RView – Reductionist’s Image Viewer
A minimum of features but not less
RView is a lightweight image viewer based on the GLib/GTK+ technology stack. It includes the usual features expected of this type of program, implemented in a straightforward, conventional way.
The set of supported image formats depends on the installed version of GdkPixbuf and the underlying libraries used to read image files.
GIF is supported natively, without external libraries, which keeps the program independent of changes in third-party components.
RView can extract and display embedded previews from some camera RAW files, including Canon (CRW, CR2, CR3), Nikon (NEF, NRW), Sony (SRF, ARW), Pentax (PEF), Fujifilm (RAF), Panasonic (RW2), Olympus / OM (ORF), Samsung (SRW), Kodak (KDC, compact cameras), and DNG files in general. MRW-based images from Minolta and Konica Minolta cameras are created using RAW data.
The Image Info dialog shows the most important file and image properties, including shot data, provided the file contains the necessary metadata. In addition to the common Exif format, RView also supports CIFF which was once used by Canon cameras.
Animated GIFs can be controlled with the following commands:
- P: play/pause
- Shift+P: stop and rewind
- N: next frame (when paused or stopped)
The program consists of a single file and runs out of the box.
If you want RView to save its settings, create an empty file named rview.conf and place it either in the same directory as the program file or in ~/.config/rview/rview.conf. Here, the tilde means the home directory, for example: /home/andrew/.config/rview/rview.conf.
| Version | Size | OS | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 229,8 K (235 300 bytes) | Linux Mint 17 (Ubuntu 14.04) or later/similar | 32-bit, GTK 3.10–3.24 |
| RView | |||
| SHA-256: e4559ca1ebe84455f747665ac7eee9d17b3e794f360a1cc446d18e18e2cb9d30 | |||
| 1.0 | 253 K (259 376 bytes) | Linux Mint LMDE 6 (Debian 12) or later/similar | 64-bit, GTK 3.24 |
| RView | |||
| SHA-256: 7161d6ea9054b7b3ceb4acfd20ea9c87032b5870b62eb1629f98f19e8bb52395 | |||