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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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Is there an image viewer for ubuntu that will read/apply xmp sidecars?

I tweaked a bunch of Jpeg images in Darktable, which offers non-destructive photo editing. I would like to view my images in a simpler program, like gthumb, but although gthumb says it can read xmp ...
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What programs support PAM image format?

I am interested to know what programs (particularly image viewers, editors and converters) support the PAM imageformat. So far I've tested 16 viewers (Eye of Gnome (eog), Eye of MATE (eom), Eyesight, ...
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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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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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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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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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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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AVIF support on Ubuntu 20.04?

I have a few AVIF files. I can view them in Firefox, but I want to be able to open them in some image viewer/editor, and eventually convert them into another graphics format. On Ubuntu Forums, I found ...
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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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Screen Readability: Overlay transparant layer

I was wondering whether it'd be possible to overlay transparent images over folders, the desktop, browser, etc. Sort of like an image viewer, just transparent. This question arose since I'm trying to ...
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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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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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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 are the free Image processing tools available to manipulate image regions and entire pixels?

I am working on an image task where I have to manipulate the regions and pixels in images. I need the tool to do 3 major task: Draw a rectangle box on the image Pick any pixel colour from the image ...
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Images are too dark and saturated in Image Viewer

Colors are coming up too dark and saturated in Image Viewer and in Whatsdesk, but look good in Shotwell, in browsers and other applications. Here is the same image shown in Image Viewer and Shotwell ...
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How to find out if image has black borders?

On Ubuntu 22.04, I'm trying to find a solution for finding out if an image has a black border around it. On Windows, I used to use MS Office Picture Manager. When an image is opened up in Picture ...
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Image viewer supporting tiled gallery from multiple folders

I am looking for an image viewer which offers all of the following features. Tiled image gallery Images from multiple directories Possible to delete the selected image from the file system Which ...
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Compare different directory images side by side using XnView MP

I am trying to compare two images side by side. This answer suggested XnView MP. It works great when I want to compare two images in a single directory. I select the two images in the browser and then ...
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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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Image viewer that can display all ICO sizes in a file

What are the image viewers available in Kubuntu that are able to display all ICO sizes in a file? In Windows 7 Picture Viewer, I can use PAGE UP / PAGE DOWN to navigate on the "mipmaps" (or ...
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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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How to view all images in a folder in order they are in displayed in a folder?

I've faced a weird (in my assumption) thing while scrolling through some photos in a folder. I've ripped photos from a trip from my phone and my spouse's phone. Let's say photos from my phone are ...
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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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Image viewer with "tags" feature?

is there an image viewer available for Ubuntu that allows to assign "tags" (like "sport", "car", "river", "drawing" etc.) to any image in a directory ...
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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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How can I display an SVG containing other SVGs in an image viewer? (An SVG containing image with href to another image)

I'm unable to get any image viewers to display SVG files that have an image or use with an href attribute, that points to another SVG file. I can view it in a browser, but I'm looking for an image ...
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How can I easily install kimageformat-plugins_5.90.0 from Jammy in Impish?

How can I easily install kimageformat-plugins_5.90.0 from Jammy in Kubuntu 21.10 which has kimageformat-plugins/impish,now 5.86.0? Kubuntu 21.10 isn't able to display HEIF/HEIC images from iPhone. ...
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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 to install elementary's Pantheon Photos on Ubuntu 20.04?

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS with GNOME 3.36 with the X11 window system. I want to install the elementary OS's Photos app (Pantheon Photos). I don't need anything else. I am happy with GNOME and I'm ...
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How can I switch back from Google Chrome making itself my default image viewer?

I downloaded and installed the latest Google Chrome browser (BTW not out of choice) and now for some reason it has set itself as my default image viewer. How do I reverse this so that my original ...
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Is there any image viewer that supports animated SVG?

I know we can view animated SVG files using web browsers. I wonder if there is a software that works exclusively as an image viewer with SVG animations support.
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This image makes my screen glitch

When this thread on Reddit is displayed on my screen, my screen glitches and gets flashing green tint. It is more exaggerated when scrolling. Any reason why that might be? I am sure this is not a big ...
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Photo source file missing or Bogus header data for .bmp images

I am generating an image dataset through a simulator and the files are generated in .bmp format. The simulator is running on Windows and I need to then use the images on Ubuntu 20.04. I will need to ...
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How to open an image with a flatpak image viewer application using terminal commands?

I'm using Ubuntu 21.10 and uninstalled the GNOME's default image viewer (eog). I installed the gThumb image viewer flatpak app instead. What i want to achieve - What terminal commands should i use to ...
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How to install XnViewMP in Ubuntu 18.04 and later

Is there a way to install Image viewer and converter XnViewMP (or Xnview and XnConverter) in Ubuntu 18.04 and later? Other described ways (14.04, 16.04, 16.10) seem not to work for me.
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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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see images preview in terminal

I search for a program to list pictures graphically in my terminal. I found this related question but most of answers provide a solution to view the images in terminal which is not my case because I ...
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Slow Image Opening with xdg-open/ eog in Folder of many Files

I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and I have a folder with many .png and .json files (+100k in total, no sub-folder within the folder). When I tried to open one of its .png images with xdg-open abc.png or eog ...
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How to convert a directory of jpg files to a pdf with filenames as bookmarks?

I have a directory of jpg files that are scans of my handwritten notes. How do I convert them to a single pdf file that has the filenames as bookmarks? (I eventually also want to add ocr. As ...
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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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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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what happed to image viewer in 21.04? Missing options like delete, rotate and save

There's no menu so to speak anymore. I used the one in 12.04 LTS and it was MUCH better. The arrow keys are missing at the top, but keypad arrows work. How do you rotate an image and save? How do you ...
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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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what is the command to open encryped file of image, mp3,mp4 in terminal?

i tried using super user command in front of many commands like feh ,eog , VLC ,display etc but nothing is shown . please help .!
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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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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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How can I enable custom SVG fonts for Image Viewer (Eye of Gnome)?

I have some SVG files with custom fonts. I can open them and fonts look nice in Firefox, but the font is not properly displayed in Eye of Gnome (Image Viewer) application. Why is this so, and how can ...
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Image management with selection-option on view?

Situation: I have a lot of images, I'd like to view them like in some standard image viewer (fullscreen, for example gpicview) and scroll with <- and -> (prev/next), but I'd like to make some ...
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How do I correct the preview image aspect ratio in the desktop display?

See the included images. On Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, images shown on the desktop are horizontally stretched. I am using a 4k built-in screen scaled to 200% with no external monitors. On the desktop: In the ...