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FastStone Image Viewer
	File:FSViewer.jpg FastStone Image Viewer
Stable release	3.2 / April 23, 2007
Operating system	Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista/2003 Server
Type	Image viewer
License	Free for personal home use only - Commercial or non-home use requires purchase of the Pro version
Website	www.faststone.org/

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FastStone Image Viewer is an image viewing application for Microsoft Windows. While competing in the same segment as ACDSee, Irfanview, Picasa and others, it features image editing features normally found in full blown image editing tools like Paint.NET or Adobe Photoshop.

As of version 3.2, usage of FastStone Image Viewer remains free for home use, while still requiring a registration for commercial use. In addition to the core functionality of the "free" version, the commercial version is said to have exclusive features, such as (described in the 2.7 note):

Comparing images side-by-side (up to 4 at a time)
Fully customizable Contact Sheet Builder
Drag and drop thumbnail order arranging (Custom Sort)
Creation of artistic image montages from photos for personalized desktop wallpapers (Wallpaper Anywhere)
Supports dual-monitor configurations.

General program features include image viewing, management, comparison, red-eye removal, emailing, resizing, cropping, batch processing, batch renaming, color adjustments, color space management, lossless JPEG rotations, a thumbnails database and, unused before in image viewers, a customizable magnifier zooming option usually available in accessibility software. The program also sports a slideshow feature, which includes a musical slideshow and over 150 transitional effects, and since version 3.0 features a memory card image retriever.

The program supports all major graphic formats (BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, animated GIF, PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO and TGA), with a particular focus on popular digital camera RAW formats.

The FastStone Image Viewer was first released in 2004 by FastStone Soft. Since then, a new stable version of the program has been released every few weeks to few months. The latest released stable version of the program is version 3.2 which was released on April 23, 2007.

Since version 3.1, a multilingual version has been available (supporting Simple and Traditional Chinese, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish).

Trivia

According to FastStone, version 2.7 and all previous releases have been found to be using improperly licenced images and icons, and as a result, FastStone requested that version 2.7 and older copies of FastStone Image Viewer cease to be used, with all licenses updated to version 2.8 for both Free and Commercial versions. This announcement was made on their web site the same date that version 2.8 was posted.

Also, as of version 3.2, Unicode is not yet supported (a shortcoming even ACDsee still suffers from as of version 9).

External links

Official website of FastStone Soft

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 '''FastStone Image Viewer''' is an [[image viewer|image viewing]] application for [[Microsoft Windows]]. While competing in the same segment as [[ACDSee]], [[Irfanview]], [[Picasa]] and others, it features image editing features normally found in full blown image editing tools like [[Paint.NET]] or [[Adobe Photoshop]].
-As of version 2.7, it is essentially being divided into a "free for personal home use only" version, and a Professional version for commercial customers and those who use the product outside of the home. Those using the product outside the home and/or for anything related to commercial use are required to register and purchase the product, at which time their registration will be converted to the new Pro edition.  In addition to the core functionality of the "free" version, the new Pro version will have features exclusive to the paid license. Those are specified in the version 2.7 application help file as follows:
+As of version 3.2, usage of FastStone Image Viewer remains free for [[home use]], while still requiring a registration for commercial use. In addition to the core functionality of the "free" version, the commercial version is said to have exclusive features, such as (described in the 2.7 note):
-* Compare images side-by-side (up to 4 at a time. Find it in Tools menu)
+* Comparing images side-by-side (up to 4 at a time)
+* Fully customizable [[Contact Sheet]] Builder
-* Contact Sheet Builder (Put multiple images on one page, fully configurable. Find it in Tools menu)
-* Drag and drop to arrange thumbnail orders (Custom Sort)
+* Drag and drop thumbnail order arranging (Custom Sort)
-* Create memorable artistic image montages from your family photos for personalized desktop wallpapers (Wallpaper Anywhere. Find it in Tools menu)
+* Creation of artistic image montages from photos for personalized desktop [[Computer_wallpaper|wallpapers]] (Wallpaper Anywhere)
-* Supports dual-monitor configurations (Find options in Settings)
+* Supports dual-monitor configurations.
-General program features include image viewing, management, comparison, red-eye removal, emailing, resizing, [[Cropping (image)|cropping]] and color adjustments. The program also focuses on the [[slideshow]] feature, which includes a musical slideshow and over 150 transitional effects.
+General program features include image viewing, management, comparison, red-eye removal, emailing, resizing, [[Cropping (image)|cropping]], [[batch processing]], [[batch renaming]], color adjustments, [[color space]] management, lossless JPEG rotations, a thumbnails database and, unused before in image viewers, a customizable magnifier zooming option usually available in accessibility software. The program also sports a [[slideshow]] feature, which includes a musical slideshow and over 150 transitional effects, and since version 3.0 features a memory card image retriever.
-The program supports all major graphic formats ([[BMP]], [[JPEG]], [[JPEG 2000]], [[animated GIF]], [[PNG]], [[PCX]], [[TIFF]], [[WMF]], [[ICO]] and [[TGA]]) as well as the popular digital camera [[RAW image format|RAW formats]].
+The program supports all major graphic formats ([[BMP]], [[JPEG]], [[JPEG 2000]], [[animated GIF]], [[PNG]], [[PCX]], [[TIFF]], [[WMF]], [[ICO]] and [[TGA]]), with a particular focus on popular digital camera [[RAW image format|RAW formats]].
-The FastStone Image Viewer was first released in [[2004]] by FastStone Soft. Since then, a new stable version of the program has been released every few weeks to few months. The latest released stable version of the program is version 3.2 which was released on [[April 23]], [[2007]].
+The FastStone Image Viewer was first released in [[2004]] by FastStone Soft. Since then, a new stable version of the program has been released every few weeks to few months.
+The latest released stable version of the program is version 3.2 which was released on [[April 23]], [[2007]].
+Since version 3.1, a multilingual version has been available (supporting [[Chinese_language|Simple and Traditional Chinese]], [[Danish]], [[Dutch]], [[French]], [[German]], [[Hungarian]], [[Italian]], [[Norwegian]],  [[Polish]], [[Portuguese]], [[Russian]] and [[Spanish]]).
 == Trivia ==
-According to FastStone, version 2.7 and all previous releases have been found to be using improperly licenced images and icons, and as a result, FastStone requested that version 2.7 and older copies of FastStone Image Viewer cease to be used, with all licenses updated to version 2.8 for both the Free and Commercial versions. This announcement was made on their web site the same date that version 2.8 was posted.
+According to FastStone, version 2.7 and all previous releases have been found to be using improperly licenced images and icons, and as a result, FastStone requested that version 2.7 and older copies of FastStone Image Viewer cease to be used, with all licenses updated to version 2.8 for both Free and Commercial versions. This announcement was made on their web site the same date that version 2.8 was posted.
+Also, as of version 3.2, [[Unicode]] is not yet supported (a shortcoming even ACDsee still suffers from as of version 9).
 == See also ==
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 [[Category:Windows-only software]]
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+{{graphics-software-stub}}
+[[Category:Image viewers]]
+[[Category:Image organizers]]
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