View pictures side by side

samoguz · 20. Feb 2013, 02:27 PM

I was wondering if anyone know of a picture viewer that has capabilities to see at least two pictures at the same time. Currently, I use the Windows picture viewer and if I want to see another picture at the same time I just open it in another picture viewer and that way I can see both images on my desktop, however...

What I need is to ...
be able to open a quick picture viewer and maybe drag and drop two pictures of whatever extension (jpg, bmp, gif, jpeg) and see them side by side or at least in the same window. Is this even possible ?

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me

jim · 20. Feb 2013, 10:40 PM

I often have two pics side by side but I just have my pics folder open, then right click on each pic I want and tell it to open with Windows Picture Manager. As long as you don't have each one full screen you can open as many as you want but they are each in their own window of course. Not sure if this is good enough for what you want though.

samoguz · 20. Feb 2013, 11:33 PM

Jim, thanks for the reply. It is not exactly what I need but I tried it. What operating system are you using? I have windows XP, maybe it has something to do with the fact that it opened the pictures in the same window so I didn't have a chance to see them at the same time.

Panzer · 21. Feb 2013, 10:38 AM

"... Compare images side-by-side (up to 4 at a time) to easily cull those forgettable shots ...":

http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

jim · 21. Feb 2013, 10:59 AM

You have to set your folder options so that things open in a new window. This works OK for all Windows systems as far as I know.

samoguz · 21. Feb 2013, 08:17 PM

Thank you all for you help. Panzer, Faststone is what I need, it actually has a tool "compare images" in the menu and it works. Before trying your suggestion I tried imagv 3.1.5 and it allows me to compare 2 to 4 images as well but Faststone is more user friendly. Thanks again!

Panzer · 22. Feb 2013, 09:44 AM

You are welcome.

samoguz · 26. Feb 2013, 04:45 PM

Just wanted to share that I found a very small 265 kb program called pvw32.exe that allows to drag and drop multiple pictures of many types (png, jpg, jpeg, tiff, cur, ico, gif, etc) in one window and see them all at once. The program works right away without installation.

Just google "pictview for windows" if you are interested

Here is a screenshot:

20. Feb 2013, 02:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
samoguz Full Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 40	View pictures side by side I was wondering if anyone know of a picture viewer that has capabilities to see at least two pictures at the same time. Currently, I use the Windows picture viewer and if I want to see another picture at the same time I just open it in another picture viewer and that way I can see both images on my desktop, however... What I need is to ... be able to open a quick picture viewer and maybe drag and drop two pictures of whatever extension (jpg, bmp, gif, jpeg) and see them side by side or at least in the same window. Is this even possible ? Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me

26. Feb 2013, 04:45 PM	#8 (permalink)
samoguz Full Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 40	Found a great program Just wanted to share that I found a very small 265 kb program called pvw32.exe that allows to drag and drop multiple pictures of many types (png, jpg, jpeg, tiff, cur, ico, gif, etc) in one window and see them all at once. The program works right away without installation. Just google "pictview for windows" if you are interested Here is a screenshot:

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20. Feb 2013, 10:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
jim Editor Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: near Ashford Kent England Posts: 467	I often have two pics side by side but I just have my pics folder open, then right click on each pic I want and tell it to open with Windows Picture Manager. As long as you don't have each one full screen you can open as many as you want but they are each in their own window of course. Not sure if this is good enough for what you want though.

20. Feb 2013, 11:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
samoguz Full Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 40	Jim, thanks for the reply. It is not exactly what I need but I tried it. What operating system are you using? I have windows XP, maybe it has something to do with the fact that it opened the pictures in the same window so I didn't have a chance to see them at the same time.

21. Feb 2013, 10:38 AM	#4 (permalink)
Panzer Editor Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 714	"... Compare images side-by-side (up to 4 at a time) to easily cull those forgettable shots ...": http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

21. Feb 2013, 10:59 AM	#5 (permalink)
jim Editor Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: near Ashford Kent England Posts: 467	You have to set your folder options so that things open in a new window. This works OK for all Windows systems as far as I know.

21. Feb 2013, 08:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
samoguz Full Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 40	Thank you all for you help. Panzer, Faststone is what I need, it actually has a tool "compare images" in the menu and it works. Before trying your suggestion I tried imagv 3.1.5 and it allows me to compare 2 to 4 images as well but Faststone is more user friendly. Thanks again!

22. Feb 2013, 09:44 AM	#7 (permalink)
Panzer Editor Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 714	You are welcome.