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| 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 | title=FastStone Soft url- FastStone Viewerstatus=dead }}</ref>

| latest release version = 78.90

| 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|2024|10|17|df=yes}}

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| 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}}

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'''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/ | title=FastStone Image Viewer - Great Image Viewing and Manipulation Program | date=11 October 2010 }}</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]]

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*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==

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*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 | archive-date=2004-12-29 | title=FastStone Image Viewer - full featured image viewer }}</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=August3 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==