image viewer

VJPEG Opens Huge Pictures Quickly on Your Desktop

12:08AM Kevin Purdy | Windows only: Free image utility VJPEG is a tool that could be a serious time saver for anyone who regularly views or compare digital images from their desktop. The tiny application installs itself as the default handler for JPG, BMP, and other common image files (and that’s kind of annoying), so when a file is double-clicked, it opens super-fast in a frame-less desktop windows. There are shortcuts to resize, rotate, and even email a picture, but the concept is quickly checking out photos without waiting for Windows’ viewer, or even something as light as IrfanView to load. My recommendation? Set up VJPEG as a send to item menu, and feed batches of pictures to it for quick selection. VJPEG is a free download for Windows systems only. VJPEG [Stereopsis via FreewareGenius.com] More »

Pictomio Makes Browsing Photos Fun

4:00AM Adam Pash | Windows only: Freeware application Pictomio is an advanced photo and video viewer with an emphasis on supplementing your image viewing experience with a strong dose of eye candy. When you first run Pictomio you’ll notice a couple of things: First, it’s a beautiful image viewer, packed with several ways to view, organise, browse, and edit your metadata (it’s not, however, an image editor). The slideshows are attractive and the application focuses on bringing a good deal of 3D goodies to your image viewing experience. Second, because of Pictomio’s impressive graphics, it requires a fairly decent graphics card if you want to get the most from it. As noted in the FreewareGenius post, the video functionality is more of an afterthought, but Pictomio is clearly first and foremost an impressive image viewer. Pictomio is freeware, Windows only. Pictomio [via FreewareGenius] More »