Fast Picture Viewer for Windows 10/11 with compact UI, that can be hidden.
Features image effects, galleries, EXIF, image optimization and more.
The application 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 B to toggle background for images with transparent background
Features
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
What’s new in PicView 2.0
November 21, 2023
- General Performance Enhancements
- Fixed a crash occurring when trying to zoom with no displayed image
- Enhanced visual design for inactive windows
- Added .cr2 files to the file dialog (e.g., when using Ctrl + O)
- Improved animation when clicking on thumbnails in image galleries
- Fixed incorrect cropping when the bottom image gallery is shown
- Improved highlighting for when the bottom image gallery is shown
- Fixed the bottom image gallery not being shown when using the file history function
- Fixed an error that could cause the gallery to reload when the option to search subdirectories is enabled
- Fixed the window having an incorrect size when the bottom gallery is shown and the Fit to window option is enabled
- Improved the responsiveness when dragging files and folders into the application
- Fixed the image resize function not properly closing when entering % into the input fields
- Fixed an issue causing the application to close when attempting to close the resize function
- Fixed an issue when deleting files, that could cause the files to load in an incorrect order
- Improved responsiveness and performance of the Duplicate file function
- Fixed the start-up menu not being removed when using drag and drop to load a folder
- Fixed a possible crash if attempting to re-sort the file loading order, when the gallery thumbnails are still loading
- Fixed a potential crash occurring when changing folder while the gallery thumbnails are still loading
- Fixed a crash caused by deleting files being viewed outside the application
One thought on “PicView 2.0.0”
Great viewer, smooth zooming is also my favorite feature.
But it is not possible to set all picture format default programs in win10
It’s a pity that you can only set the picture format one by one