ThumbsPlus
ThumbsPlus is a fast image viewer that allows you to load, view, edit and save 16-bits per channel images. It displays images in over a hundred different formats, including RAW files if you have the Digicam plugin. It preserves the alpha channels in 24-bit and 48-bit images, offers a range of printing options with print preview, has image resizing capabilities, thumbnail and viewing options for movies, and useful support for Exif and IPTC metadata.
The key features of ThumbsPlus are its image handling, viewing and thumbnail sorting capabilities. It has multiple monitor support: a feature that is becoming increasing important to photographers. It provides user-defined fields for categorizing and searching, with various sort options such as similarity, orientation, and image size. As a result you can find duplicates easily, build slide shows and upload collections of images to online photo processing sites.
Comment
By any standards a great application, ThumbsPlus has been totally refurbished in recent times with a new user interface. New features like "Return to Last Folder" and "Forward to Next Folder" are a delight, while full screen viewing has always been perfectly implemented.
ThumbsPlus is highly customizable: you can change the size of the thumbnail index, change the fonts, change practically anything -- without getting lost. Don't be put off by the promotional images: Windows 7 makes it look much more up-to-date.
Tech info
- OS: Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista and Windows 7
- Price level: (Standard edition) $50; (Professional) $90 (both approx.)
Cerious Software
Phillip Crews founded Cerious Software in 1992 as a software consulting firm. Cerious Software, Inc. was founded in 1995 with Jeff Hurley and it now has a team of developers. It is based in North Carolina.
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