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Line 7: \| author = \| developer = FastStone Soft \| released = {{Start date and age\|2004\|10\|9\|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.faststoneserver.com/FSViewerDetail.htm \| title=FastStone Soft - FastStone Viewer \| access-date=2023-10-04 \| archive-date=2004-10-09 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041009224615/http://www.faststoneserver.com/FSViewerDetail.htm ~~{{Bare URL~~\| ~~inline\|date~~url-status=~~August~~dead ~~2024~~}}</ref> \| latest release version = 7.8.0 \| latest release date = {{Start date and age\|2025\|04\|28\|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm#History \| title=FastStone Image Viewer History \| access-date=2024-10-21 \| archive-date=2024-10-11 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241011164756/https://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm#History \| url-status=live }}</ref> ~~\| latest release date = {{Start date and age\|2023\|09\|28\|df=yes}}~~ \| latest preview version = \| latest preview date = Line 18: \| language = [[English language\|English]], [[Bulgarian language\|Bulgarian]], [[Chinese language\|Simplified and Traditional Chinese]], [[Czech language\|Czech]], [[Danish language\|Danish]], [[Dutch language\|Dutch]], [[Finnish language\|Finnish]], [[French language\|French]], [[German language\|German]], [[Hungarian language\|Hungarian]], [[Italian language\|Italian]], [[Korean language\|Korean]], [[Norwegian language\|Bokmål Norwegian]], [[Polish language\|Polish]], [[Portuguese language\|Portuguese]], [[Russian language\|Russian]], [[Spanish language\|Spanish]], [[Swedish language\|Swedish]], [[Ukrainian language\|Ukrainian]] \| genre = [[Image viewer]] and editor \| size = 67 MB<ref name="cnet"/> \| license = [[Proprietary software\|Proprietary]], [[freeware\|free]] for non-commercial use \| website = {{URL\|http://www.faststone.org}} }} [[File:FastStone Image Viewer original logo.png\|thumb\|70px\|Original logo of the software]] '''FastStone Image Viewer''' is an [[image viewer]] and [[image organizer\|organizer]] software for [[Microsoft Windows]], provided [[free of charge]] for personal and educational use. The program also includes basic [[image editing]] tools,<ref name="at">{{cite web \| url=https://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/faststone-image-viewer-is-free-image-viewing-and-manipulation-program/ ~~{{Bare~~\| ~~URL~~title=FastStone Image Viewer - Great Image Viewing and Manipulation Program ~~inline~~\| date=~~August~~11 October 2010 ~~2024~~}}</ref> like cropping, color adjustment and red-eye removal.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2017-12-21 \|title=User-Friendly, Free and Fast Image Processing Program \|url=http://www.viraltech.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d147_faststone-image-viewer.html \|access-date=2023-12-21 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221084250/http://www.viraltech.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d147_faststone-image-viewer.html \|archive-date=2017-12-21 }}</ref> Developed by FastStone, it was first released in 2004 and new stable versions have been released regularly since. It is available as an executable installer, zip, and a portable zip version.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Download FastStone Image Viewer \|url=https://www.faststone.org/FSIVDownload.htm \|access-date=2023-12-21 \|website=www.faststone.org \|archive-date=2024-01-01 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101150727/https://www.faststone.org/FSIVDownload.htm \|url-status=live }}</ref> ==Features== [[Thumbnail]] viewer<ref name="at"/> (~~using~~ using [[Lanczos resampling]] algorithm) Crop Board and Draw Board Resizing, [[cropping (image)\|cropping]], [[color correction]], [[red-eye effect\|red-eye]] removal, [[clone brush]], [[curve (tonality)]], levels, and [[unsharp mask]] Side-by-side image comparison [[Image scaling\|Resampling]] Magnifier lens Batch operations including rename and convert Line 40: Displays [[Exif]] camera metadata Support for [[BMP file format\|BMP]], [[JPEG]], [[JPEG 2000]], [[animated GIF]], [[Portable Network Graphics\|PNG]], [[PCX]], [[TIFF]], [[Windows Metafile\|WMF]], [[ICO (file format)\|ICO]], and [[Truevision TGA\|TGA]] - including [[raw image format\|raw formats]] like Canon's CR2 or Sony's ARW ~~==Issues==~~ ~~{{Unreferenced section\|date=October 2023}}~~ As of version 4.2, resizing of animations (i.e. animated GIFs) is not supported. Thus they can only be viewed at 100% scale, this includes thumbnails. When the program starts, a delay may occur as the thumbnail view is managed, more so the first time when the thumbnail cache database is built. The portable version (from [[PortableApps]]) sometimes has problems saving its settings, ignoring them at random. Quitting and restarting the app (not PortableApps or the underlying OS) usually solves this problem. ==Reception== Upon release, the software site SnapFiles rated it five stars out of five.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.snapfiles.com/get/faststoneviewer.html \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041229173620/http://www.snapfiles.com/get/faststoneviewer.html ~~{{Bare~~\| ~~URL~~archive-date=2004-12-29 ~~inline~~\|~~date~~ title=~~August~~FastStone Image Viewer - full featured image viewer ~~2024~~}}</ref> It also received five stars by the editor of [[Download.com]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://software-files.download.com/software/10324486/10324485/3/FSViewerSetup.exe\|title=FastStone Image Viewer - Reviews and free downloads at Download.com\|date=July 3, 2007\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703150908/http://software-files.download.com/software/10324486/10324485/3/FSViewerSetup.exe ~~{{Bare URL inline~~\|archive-date=~~August~~3 July 2007 ~~2024~~}}</ref> A PCWorld magazine review of version 4.0 of FastStone Image Viewer in 2011 noted the software's "lightning-fast" display of pictures. The reviewer felt that one of its greatest advantages was its "wide variety of file formats" the software supports.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=FastStone Image Viewer \|url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/485913/faststone_image_viewer.html \|access-date=2023-12-21 \|website=PCWorld \|language=en \|archive-date=2023-10-02 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002100346/https://www.pcworld.com/article/485913/faststone_image_viewer.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> Rick Broida of [[CNET]] wrote in 2015 about version 5.4: "This freeware gem remains an essential download for anyone looking to view, edit and organize their photos." Broida thought that it was a "bit more robust" compared to [[IrfanView]].<ref name="cnet">{{Cite web \|title=Freebie Friday: FastStone Image Viewer \|url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/freebie-friday-faststone-image-viewer/ \|access-date=2023-12-21 \|website=CNET \|language=en \|archive-date=2023-03-29 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329070958/https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/freebie-friday-faststone-image-viewer/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> ==See also==