FastStone Image Viewer

7.8 Image viewing app for Windows

Sven Sorensen

Review: Feature-packed image viewer that offers a range of useful tools for viewing, editing and managing your images.

Freeware image viewing software download, reviewed by Sven Sørensen
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A fast, stable, user-friendly image browser, converter and editor.

FastStone Image Viewer is an excellent replacement for your built-in Windows viewer which is not only more intuitive, but also provides many editing features which come in handy when you're looking to touch-up your images.

To start, FastStone Image Viewer provides a clean interface which facilitates a slideshow. From the full screen view, you can also perform a wide array of image editing such as auto color correction, modification of lighting levels and more. All of these editing effects are available from the right-click menu or if you're in the main interface, from the menu bar.

When it comes to editing with this application, you are given the options of undo/redo which means you're given the full flexibility of experimenting. When done, you can either overwrite the original image or save it as a new image anywhere you choose.

Editing functions and color correction here are superb, but you can also use FastStone Image Viewer to re-size or convert the format of your images. You may also rotate, clip or perform cropping on your pics.

This program supports a wide range of different image formats including JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG and other popular formats. It's a little hit and miss when it comes to support for RAW formats from digital SLRs and mirrorless cameras but it can read CRW, CR2, NEF, PEF, RAF, MRW, ORF, SRF, ARW, SR2, RW2 and DNG files.

Features of FastStone Image Viewer

  • Batch Processing: Ability to batch process files for editing, renaming, format conversion and more.
  • Batch Resizing: Ability to batch resize images.
  • Color Management: Support for ICC profiles.
  • Compare: Compare two images side by side.
  • Editing: Image editing tools such as crop, resize, adjust levels and apply filters.
  • Lossless Rotate: Rotate images without losing image quality.
  • Management: Create and manage image folders, copy/move images between folders and delete images or folders.
  • Metadata: View and edit EXIF, IPTC and other metadata.
  • Raw Formats: Supports more than 500 raw formats.
  • Security: Password protect images.
  • Sharing: Share images or entire folders of images via email, FTP, or other applications.
  • Thumbnails: Thumbnails view of images, with customizable sizes and quality.
  • Viewer: Slideshow, full-screen and magnifier modes for viewing images.
  • Watermark: Add text or image watermarks to images.

Compatibility and License

FastStone Image Viewer is provided under a freeware license on Windows from image viewer software with no restrictions on usage. Download and installation of this PC software is free and 7.8 is the latest version last time we checked.

Is FastStone Image Viewer for Windows 10?

Yes. It can run on a PC with Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit downloads.


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FastStone Image Viewer has been picked by our editors as excellent.
FastStone Image Viewer has been tested for viruses and malware.
We have tested FastStone Image Viewer 7.8 against malware with several different programs. We certify that this program is clean of viruses, malware and trojans.