#DIGIKAM VS XNVIEW PORTABLE#
#DIGIKAM VS XNVIEW WINDOWS#

Windows View mode: merge two status bars into one to maximize the viewing area.Images in the active folder may be shuffled prior to the completion of thumbnail generation.EXIF Lens Model option added to caption in Contact Sheet, text in Slide Show and text in Batch Convert tool.

Google Maps and Google Earth may be accessed via the hotkeys Ctrl-Shift-M and Ctrl-Alt-M for images with GPS coordinates.Preserve Aspect Ratio added to Image Size in the Design and Print tool.The three native themes have been improved.The status bar displays the size of selected items.Image Strip Builder has a new Center option.

Subfolders are scanned automatically, but this can be disabled in the configuration window.įastStone Image Viewer 7.6 has several minor improvements as well: Drive letters or paths need to be added to include these in the automatic operation. Tags and ratings are preserved in the database when files are moved or copied.Īnother new option is found under Settings: 'Pre-scan folders into thumbnail databases' will scan selected folders or drives automatically, even before they are accessed by the user. The new FastStone Image Viewer 7.6 supports two additional sorting options: date and tagged. Options to display greater or equal, or less than or equal, ratings are provided as well. Use the keyboard shortcut Shift-1 to Shift-5 to apply the filter quickly Shift-0 displays all unrated images. Select the new ratings filter option to display images that match a specific rating or a rating range. The rating system would not be very useful if you could not use it to filter images in the application. Ratings can be removed with the shortcut Alt-0, and the same options are available in the right-click menu under Ratings. The keyboard shortcuts Alt-1 to Alt-5 may be used to assign ratings to files in the application from that moment on. Ratings are not enabled by default, selecting Rating > Enable File Rating unlocks the functionality. It is a basic one, as it allows you to assign ratings between 1 and 5 to files. The second improvement comes in form of a new rating system. The program's startup time, folder tree creation and network folder access have also been improved and users should notice improvements in these areas. The database is not mentioned, but it promises better performance, capacity and reliability according to the release notes. One of the main changes of FastStone Image Viewer 7.6 is that a new database engine is used.

#DIGIKAM VS XNVIEW PORTABLE#

It is offered as a portable version that does not need to be installed and as an installer that installs the program on the system.Įxisting users may notice the performance improvement right after they have upgraded the application to the latest version. FastStone Image Viewer 7.6 is already available on the official website.

Digikam vs xnview