
While it supports a large number of image formats by default, you can also download a plugins pack which adds another huge load of extra formats and other multimedia functions. The program has been around forever and looks a little bit dated these days, but that’s where it gets its speed and low system requirements from, because there’s absolutely no bloat. IrfanView is a very fast and compact freeware image viewer and converter for Windows systems from 9x right up to Windows 7. You can find out more about and Download PhotoFiltre from the website. To open a PSD file in the file dialog, you have to change the drop down from “Common images” to “Photoshop (*.pdd,*.psd)” PhotoFiltre is able to open PSD files by default although it appears to open as a flat image and doesn’t seem to keep many of the PSD format’s extras. There is also the ability to use plugins in addition to an image browser and a TWAIN compatible image acquisition function. This program also has a number of retouching functions and several standard and artistic filters. XnView has a number of options most other good quality viewers / editors have such as reasonable editing and retouching functions, a number of effects and filters, screen capture and batch operations.Īlthough I’m not a fan of this quite as much as Paint.NET, PhotoFiltre is still a pretty good image creator and editor that can do just about everything the average user would need. Although XnView can save images as a PSD file, it appears to be only as a single layer image, but still a big plus if you need the function. In addition to being able to load and view the files, it can also view and split the PSD layers allowing you to view and save them individually. Apart from XnView being a very good image viewer with support for over 400 file formats, it’s the PSD file support which makes it worth a mention.
