Picture Viewer (instead the deafault one) that has a 100% magnifier as a feature?

As I deal with picture-editing quite a lot, I really really need a picture viewer that would show me a 100% magnification of the image in a small circle when I go with the mouse cursor over it...



Don't know if I explain it right but the thing is - in order to assess the quality of the image I need to zoom it to 100% which is supported by the default Windows Viewer.... but I need to click, adjust to where I want to see and so on. I dream of a viewer that shows a small "magnifier" once you go over the image with the mouse. This would save me a lot of time...

Reply 1 : Picture Viewer (instead the deafault one) that has a 100% magnifier as a feature?

I do not know if it has this function your wanting but you should check out irfanview. I use it for all image viewing because it opens 10x faster than windows, supports every single image format under the sun, and lets me batch process files and stuff.



Best of all its free and a super small download so it cant hurt to try.



One that does sort of support this feature is Adobe Bridge, you can click on an image and a magnifying glass opens up that you can move around. You can even show more than one image at the same time and have the magnifying glass sync between them to compare details between more than one picture.



As a whole though since bridge is showing a smaller image in the first place and slow to open I find irfanview my #1 viewer 99% of the time. I only use Bridge when I plan to edit a picture with Camera Raw (equivalent to LightRoom)



I also do not like how bridge just opens to your entire computer instead of a target location, wasting even more time navigating to your images. I have my own fix for this that adds "open with adobe bridge" as a right click option for folders.



Add "Open with Adobe Bridge" to your right click options for Windows

Reply 2 : Picture Viewer (instead the deafault one) that has a 100% magnifier as a feature?

I will try it out of curiosity... thanks



I have only tried the Picasa viewer but I did not like it at all...

Reply 3 : Picture Viewer (instead the deafault one) that has a 100% magnifier as a feature?

Paint.NET

FastStone Image Viewer



Irfanview, as noted above, is also a good choice.



--L.

Reply 4 : Picture Viewer (instead the deafault one) that has a 100% magnifier as a feature?

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Originally Posted by lbohn Paint.NET FastStone Image Viewer Irfanview, as noted above, is also a good choice. --L.

But does any of those have the feature I refer to and need?

Reply 5 : Picture Viewer (instead the deafault one) that has a 100% magnifier as a feature?

xnview



and you yourself are going to have to try the suggestions. no one here is going to be able to read your mind and decide for you.........

Reply 6 : Picture Viewer (instead the deafault one) that has a 100% magnifier as a feature?

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Originally Posted by newsposter xnview and you yourself are going to have to try the suggestions. no one here is going to be able to read your mind and decide for you.........

Certainly - I just want to make sure people understand I am not just looking for A picture viewer but for a very specific feature...

Reply 7 : Picture Viewer (instead the deafault one) that has a 100% magnifier as a feature?

I just installed Irfanview, but to be honest I am not impressed...



Maybe it is a good alternative to the XP picture viewer, but I find the one that comes with Windows 7 somehow better than Irfanview. Of course the Microsoft one cannot do any processing, but I don't need that - I use photoshop... And the feature I am looking for isn't there either...



I'll check the rest of the suggestions above soon, thanks



If you have any other ideas let me know

Reply 8 : Picture Viewer (instead the deafault one) that has a 100% magnifier as a feature?

Have you considered using a Microsoft mouse? They have a magnification option. Click a button and it maginifies, another click and it is off. It is also a live maginifier( or what ever it is properly called) meaning that you can scroll and click with the mouse while it is on. You can even watch a video through the magnifier. This means you can use any editor/viewer you want and edit while the magnifier is on. Most other magnifiers take a screen shot and blow it up. You can't scroll, or click a web page. You can also set the size of the lens and the magnification from 25% to 400%.

Even the cheap mice can do this. I usually set the back button to be the magnifier. If you don't have a back button, set the middle click to magnify. You can change which button does it in the inellipoint program that is downloadable from microsoft.com. Microsoft definately has the best magnifier I have ever found.

Reply 9 : Picture Viewer (instead the deafault one) that has a 100% magnifier as a feature?

The windows magnifier just magnifies the current image on screen, when it comes to images though you need to zoom the actual image to see the detail, not just enlarge what is on screen.