FastStone Image Viewer – An image browser, editor and converter that supports all major graphic formats including BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF, PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO and TGA. It has a nice array of features such as image viewing, management, comparison, red-eye removal, emailing, resizing, cropping, color adjustments and musical slideshow. Brilliant graphics/photo viewer with some nice, basic editing features. (XP/Vista 32/64bit)
IrfanView Image Viewer - Popular graphics/photo viewer with some basic editing. Increased versatility through the use of plug-ins. Many supported file formats (click here for the list of formats). Features include; Thumbnail/preview option, paint option - to draw lines, circles, arrows, straighten image etc., slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD), show EXIF/IPTC/Comment text in Slideshow/Fullscreen etc. Support for Adobe Photoshop. Batch conversion (with image processing), email option, print option, effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.), built-in capture and lots more. (XP/Vista)
XnView Image Viewer - Popular graphics/photo viewer with some basic editing. Dave’s current choice! This program will open almost any graphics file! (file formats). Features include, multi page TIFF, animated GIF, animated ICO support. Image IPTC, EXIF metadata support. EXIF auto rotation support, IPTC editing. Resize, rotate, crop support. Adjust brightness, contrast, apply filters (blur, average, emboss, etc.), apply effects (lens, wave, etc.). Fullscreen mode slide show, batch rename, screen capture, TWAIN & WIA support, print support and drag & drop support! (XP/Vista 32/64bit)
Picasa – More of a photo manager, Picasa will automatically organize all your pictures into elegant albums by date. New features include; Enable 'Sync to Web' to transfer edits made to your photos, automatically to your corresponding online albums. ‘Photo Viewer’ a fast, lightweight application for viewing images on your desktop or through Windows Explorer. Screen and webcam capture. Add text or water marks to photos. Print captions or photo file names on or below your photos. Combine photos, videos, and music into a movie or use the ‘editing room’ to trim existing movies. Also includes basic editing and a very good resize feature. (XP/Vista 32/64bit)