Questions tagged [image-viewers]
This tag is for image viewing applications in general. If your question is about a specific image viewer, use the tag for that app, for example eog for Eye of Gnome
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How do I make my terminal display graphical pictures?
This is a quick mockup I copy and pasted together. I imagine this being super cool and useful.
Does something like this exist already?
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Is there a way to open DICOM files?
I have done an RMI scan, and I wonder if it's possible to open DICOM files, to see it. Ubuntu recommended I install ImageJ, but that didn't decode it or whatever.
A friend of mine opened it with ...
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What fast image viewers are available for Ubuntu?
What is the fastest / most responsive image viewer?
I'm looking for a program that is responsive and opens large .jpgs fast - progressively and/or by cleverly loading only parts it will render. A 6 ...
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How do I crop from the default image viewer?
I recall an Edit Image button in 11.04 that would bring up a second window with a Crop button easily visible.
But now, in 11.10, I see no such button. In fact, I can't find a way to crop at all from ...
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Ubuntu replacement for IrfanView
On Windows I really liked IrfanView as a basic image editor/manager.
Some of the main features I liked were
great shortcut keys
good batch conversion options
ability to work with many image file ...
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Which image-viewers in Linux support the `webp` image format?
Is there any way to see WebP photo from Thunar with Xfce DE? There was a similar question, but it was about nautilus.
Then to get WebP thumbnails tumbler (the Xfce thumbnailing service) must support, ...
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Low quality image rendering in gthumb/eog
I am having problems with image quality when reducing images or zooming out in certain applications. It looks almost as if the image is not being smoothed or anti-aliased.
On the left is gthumb/eog (...
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Alternative image viewers
I dont really like Eye of Gnome (EOG).
What other image viewers are available for Ubuntu?
I am using gwenview but it takes a long time to load.
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Zoom in on small photos without losing pixel crispness
I'm working on some pixel art but when I preview it in something like eye of gnome, the image gets blurry instead of showing crisp pixels. I know this sounds backwards, but how do I prevent that?
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How to find `.desktop` file location for a particular application
EDIT: This is not a duplicate as this question is the reverse of what the other question is asking. Here we know what is the application and we want to find its .desktop file that can be located in ...
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Which image viewer is able to show coordinates?
I need an image viewer to help me see the XY coordinates inside an image (mouse cursor position relative to top left corner of the image). Could somebody please recommend one?
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Image viewer that shows transparent as white or different color, not as checkered
I have made a number of graphical mockups in SVG, and then exported them to PNG. They all have transparent background, because that makes sense in my case.
However, it isn't easy to browse through ...
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Image viewer without antialiasing
I need an image viewer with the following features:
Infinite zoom in and zoom out.
No antialiasing. I want to see pixels as is and as close as I want to.
Mouse control.
(optional) Show pixel ...
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How to view EXTREMELY large images?
I have a 1.8GB TIF image that I'm trying to open on my machine with Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS. I have 8GB of RAM and 2GB of swap space. However, I can't open the image on the stock Gnome Image Viewer (says "...
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GNOME Image Viewer opens its window 2 pixels shorter and distorts the image by resampling
Since installing Ubuntu 14.04 (not sure if the problem was in older versions) I noticed that GNOME Image Viewer opens images in a window which is 2 pixels shorter than it needs to be to show the image ...
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How to view extra large images?
I just downloaded this file and I cannot open it with the default Image Viewer because it crashes without opening the image; is there any other way to open very large images?
I have 6GB of ram so ...
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Image viewer flip/rotate
The old "image viewer" had an obvious flip/rotate setting. It does not look like the new viewer 3.26.1 does. Its help menu says to use the edit setting, but I cannot find it.
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Alternative to IrfanView
On Windows, I've been using IrfanView as my image viewer of choice for about 15 years. I use it for things like resizing, cropping, flipping and rotating images; converting between different formats; ...
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Opening cursor files in a graphics editor?
I'm looking at /usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors, and there is:
$ tree -s /usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/
/usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/
├── [ 4096] cursors
│ ├── [ 14] ...
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What applications can be used for viewing .exr files?
I tried installing gwenview but doesn't seem to work for me.
Can anyone recommend their favorite application for viewing .exr, .png files and sequences?
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eog Image Viewer does not show filename
ubuntu 16.04
Image Viewer ( eog ) does not show file name. While looking around for a way to show file name I see screen shots on INTERNET that show file name at top of Viewer screen as well as in ...
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How to show images in normal size by default with Image Viewer
By default when I open an image it fits to the window size (scaled down). I have to hit the button Show the image at its normal size every time when I go to the Next/Previous image or open a new ...
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Read a multipage tiff?
I'm trying to sort out how to open a multi-page tiff. The sender swears it has more than one page, but in the default viewer I'm only able to see the first page. How do I view all pages?
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14.10 Image Viewer bug, click>drag pic leaves pointer changed
I just updated from 14.04 to 14.10 yesterday. Today I stumbled on a bug in Image Viewer. Tried to report as per https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/report-ubuntu-bug.html but after "Collecting ...
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Is there an image viewer that will save zoom settings across images/folders or use 100% as default?
It seems to me all the image viewers use a fit to screen approach that zooms out the images... I can set the zoom to 100%, but as soon as I switch images I have to do it again. I'd rather not have it ...
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How can I run the slideshow in a specified order?
I would like to view the images for example from the oldest until the newest. This is not possible with many viewers I tried (Mirage, Shotwell, Gnome Image Viewer).
