Free Image Viewer & Photo Editor for Windows — RAW, HEIC, WEBP, AVIF & AI Tools

Windows Software

A free, lightweight Photoshop & Lightroom alternative — view and edit normal and special image formats (JPG, PNG, multipage & multichannel TIFF, HEIC, WEBP, AVIF and Canon RAW), plus AI image tools, annotation and media utilities.

Tool	Version	Updated	Description	Download
Image View (Plus More 4)	4.3.3	30 June 2026	The latest generation of Image View Plus More, now with AI-powered tools and GPU acceleration. Builds on all features of v3 with major new capabilities. New features: AI denoise, inpaint, deblur & OCR; mask-based editing; new sharpening and blur methods. Supports most image files like jpg, bmp, tif, ico, png, heic, webp, avif, mov, mp4 Three installer variants: CPU-only, GPU with CUDA DLLs included, and GPU without CUDA DLLs (for systems with CUDA already installed).	CPU GPU, no CUDA DLLs GPU + CUDA DLLs
Image View (Plus More)	3 x64 beta also v2.8	4 Mar 2026	A keyboard-driven image viewer and editor with a small footprint, optimised for photo editing, paper writing, and image processing research. Supports RAW development from most Canon cameras. Features: view/edit BMP, JPG, GIF, ICO, PPM, PGM, TIFF, PNG; 16-bit processing; rotate, crop, resize (NN/Bilinear/BiCubic); lens distortion correction; retouching & clone; vignetting; colour segmentation; 3D reconstruction; batch processing; AVI export; EXIF read/write. Based on DCRAW, CExif, Kolmogorov maxflow.	v3 x64 v2.8
Musical Beauty WMP Plugin	1.0	1 Feb 2007	A Windows Media Player visualisation plugin. Artificial lifeforms whose fates are controlled by music-driven fire fountains. Push them with your mouse toward a friend — or toward death. Handle with care. Features: music-driven fire fountains • amoeba-like artificial lifeforms • real-time mouse interaction.	Download
FG Anno Annotation Tool	1.3	27 Aug 2012	Annotate video sequences (as image sequences) in multiple layers of abstraction: actions, modalities, fingertips, contours, and binary masks. Features: contour annotation • multi-level action annotation • multiple modalities • fingertip positions • binary mask drawing & export.	Download

Frequently Asked Questions

Image viewer, photo editor & supported formats

Is Image View Plus More a free image viewer and photo editor?

Yes. Image View Plus More is a free image viewer and photo editor for Windows. It works as a lightweight alternative to Photoshop and Lightroom for viewing, editing and processing images.

What image formats does it support, including special formats?

It opens normal and special image formats, including JPG, BMP, GIF, ICO, PPM, PGM, TIFF (including multipage and multichannel TIFF from hypercubes) and PNG, as well as modern formats like HEIC, WEBP and AVIF, video files such as MOV and MP4, and RAW files from most Canon cameras.

Does it include AI image tools?

Yes. Version 4 adds AI-powered image tools with GPU acceleration: AI denoise, inpaint, deblur and OCR, an AI colorizer, mask-based editing, selective depth-of-field refocus, and stable diffusion inpainting.

Is it a good Photoshop or Lightroom alternative?

It is a small, fast, keyboard-driven alternative aimed at photo editing, RAW development and image-processing research. It offers 16-bit processing, lens distortion correction, retouching and clone, colour segmentation, batch processing and EXIF read/write.

Does it support RAW photo development?

Yes. It supports RAW development from most Canon cameras, based on DCRAW, so you can process camera RAW files directly.

Does it support video files?

Yes. It supports video files such as MOV and MP4, letting you view and do simple edits alongside images — cut out segments, crop, follow the salient target using AI, do background blur, and follow a frame-by-frame workflow for video annotation and processing.