Questions tagged [image-viewers]
This tag is for image viewing applications in general. If your question is about a specific image viewer, use the tag for that app, for example eog for Eye of Gnome
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Application to browse photos and videos
When I browse a folder in Files, I would like to open a photo or video, and then use the arrow keys to display/play the next photo or video file. Loupe (the default image viewer in 25.10) works ...
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Is there a way to open DICOM files?
I have done an RMI scan, and I wonder if it's possible to open DICOM files, to see it. Ubuntu recommended I install ImageJ, but that didn't decode it or whatever.
A friend of mine opened it with ...
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Is there any simple 3D viewer application?
I'm frequently working with 3D assets and occasionally I need to quickly preview the asset without opening 3D modelling or game engine software. Most commonly I work with fbx, obj, dae or gltf files.
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What software to connect a microscope digital camera?
I run Ubuntu 24.04 (gnome 46) and I would like to connect a microscope digital camera to my laptop. I am also looking to measure part of the images so I need a calibration system.
I am aware of micro ...
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Image Viewer is not closing with escape key
Updating apps is fine, but changing their default behavior is not.
Opening an image from Nautilus for a quick view can no longer be closed with Esc which feels very annoying on Ubuntu.
Is there any ...
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How to find `.desktop` file location for a particular application
EDIT: This is not a duplicate as this question is the reverse of what the other question is asking. Here we know what is the application and we want to find its .desktop file that can be located in ...
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Is there a simple image viewer for ubuntu with a persistent zoom between files?
I’m looking for an Image Viewer App that allows paging through a directory of images and also allows a zoom level to be selected that will persist through the paging. I don’t need some fancy slideshow ...
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Showing a grid view of images and managing them in a terminal?
I looked at handful of TUI file explorers like Ranger and Yazi. but haven't found any that can show a grid of images. I find keyboard navigation of files much more efficient and would like to manage ...
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Image viewer without antialiasing
I need an image viewer with the following features:
Infinite zoom in and zoom out.
No antialiasing. I want to see pixels as is and as close as I want to.
Mouse control.
(optional) Show pixel ...
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Color of images edited in GIMP looks different in thumbnails and different applications
When opening images edited and processed through GIMP, I see differences in the colors of images in different applications. I have noticed this discrepancy since I have updated to 24.04 LTS version in ...
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What fast image viewers are available for Ubuntu?
What is the fastest / most responsive image viewer?
I'm looking for a program that is responsive and opens large .jpgs fast - progressively and/or by cleverly loading only parts it will render. A 6 ...
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Is there a simple viewer for *.bgra files?
I have a bunch of files with .bgra file extension. An example:
mediainfo -f mpv/my_mpv_thumbnails/Digimon\ Frontier\ Folge\ 331_2_\ Die\ wahre\ Macht...360p_H.264-AAC-43348694/000100.bgra
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How to view EXTREMELY large images?
I have a 1.8GB TIF image that I'm trying to open on my machine with Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS. I have 8GB of RAM and 2GB of swap space. However, I can't open the image on the stock Gnome Image Viewer (says "...
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Is there an image viewer that prioritizes keyboard and mouse events over rendering
I'm looking for an image viewer that will not drop any keyboard or mouse events; I'm often browsing directories with lots of high resolution pictures, and the ones I' ve tried so for (eog, xviewer) ...
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Slow Image Opening with xdg-open/ eog in Folder of many Files
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and I have a folder with many .png and .json files (+100k in total, no sub-folder within the folder).
When I tried to open one of its .png images with xdg-open abc.png or eog ...
