▷ We are looking for the best photo viewer [2018]

The arrival of Windows 10 brought about important changes and one of them was the generational change of applications that had existed. An example of this is the photo viewer, it was disabled to use your "Photos" application. Today we are going to go in search of the best photo viewer in Windows 10.

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The Windows 10 Photos application has different improvements compared to the traditional Windows photo viewer. We find a more current interface, but with not many new features. To highlight some basic photo editing tools and better full-screen viewing.

However, there are many programs on the internet that offer these features and improve them. Let's see some of them.

FastStone Image Viewer the most complete option

This visualizer is one of the most complete we can find. We can view photos in full screen and in turn we can use the pop-up menus just by passing the mouse over the sides of the photo.

In addition, we will have a file browser integrated in it, in this way we will not have to close the photo to go looking for any of them. Another very interesting aspect is the possibility of retouching the images, such as brightness settings, levels and we can also use an option to clone parts of the photo just like the useful Photoshop tool.

In addition to supporting the most common file formats, we will also not have the possibility to open photos in RAW format and other professional editing formats. It is a very fast and versatile program, and also with many more options than the rest of this list.

We can download this software from its official website. We will have installable and also portable versions, if what we want is to use it eventually.

InfranView the lightest and simplest option

This application is one of the longest running, but its development has not become outdated. We can easily download it from its website. For this option we will have an extremely light application, about 3 MB, so it will hardly take up space.

It is an agile application with very low consumption of resources and aimed at users who want to see the photos directly and without waiting. One of the most important options that this application has is that it is capable of opening files with a corrupt format. This is especially useful when we have used some program to recover deleted files and it is not possible to open them with other programs.

XnView opens it all

This application is as simple as the previous one and we also have the option of opening several photos simultaneously, but this is not its strongest point. The really interesting thing about this application is that it is capable of opening more than 500 image file extensions. Like FatsStone, for example, we also have a file browser and an option to view photos both in thumbnails and in extended size simultaneously, allowing great agility in navigation.

In addition to this we also have the possibility of converting these images to other formats, which we cannot do with too many programs of this type. On its website we will have several versions such as XnView classic, a classic and basic version of the photo viewer, XnView MP, with more advanced functions and XnView Convert.

Versions are also available for both Windows and Mac and mobile devices.

Apowersoft

This image viewer is characterized by having a very simplified interface that looks similar to the native Windows 10 application. It is also a very light and fast application. We will be able to open both basic JPG, BMP, TIFF or PNG image formats, as well as professional edition formats such as RAW, PSD and CDR.

We can download it for free from its website. In addition to this application, we have many more options such as streaming video recorders, converters, etc. Yes, it is in English.

We also have the option to view the images in full screen with a simple click, and some basic editing options.

Another interesting option is the possibility of taking screenshots from this same software, Windows cutout style, making it very practical and functional.

JPEGView

As a finishing touch to this list we must also comment on the JPEGView application. It is another one of those applications that allows you to open the main image file formats and consumes few resources and very little space. Its interface is very clean and all its options are based on contextual menus, so by getting used to it we can take full advantage of its functions.

We can download it from the sourceforge page as it is a free application. What we will have to do is run the program and find the image or folder that we want to view.

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Which one are you going to choose? If you bet on simplicity you have InfranView, JPEGView or Apowersoft, if what you want is a full viewer, your option is FatStone, and if you are looking for maximum compatibility, then better than XnView.