Top 15 FastPreview Alternative and Similar Softwares | Mar 2024

FastPreview was created in need of a usable PicaView replacement which was discontinued at the time.

It is now a pretty handy tool to display images in a fast manner and is an alternative to the functionality Windows has built-in.

Features:

Fast Viewer - Showing the image incl. different scaling types and JPEG rotations
Images are scaled to fit the screen when opened.
Lots of supported file types
Shell integration - Integrates into File Context Menus
Configurable dimensions of the preview
Shell integration - Integrates into File Properties Pages showing:
Adobe eXtensible Metadata Language (XMP) information
Exif Camera/Image information
IPTC Media information ...

1. FirmTools ShellExtension

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2. Context Viewer

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4. ThumbView

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10. Icaros

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11. Folders Popup

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