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Gear Talk => Processing & Publication => Topic started by: charlie on October 13, 2015, 23:36:19

Title: Windows 10 photo viewer
Post by: charlie on October 13, 2015, 23:36:19

I'm using an NEC/Spectraview II calibrated monitor. My pictures look fine when compared in Lightroom to Photoshop to my internet browser, but in the Windows 10 default photo viewer they are darker with an orange-ish color cast.

I was wondering if anyone has suggestions for a quickloading and accurate stand alone photo viewer that I can use as my default windows viewer?

Title: Re: Windows 10 photo viewer
Post by: afx on October 14, 2015, 07:04:03

Color managed viewers

FastStone:  http://feedom.de
XNView: http://www.xnview.com/
IrfanView: http://www.irfanview.com/

cheers
afx

Title: Re: Windows 10 photo viewer
Post by: charlie on October 14, 2015, 07:16:08

Thank you, I'll check them out.

Title: Re: Windows 10 photo viewer
Post by: Frank Fremerey on October 14, 2015, 09:24:22

charlie: In earlier Windows versions there was a color management app in the system settings. With it it was possible to make the Windows explorer and viewers color aware. You had to load a properly measured ICC profile for you monitor in some shared folder and it worked.

I did not check this for Windows 10, but I have another use for non color aware applications:

I use them to test if the profile I use to post images to the web (sRGB IEC) works.