FastStone Image Viewer
Version 4.7
Updated January 31, 2013
Added Apr. 3, 2010
Homepage/Developer
File Size : 4.55 Mb
Compatibility : Windows XP/Vista/7/8
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For more download locations, as well as a ‘portable’ version of FastStone Image Viewer, visit the author’s download page here.
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From the developer, “free image browser, viewer, converter and editor that supports all major graphic formats. Other features include a batch image converter / resizer, a Full Screen image viewer with Select-Zoom support, a clear magnifier and a slideshow with 150+ transitional effects.
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Picasa Photo Organizer
Version 3.9.136.12
Updated January 4, 2013
Added Mar. 26, 2008
Developer/Homepage
File Size : 16.4 Mb
Compatibility : Windows XP/Vista/7
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From the developer, “Transfer, find, organize, edit, print, and share images, all with this easy-to-use product. Watch Picasa automatically organize all your pictures into elegant albums by date. Having all your photos in one place means no more time wasted searching for folders or files. The program works with JPEG, GIF, BMP, PSD, and movie files and is compatible with most digital cameras; it detects your USB driver and imports pictures into albums. Editing tools include cropping (standard or custom), removal of red-eye, and enhancing–even switching from color to black and white. Create slide shows set to your MP3s. Integration with Picasa’s free Hello instant picture-sharing software lets you share hundreds of photos in seconds and chat in real time. E-mail photos with Picasa’s built-in client to take the guesswork out of compressing images, and order photo-lab quality prints or print at home with no mistakes. You can also make instant backups to CD (or to other hard drives) of your photo collections, to organize your photos using labels and stars (just like with Gmail), to write captions for all pictures, and to organize videos as well as pictures.”

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XnView
Version 1.99.6
Updated December 19, 2012
Added Mar. 26, 2006
Developer/Homepage
File Size : 4.46 Mb
Compatibility : Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP/Vista/7
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Download via Majorgeeks
More download mirror locations can be viewed here.

From the developer, “XnView is a utility for viewing and converting
graphic files.
Features :
Import about 400 graphic file formats
Export about 50 graphic file formats
Multipage TIFF, Animated GIF, Animated ICO support
Image IPTC, EXIF metadata support
EXIF auto rotation support
IPTC editing
Resize, rotate, crop support
Lossless rotate & crop (jpeg) support
Adjust brightness, contrast…
Auto levels, contrast
Modify number of colors
Apply filters (blur, average, emboss, …)
Apply effects (lens, wave, …)
Fullscreen mode
Slide show with effects
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Irfanview
Version 4.35
Homepage/Developer
Updated December 4, 2012
Added Nov. 29, 2009
Compatibility : Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/2008/Vista/7
File Size : 1.46 Mb
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Download ** (**this download link will take you to the author’s site where you can select from a large number of download locations – you can also download the ‘Plug-ins for Irfanview here at Fileforum.) The plug-ins for the latest version of Irfanview can also be d/l’d via Majorgeeks here

From the author’s website : “IrfanView was the first Windows graphic viewer WORLDWIDE with Multiple (animated) GIF support.
One of the first graphic viewers WORLDWIDE with Multipage TIF support.
The first graphic viewer WORLDWIDE with Multiple ICO support.

Some IrfanView features:
Many supported file formats (click here the list of formats)
Multi language support
Thumbnail/preview option
Paint option – to draw lines, circles, arrows, straighten image etc.
Toolbar skins option
Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD)
Show EXIF/IPTC/Comment text in Slideshow/Fullscreen etc.
Support for Adobe Photoshop Filters
Fast directory view (moving through directory)
Batch conversion (with image processing)
Multipage TIF editing
File search
Email option
Multimedia player
Print option
Support for embedded color profiles in JPG/TIF
Change color depth
Scan (batch scan) support
Cut/crop
IPTC editing
Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.)
Capturing
Extract icons from EXE/DLL/ICLs
Lossless JPG rotation
Unicode support
Many hotkeys
Many command line options
Many PlugIns
Only one EXE-File, no DLLs, no Shareware messages like “I Agree” or “Evaluation expired”
No registry changes without user action/permission!
and much much more”
Note : (again this is straight from the author’s site) “IrfanView is provided as freeware, but only for private, non-commercial use (that means at home). IrfanView is free for educational use (schools, universities and libraries) and for use in charity or humanitarian organisations.”

Note : During installation you have the option to install ‘Google’ components.