Pixels Senior Member  454 posts Likes: 5 Joined Jul 2003 Location: Ireland More info | Aug 30, 2009 15:02 | #1 What is the best software app for viewing digital stills on LCD monitor? The deafult Windows Picture and Fax viewer (Windows XP) gives rather soft images on my LCD screen. I find Quicktime Picture Viewer gives much sharper results, but it is not possible to zoom in or out, or to easily move from shot to shot. Canon 24-105 L IS USM,
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HankScorpio Goldmember  2,700 posts Likes: 1 Joined Aug 2007 Location: England, baby! More info | Aug 30, 2009 15:17 | #2 Irfanview My collection of boxes with holes
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tzalman Fatal attraction.  13,497 posts Likes: 213 Joined Apr 2005 Location: Gesher Haziv, Israel More info | Aug 30, 2009 16:50 | #3 Breeze Browser, although its display is so sharp I"ve dialled it back a bit. Elie / אלי
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agedbriar Goldmember  2,657 posts Likes: 399 Joined Jan 2007 Location: Slovenia More info | Aug 30, 2009 18:12 | #4 |
basroil Cream of the Crop  8,015 posts Likes: 2 Joined Mar 2006 Location: STL/Clayton, MO| NJ More info | Aug 30, 2009 18:23 | #5 Use firefox I don't hate macs or OSX, I hate people and statements that portray them as better than anything else. Macs are A solution, not THE solution. Get a good desktop i7 with Windows 7 and come tell me that sucks for photo or video editing.
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OhGod Junior Member 22 posts Joined Apr 2009 Location: Devon, England More info | Aug 30, 2009 19:21 | #6 HankScorpio wrote in post #8550481  Not sure why Windows Picture and Fax viewer shows soft though, it doesn't do anything to the image that would cause that. Unless you're viewing at 100% (dot-for-dot/pixel-for-pixel) the softness is probably from whatever algorithm the software uses to fit the image to the screen, and is probably designed around speed rather than accuracy. Canon 60D | EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM | EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS | EF 50mm f/1.8 | EF 28mm f/1.8 | EF 100mm Macro f/2.8 | Lowepro Fastpack 200
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tonylong ...winded  More info | Aug 30, 2009 19:48 | #7 Like OhGod mentions, compression can cause some loss of detail. If you really want to control the process, you could resize a copy of your images to an appropriate size, like one that would "fit" in this forum, and then sharpen the smaller image. Tony
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Zazoh Goldmember  1,129 posts Joined Mar 2008 Location: MICO - Texas More info | Aug 30, 2009 21:09 | #8 Picasa. A Camera - A Lens -- Gear Doesn't Matter
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There is a marked difference between the displayed image with both viewers I am using. I am viewing large tiff files, typically around 30 mb; I will try out the various suggestions made as a further comparison. Canon 24-105 L IS USM,
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RenéDamkot Cream of the Crop  39,856 posts Likes: 8 Joined Feb 2005 Location: enschede, netherlands More info | Aug 31, 2009 10:49 | #10 To overcome any softness issues caused by resizing, batch-resize all images to a size that fits the screen... "I think the idea of art kills creativity" - Douglas Adams
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GMHY Goldmember  1,013 posts Likes: 1 Joined Sep 2008 Location: New York State More info | Sep 01, 2009 18:52 | #11 +1 for FastStone Image Viewer. It's the best, and it's free. Works flawlessly with Vista. Gerard
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GMHY Goldmember 1,013 posts Likes: 1 Joined Sep 2008 Location: New York State More info | Sep 01, 2009 18:54 | #12 Zazoh wrote in post #8552081 Picasa. Picasa does not allow to compare (2 or 3 or 4) images side by side. Try FastStone and you will dump Picasa (which is what I did). Gerard
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davidcrebelxt Goldmember  3,016 posts Joined Dec 2006 Location: Missouri, USA More info | Sep 01, 2009 20:54 | #13 I believe Microsoft also offers Windows Live Photo gallery for XP as a free download, which is better than Picture/Fax viewer. David C.
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ShadowVlican Member  50 posts Joined Jul 2009 Location: Toronto, CANADA More info | if you plan to use vista, be happy to know that the default picture viewer is colour managed! (auto switches profiles for multi-monitor users too) 50D | EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS | flickr
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numbersix fully entitled to be jealous  8,964 posts Likes: 109 Joined May 2007 Location: SF Bay Area More info | Sep 01, 2009 22:41 | #15 Another vote here for FastStone... "Be seeing you."
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