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.
PicView is currently being rewritten to the Avalonia platform. You can read more here or download the preview versions https://picview.org/avalonia-download
Latest releases at https://picview.org/download
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Winget:
cmd $> winget install picviewChocolatey:
cmd $> choco install picviewScoop:
cmd $> scoop bucket add extras
cmd $> scoop install extras/picviewStarting with v3.0.0-rc-preview-4 the builds are digitally signed.
Free code signing is provided by SignPath.io, certificate by SignPath Foundation.
Switch between a dark and a light theme and toggle between hiding the UI
UI overview with bottom gallery
Press X to toggle the scroll function. Click the mousewheel for auto scroll.
Quickly crop image by pressing C. Hold Shift for square selection.
Lossleslly 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 rezise image.
Use % to resize it by percentage.
Click the expander button to view GPS coordinates which links to Google or BING maps, including advanced camera info, image info, authors, copyright etc.
Navigate the gallery with the arrow keys or W,A,S,D and load the selected image with Enter or the E key.
The bottom gallery can be turned on or off
Save it locally, set is as wallpaper/lock-screen image, or copy it to clip-holder with the effect applied.
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.
If you have 7-Zip or WinRAR installed, you can view images inside archives, such as .zip, .rar, etc, and comic book archives (.cbr, .cb7, .cbt, .cbz, .cba).
- Quick startup time and built-in preloader to instantly view next image
- For images with a transparent background, the background can be changed to a checkerboard background, a dark background or a white background by pressing
B. - Interface can be toggled to just show the image by pressing
Alt + Z. - Image EXIF rating
- Preview between 27 different image filters that will be applied when copying image or setting it as wallpaper/lockscreen image or saving file locally
- Image Galleries
- Sort files by:
name,file size,date created,last accessed,latest edit,file extensionandrandomized - hover buttons can be toggled on/off in the settings window.
- Basic editing: rotate, flip, crop, resize, change file type
- Stay on top of other windows
- Search subdirectories
- Drag & drop/paste from clipholder support for files, folders, URLs and archives
- Scroll function (built with manga/comics in mind)
- Open file in external application, show it in folder or view file properties
- Color picker
Rename or move files in the titlebar by pressing F2 or right clicking it.
File support
.jpg .jpeg .jpe .png .bmp .tif .tiff .gif .ico .jfif .webp .svg .svgz
.psd .psb .xcf .jxl .heic .heif .jp2 .hdr .tga .dds
.3fr .arw .cr2 .cr3 .crw .dcr .dng .erf .kdc .mdc .mef .mos .mrw .nef .nrw .orf .pef .raf .raw .rw2 .srf .x3f *
.pgm .hdr .cut .exr .dib .emf .wmf .wpg .pcx .xbm .xpm .wbmp *
* RAW camera formats may be slower to load
* 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 fullscreen |
| F12 | Toggle viewing fullscreen gallery |
| Alt + Enter | Toggle fullscreen |
| 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 the 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 Fill image off |
| 2 | Turns on the Auto fit window and sets Fill image on |
| 3 | Turns off the Auto fit window and sets Fill image off |
| 4 | Turns off the Auto fit window and sets Fill 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 previous image |
| Left | Navigate to previous image |
| Ctrl + A | Navigate to first image |
| Ctrl + Left | Navigate to first image |
| D | Navigate to next image |
| Right | Navigate to next image |
| Ctrl + D | Navigate to last image |
| Ctrl + Right | Navigate to first image |
| Ctrl + Shift + Right | Navigate to next folder |
| Ctrl + Shift + Left | Navigate to previous folder |
| Ctrl + Shift + D | Navigate to next folder |
| Ctrl + Shift + A | Navigate to previous folder |
| Up ⇔ W | Rotates the image up (clockwise) |
| Up ⇔ W | Scrolls up when scrolling is enabled |
| PageUp | Scrolls up when scrolling is enabled |
| Down ⇔ S | Rotates image down (counterclockwise) |
| Down ⇔ S | Scrolls down when scrolling is enabled |
| PageDown | 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 change shortcuts by opening the About window F1
Building:
Open and run the solution in Visual Studio or Rider.
If you're not using x64 hardware, make sure to change the platform target to your CPU architecture in the project properties, as well as changing the the Magick.NET Nuget packages to match.
Pull requests are welcome. Check current issues and assign yourself or create your own issue.
Improvements to the current code or bug fixes are also welcome!
Chinese by Crystal-RainSlide, wcxu21
Spanish by lk.KEVIN (needs updates)
Korean by VenusGirl
German by Brotbox (needs updates)
Polish by YourSenseiCreeper
French by Sylvain LOUIS
Italian by franpoli
Russian by andude10
Romanian by M. Gabriel Lup
Swedish by Stefan Parmark
Brazilian Portuguese by Anderson Cardoso
English and Danish by me
Looking for translators! If you want to help translate another language or update/improve a current one and be listed here, please take a look at #13
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