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Image viewer for renaming the current image
I have a set of images with the date printed on them and I was wondering if anyone knows about an image viewer with the possibility of renaming while looking at the image, to make it faster and to ...
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What app or extension do I need to open a Windows cursor - .cur - file?
I have created a .cur file using an online image editing tool, but I can't open it. Gnome Image Viewer seems to lack some extension that is supposed to allow me to see .cur files. But after doing its ...
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Is there any simple 3D viewer application?
I'm frequently working with 3D assets and occasionally I need to quickly preview the asset without opening 3D modelling or game engine software. Most commonly I work with fbx, obj, dae or gltf files.
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Is there an image and video viewer like on smart phones in Ubuntu?
I would like to present images and videos from one folder in Ubuntu just the way one is familiar with from smart phones/tablets.
Perfect would be if the The GNOME image viewer would be able to ...
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How do I render SVG files with subpixel hinting for text?
I need to render an SVG image with very small text, so I would like to use subpixel hinting, like so:
Inkscape doesn't provide an option to use subpixel hinting for PNG export, neither does the GIMP. ...
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Xubuntu 18.04 LTS Ristretto does not open image.ascii.pgm files
The default viewer for any image in Xubuntu is Ristretto Image Viewer.
Using Xubuntu 16.04 LTS, it was possible to read image.ascii.pgm with Ristretto. With 18.04 the program opens but no images are ...
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Cannot open 90% of recently saved images (webp format)
I very recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my laptop and have been having this issue where I can't open most of the images I have saved. I get an error that says
Unrecognized Image File Format
(but ...
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How to get an image viewer with JPEG 2000 support?
I've been working with batches of JPEG 2000 (.jp2) files recently. This would be much more convenient if I had an image viewer capable of displaying JPEG 2000 images instead of having to convert them ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS does not display .jpg files
I have a series of .jpg files that do not show on Ubuntu Image Viewer or as thumbnails. These are perfectly ok on Windows 32 and 64 and on Mac OS.
Strangely one very old .jpg file does display ...
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Color mismatch in image viewers
Here is same image open in Chrome, feh, and Ubuntu's default image viewer (http://www.flatdesigncolors.com/assets/colors.png).
Can someone explain what is happening here, how can I know which ...
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How to view media files recursively with subfolder in gthumb
If I click some folder or Catalog, I want to see all the photos and videos. So the media from the subfolder should be in my Browser View.
Is this possible?
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How does Image Viewer know to autorotate pictures?
I have two files, which were once identical, but one was rotated using Windows Photo Viewer on Windows. Let's call them the raw image and the rotated image. The logical representation of this image is ...
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uninstall image viewer
In Ubuntu 17.04, image viewer suddenly does not want to display images anymore. It opens the file, but shows a blank screen, with black flickers when moving the mouse. All other programs are working ...
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Dark pictures in ImageViewer and Firefox
I noticed that pictures viewed in Image Viewer are a lot darker than they should be, while if I open the same picture in Shotwell Photo Viewer, then the brightness of the pictures is ok. The same ...
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How can I open and view an image file via an SSH connection?
What I'm using
Ubuntu 14.04
SSH connection to another Ubuntu 14.04 machine
What I'm trying to do
View/Display the content of an image (.png, .jpeg, .bmp...) from the console.
I'm connecting to a ...
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Image Viewer - Automatically fill window with image
When I maximise an Image Viewer window, the picture stays the same size. In the view options none of them seem to make the image just fill the window.
I can zoom in but that is quite irritating as I ...
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Cannot open PNG files with imageviewer [closed]
When I try to open PNG files, I double click them, then nothing happens. I have to go to "Open with" and select F-spot photoviewer to view PNG files.
This is eog, eye of gnome, correct? How can I ...
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program to view multiple images as a multi page document
I'd like to view multiple JPEG images (scans) like a PDF. If I open one in gwenview, it displays them fitting into the screen, and I cannot really scroll. If I open them in okular, it displays them ...
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Why are the images noisy and low quality system wide? Why do the color profiles not activate?
I'm relatively new to Ubuntu (12.04) and I'm now trying to decide if the system is usable for serious photography work. So far I love Unity and the snappiness of the system but there are some problems ...
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Image Viewer Ctrl+C not copying image correctly sometimes
I'm preparing a Google Slides presentation on Ubuntu 20.04, and it involves copying and pasting a lot of png images. Typically I'd like to just open a PNG file with something like Image Viewer, Ctrl+C ...
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How do I zoom 200% in feh without having to use fullscreen?
This works:
feh --zoom 200 --full-screen picturius.png
I need the same without full-screen:
feh --zoom 200 picturius.png # this does not work
Have you an idea where I am wrong?
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How to print multiple copies of an image on a single page - gui
I am looking for a GUI way to select one image file and print it multiple times on a single sheet of paper. This is basic functionality in other OS's, but my best shot for doing this in Ubuntu so far ...
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How to Install XnView in Ubuntu 16.04?
I download the .deb 64 bit image in their homepage, untar and install. Launching the app by the icon is unsuccessful and also in terminal
/opt/XnView/XnView: error while loading shared libraries: ...
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Simple image viewer that is using trash rather than permanently deleting files?
I tried gpicview, nomacs, mirage and viewnior - all are permanently deleting images (there is a prompt) rather than using trash.
I would prefer moving to trash without confirmation. Moving to trash ...
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