Versatile Viewer

You can never have too many picture viewer programs on your PC. If you are into digital imaging then you have to stay ahead of the game and have up to date software that can handle new and old file formats, as well as all the variations in between; then there are the apparently intact image files that stubbornly refuse to open in normal file viewers. You also need to be able to convert from one format to another, singly or in batches, read hidden EXIF data and fiddle around with the image. If your image viewer can do all that then fine, if not you should definitely have a look at XnView.

XnView can read around 400 graphic file formats and export in 50, there’s a good range of tools, it reads EXIF data, it has a slideshow facility, many printing options, including contact sheet, there’s TWAIN support, and I could go on, but don’t just take my word for it, check out the feature list for yourself.