ForceVision

ForceVision is a freeware image viewer that boasts an impressive pack of features with several photo editing tools and a wide array of supported formats.

Since it's a photo viewer, the interface isn't so attractive, but the tools hidden underneath that simple look are a lot more important.

With a multi-panel layout to easily browse locally stored images, ForceVision opens an image almost instantly, while a separate window is being used to provide access to the main editing options.

Of course, you can also browse files and go to the next or previous image by pressing predefined keyboard shortcuts, but at the same time you can also switch to full screen mode or start a slideshow.

Once you right click an opened image, a whole new world opens. You're allowed not only to set the image as a wallpaper, zoom or jump to selection tools, but you can also copy or paste the photo, resize, rotate or even convert it to another format.

Plus, there are the editing utilities we were talking about, so you're allowed to crop or remove red eyes, adjust sharpness, exposure, colors, effects and change color depth.

The list of supported formats is pretty long and includes BMP, CUR, DIB, DCX, EMF, FAX, G3F, G3N, GIF, ICB, ICO, J2C, J2K, JP2, JPC, JPE, JPEG, JPG, PBM, PCX, PGM, PIX, PNG, PPM, PXM, RLE, TARGA, TGA, TIF, TIFF, VDA, VST, WBMP and WMF.

You shouldn't experience any problem with ForceVision, but in case you need assistance, a comprehensive help file is also available to provide an answer to all your questions.

All things considered, this is one advanced application that does what it says and provides some very important tools needed when working with the photos stored on the local disks.