Pros
Clueless of anything to admire
Cons
Takes forever to load the 1st image. Once the image is up, scrolling
other images is fast. Deleting an image is slow and multiple deletes will lock up my computer. The slide show works for a few images and
then freezes.
Summary
Probably works better with a faster computer and lots of RAM but a failure on my modest laptop CPU.
Pros
Reasonably snappy performance. "Shuffle" has memory; going backwards really will show the image that was just up. Marking specific photos during slideshow is a useful feature; which there were multiple marks, which would make keywording images much easier.
Cons
No helpful thumbnail viewer for selecting a subset of images. Auto-advance only supports integer seconds; I should be able to specify "advance to the next image after 2.5 seconds".
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Reply by mhieta on June 3, 2013
First of all: thanks for the helpful review :)
Q: No helpful thumbnail viewer for selecting a subset of images.
A: You need to use Viewer for selecting images from thumbnails and send ready made list to Slide Show.
Q: Auto-advance only supports integer seconds; I should be able to specify "advance to the next image after 2.5 seconds".
A: Thanks for the idea.
Pros
Was not what I expected
Cons
It was not what it lead me to believe
Pros
Works well for croping and resizing. That is my main use.
Cons
It has a learning curve, not very intuitive.
Summary
Well worth the (minor) hassles. I also put it on my wife's computer to replace Nikon Edit which won't work on W-7.
Pros
Eh, it works?
Cons
There's no "clean" full screen presentation. No easy way to quickly flip through images. Not much in the way of useful options. Fixed zoom ratio makes mousewheel zooming useless. All around just poorly made. Even the installer is a mess.
Summary
5 stars my butt... Get Irfanview or Faststone... They both leave this archaic mess in the dust.
PS. Has anyone found a image viewer that allows you to change resolution in full screen?
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Reply by mhieta on September 10, 2011
Q:There's no "clean" full screen presentation.
A:In Short, You can view images one by one with Viewer or with Slide Show (automatically or manually) with/without transition effects. With Viewer or Slide Show can view images in Full Screen.
Q:No easy way to quickly flip through images.
A:In Viewer just use up/down keys to go prev/next image. Or in Slide Show just click image image to go next image.
Q:Not much in the way of useful options.
A:I can always add options. If you let me know what options you need.
Pros
If you point to a folder that has a lot of subfolders and click on Slideshow and random, it will give you a random slideshow through *all* of the subfolders. This is the only viewer I know that can do this.
Cons
The interface is clunky and not particularly intuitive.
Pros
Menu items are intuitive. I was able to open graphics, update or polish them and then close the program without a great deal of lag.
Cons
Nothing and your rating system stinks.
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Reply by Jimmytee08 on November 14, 2016
You give the program five stars and the website a stinky, right?
Pros
Didn't waste time finding any pros since the cons were immediately apparent and made it clear I could never use this program.
Cons
Incredibly small amount of configuration settings
Can't scroll other than by dragging the scroll bars (who does that?)
Can't paste a copied selection from one image into another in any useful way.
Summary
The scroll wheel on my mouse controls the zoom, while I'd rather it move the image up and down (scroll). Should be a setting for this, in case anyone actually wants to use it for zooming (if the programmers knew what they were doing, they'd make it zoom when the control or shift key was held down, which is what I'm pretty sure Photoshop does).
If you have two images open, and you select a small square in one image and copy it, you should be able to switch to the other image and paste that square into the image, and then be able to drag it around to place it wherever you want. However, when you paste it into the other image, the copied square gets pasted into the center, but the entre image around it gets erased. WEAK. You can draw a square in the second image, and then when you paste it will just fill up the square, but then it'll be resized and the proportions are likely to be off, unless you somehow figure out how to draw a square of the exact pixel dimensions that the selection was. Crazy.
One of the most common things I use an image utility like this for is to save screen captures, many of which are of web pages (like receipts) or diagrams (for work) that take up more than one screen. I need to be able to create a big blank image, paste the screen shot into it and scroll down and paste the next screen shot into the same image. No way to do that with this program, as far as I can tell.
Plus, the inability to scroll with the arrow keys, page up/down keys, or scroll wheel is ridiculous.
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Reply by mhieta on January 18, 2010
Hi,
Yes its true that layers is not needed in that case.
Ps.
Next Editor version can create object from selection and that can be moved/copied.. Also next version implements option where mouse wheel action can be selected (Zoom or Scroll).
Reply by Brent212 on January 18, 2010
From a programming perspective, I don't know if layers support is required to do what I want. I definitely don't need layers like Photoshop offers, where I can select one thing that was pasted on top of another image and move it around while the bottom image remains untouched. I just want to be able to paste something in, drag it to where I want it to go, and have it replace what it's covering in the original image.
PolyView does exactly what I'm talking about, with the "Paste Into Image" option (shift+ctrl+v). Once the pasted image is set down it becomes part of the (seemingly single layer) image. It can't be moved again and have the original image retained, which is a feature I wouldn't expect from a free image utility.
Reply by Brent212 on January 18, 2010
If I click the left mouse button and hold it down while dragging, an area selection is made. I'm guessing I'd have to change the "tool" I'm using from something like "select" to "drag", and having to change back and forth between the two would be incredibly annoying. There's no reason I can see for not at least having the arrow keys and page up/down keys work.
Reply by mhieta on January 16, 2010
Hi,
Q:Can't scroll other than by dragging the scroll bars (who does that?)
A:Have you tried scrolling: click&keep left mouse button down and drag. Also this works while you are zooming with left mouse button.
About the paste issue ex. layers are not supported yet.
Pros
It´s free and can be used as an organizer.
Cons
not much to say
Summary
Nothing out of the ordinary.
Pros
None that you don't get from other programmes
Cons
Nothing to report, just nothing
Summary
Not worth the time and effort downloading
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