I’m looking for an image viewer on windows that also has some simple editing tools. I’ve been using nomacs for quite a while, which is exactly that, but editing images with this software can get pretty finicky, so I’m looking for an alternative.
Features I’m looking for:
- Browse between images in a folder
- Rotate images 90° and mirror images
- Crop images freely or using preset aspect ratios (1:1, 5:4, 16:9, …)
- Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, etc. (optional)
What do I dislike about nomacs? It has all of the features I’m looking for. However when cropping, the crop area doesn’t align with the edge of the image, which means the crop area can go outside of the image and white pixels will be added when you crop the image this way. You can’t easily align the crop area to the center of the image either, so it’s all guess work and repeat if you messed up. Furthermore, the brightness slider and similar sliders aren’t what they should be. They change the image in unexpected ways and can’t be reset properly.
So in short, using nomacs to edit is a hassle and I’m looking for similar software that does the job properly. Thank you!
Paint cannot be used as an image browser though…
Must’ve glossed over that. My bad. I don’t know if the default Windows photo viewer itself does any of the editing stuff anymore. It used to back on Windows 7 and for a time you could still install it on Windows 10. It was like Google Photos is on mobile, basically.
It does, and it’s also available on Windows 10. Pretty sure I also have it on my Windows 11 laptop. I use it fairly regularly when all I’m doing is simple stuff like rotating or cropping, because it’s quicker than opening Photoshop.