ShowImg 0.9.5 review

ShowImg is a feature-rich image viewer which can display numerous formats, including JPEG, PNG, GIF (animated), MNG, PSD, ..

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 4021K Developer: Richard Groult

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ShowImg is a feature-rich image viewer which can display numerous formats, including JPEG, PNG, GIF (animated), MNG, PSD, ... ShowImg application consists of a tree view frame, a directory and preview frame, and a view frame.

The (larger) view frame can be exchanged with the (smaller) directory/preview frame. It can preview and display images from multiple directories and search for identical images.

ShowImg also features a full-screen mode, zooming, sorting, drag'n'drop with Konqueror, support for images in compressed archives (tar, tar.gz, zip, ...) and kipi plugins.

Here are some key features of "ShowImg":
Viewer

display JPEG, PNG (alpha layer supported), GIF, XCF, PSD, etc. files;
open several directories, and archives (.tar.gz, .tar.bz2, .zip, ...);
apply filters to displayed image;
preview, fullscreen, slideshow, ``fit-to-screen'', efficient zoom;
open files with external programs;
support EXIF header (JPEG file metadata);
display a hexadecimal view.

Management

batch rename;
search for exact and similar images;
several formats conversion;
manage photo albums.

Configuration

kipi plugins supported (see kipi plugin homepage);
configurable interface.

What's New in This Release:
Database added to manage images using KexiDB (http://kexi-project.org/),
Video support added,
SVG support added,
RAR archive file support added.