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FastStone Image Viewer (freeware)

FastStone Image Viewer is a FREE image browser, viewer and editor for home users that supports all major graphic formats. Its intuitive layout and commands make it easy to use for everyone, from the beginner to the serious amateur, and will enable you to become proficient in no time at all. It provides enough power and flexibility to meet most your needs, even if your collection grows to thousands of images.

A built-in crystal-clear magnifier presents every detail of your images at the touch of a button. The integrated powerful Batch Mode image processor easily allows you to perform any of the following actions on a selected group of images: convert image format, rename, resize, rotate, crop, adjust color/ brightness/ sharpness, add text and/or a watermark.

Other features include:

Full Screen image viewer with select-zoom support
Simple and effective red-eye removal

Convenient side-by-side image comparison for up to 4 images
Slideshow with transition effects and background music
Email selected images with auto reduction
Image processing: resize/resample, crop, rotate, sharpen/blur, add shadows/frames, reduce colors, etc.

It's free for home use. Go here for download. Also, download the in-depth PDF FastStone Image Viewer Tutorial.

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