability: Fixed a potential crash when renaming files due to an out-of-range exception.

Renaming Closing: Fixed Keyboard shortcuts not registering after closing renaming in the title bar by pressing Esc button.

Window Title Bar Translation: Fixed instances where translations were not loaded properly when starting PicView without loading a file.

Table Bar Width: Fixed incorrect width in the table bar when the window is resized to small sizes.

Rendering Fixes

Auto Fit

Auto Fit Sizing: Fixed incorrect sizing when Auto fit window is enabled and the image dimensions exceed the window dimensions.

Auto Fit Scroll Sizing: Fixed incorrect sizing when changing pictures while Auto fit window is on and scrolling is enabled.

Side-by-Side

Side-by-Side Navigation: Fixed navigation in side-by-side mode to skip 1 image so that the image on the other side gets skipped correctly, handling looping and end-of-file list scenarios.

Loading Crashes: Fixed crashes when Side by side is enabled while navigating pictures.

Side-by-Side Rendering: Fixed rendering issues and title bar updates when toggling side-by-side view on and off.

Startup 1:1 ratio and Table Bar Width

Startup Rendering: Fixed an issue where images with a 1:1 ratio or where both dimensions exceeded the window size were rendered incorrectly on startup when the window was resizable.

Keyboard & Input Handling

Arrow Key Registration: Fixed an issue where arrow keys were not registering after renaming a file in the title bar.

Text Box Selection: Fixed an issue where selection was not cleared when pressing the left or right arrow keys in a text box.

Key Repeat Handling: Fixed unintended repeated calls when a key was held down.

Miscellaneous

Buttons and Visual Updates

Next Picture Button Position: Moved the hover button for navigating to the next picture next to the scrollbar when scrolling is enabled.

Title Bar Buttons: Changed the title bar buttons' width to intersect with the scrollbar width.

Button Availability: Disabled buttons when the resources they rely on are not available (e.g., no file/image present, or unsupported image format for optimization).

Text Shadow: Added text shadow to highlighted menu items for better contrast.

Color Update: Updated secondary accent colors for improved visual aesthetics.

Description

PicView is a free, open-source picture viewer for Microsoft Windows OS. This image viewer has a clean user interface (by default, it will show a black UI, but you can change it to white - it does look good on both colors), well structured, providing you access to a good range of features.

You can get fast access to image info, effects, and much more (most of its features are listed below in the "Features" section). Some alternatives provide a bloated UI, which makes you feel lost when it comes to so many features, that's not the case here, as its interface is pretty neat. If you're looking for an image manager, this one is exciting as it has all the necessary options that you might need when it comes to such an app. 

Note: PicView requires you to install the .NET framework. The installer package will attempt to download and install it automatically. Otherwise, you have the option to download the portable version separately (without the .NET framework) or the fully portable version (with .NET self-contained).

Features

- view pictures inside archives such as ZIP, RAR, 7z, 7Zip, Iso, Cab, Wim, Tar, BZip2, RAR(requires 7-Zip or WinRAR to be installed)

- view pictures inside comic book archives such as cbr, cb7, cbt, cbz, cba

- resizes dynamically to fit the image resolution

- customizable interface (choose between dark or white theme, etc.)

- shows the file name, resolution, and the size of the picture in the title bar

- easily browse through the image folder using the intuitive arrow keys

- rotate and flip the image

- option to show the full screen or contained gallery

- right-click menu option that you can use to open/save in a different graphic editor

- file history so you can easily pick up the work from where you left off

- 26 different shader effects (image filters), including negative colors, old movie effects, pencil sketch, etc.

- support for most popular graphic file formats: jpg, jpeg, jpe, png, bmp, tif, tiff, gif, ico, jfif, webp, psd, psb, xcf, svg, heic, tga, ddsb, 3fr, arw, cr2, crw, dcr, dng, erf, kdc, mdc, mef, mos, mrw, nef, nrw, f, pef, raf, raw, rw2, srf, x3f, pgm, hdr, cut, exr, dib, emf, wmf, wpg, pcx, xbm, xpm, wbmp

etc.

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