In a nutshell
- Free and open-source
- Supports Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 64 bit
- User-friendly
- Specially crafted “Reader Mode” for manga and comic book lovers
- Supports direct reading of archives (cbz, cbr, zip, etc.)
- Supports a wide variety of image formats
- Available as a portable version

A wide variety of formats
ImageView can read a wide a variety of image formats; from the very common JPEG to more niche image formats.
Extension | Format description | Comment |
---|---|---|
PSD | Adobe Photoshop | |
CR2 | Canon RAW | Canon raw digital camera image format. |
CBZ, CBR, CBA, CB7, CBT | Comic Book Archive | Directly browse images inside an archive as if it was a traditional folder. |
DNP | Digital Negative | |
JPG, JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group | |
JP2 | JPEG 2000 | |
PNG | Portable Network Graphics | |
SVG | Scalable Vector Graphics | |
TIF, TIFF | Tagged Image File Format | |
TGA | Truevision TGA | |
WEBP | WebP | |
BMP | Windows Bitmap | |
HEIC | High Efficiency Image File Format | Compatible with iPhone’s new default picture format. |