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XnView

View, organize, and batch convert images across platforms

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XnView is a free image viewer and photo organizer for Windows, macOS and Linux, with XnView MP as the cross-platform successor to XnView Classic. It opens and edits a broad range of image files, including JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, WEBP, JPEG-XL, AVIF, HEIC, PSD, JPEG2000, OpenEXR, camera RAW, PDF, DNG and CR2, and reads more than 500 formats natively. It is intended for browsing, sorting and converting photos in everyday workflows.

XnView MP and Classic include color adjustment, resizing, cropping, screen capture, IPTC and XMP metadata editing, batch rename, batch conversion, duplicate image finding, image comparison, contact sheets and slideshows. Related tools cover batch conversion and resizing (XnConvert, XnResize), image effects (XnRetro, XnSketch), command-line processing (NConvert), a Windows shell extension (XnShell Extension), mobile apps for Android and iOS, and an online bulk conversion service.

XnView and XnConvert are free for private, non-commercial or educational use, including non-profit organizations. XnView MP is available for Windows, macOS and Linux; XnView Classic is for Windows.

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