Image viewer to compare images
I'm not sure if this is the best forum to ask this in, please suggest another if it isn't.
I want to be able to easily compare images side by side on my computer screen. I've been trying to use multiple instances of Irfanview and ACDSee, but it's really clumsy. I want this so I can easily compare the multiple shots of the same image to choose the best focused one, or to compare the results from two different lenses, etc.
In searching for (free) image viewers that can do it, so far I've come up with Wildbit and Fastone, but neither do quite what I want.
Wildbit, only shows 2 side by side in a fairly small, non resizable window. You must zoom and pan each one individually. I think it's designed primarily for checking if two images are basically the same.
Fastone can show up to 4 together (with EXIF info, very handy), and can zoom and pan individually or in synch. Just what I want, except that once you've chosen which 4 you want to compare, that's it. If you want to change one to a different image, you have to exit and select a different one, then chose the compare option again.
Am I being fussy? Does anyone know of a viewer that can do what I want?
(I 've also noticed that neither of these can jump from image to image with anything like the speed of ACDSee.)
I'm not sure if this is the best forum to ask this in, please suggest another if it isn't.
I want to be able to easily compare images side by side on my computer screen. I've been trying to use multiple instances of Irfanview and ACDSee, but it's really clumsy. I want this so I can easily compare the multiple shots of the same image to choose the best focused one, or to compare the results from two different lenses, etc.
In searching for (free) image viewers that can do it, so far I've come up with Wildbit and Fastone, but neither do quite what I want.
Wildbit, only shows 2 side by side in a fairly small, non resizable window. You must zoom and pan each one individually. I think it's designed primarily for checking if two images are basically the same.
Fastone can show up to 4 together (with EXIF info, very handy), and can zoom and pan individually or in synch. Just what I want, except that once you've chosen which 4 you want to compare, that's it. If you want to change one to a different image, you have to exit and select a different one, then chose the compare option again.
Am I being fussy? Does anyone know of a viewer that can do what I want?
(I 've also noticed that neither of these can jump from image to image with anything like the speed of ACDSee.)
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