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    DAMN VISTA! they removed the Picture and Fax Viewer !!

    i used to like that program, it was quick and lightweight
    and most importantly when you zoomed in it kept the image "smooth"

    the thing its replace with is crap, zooming in/out is limited, and it doesn't play animated gifs

    whats a suitable alternative? I can't manage to find a version of Windows Picture and Fax Viewer for Vista..
    InfranView's zooming makes the picture turn "blocky" and nearly everything else is filled up with rubbish. i only want a simple viewer.

    =(

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    Re: DAMN VISTA! they removed the Picture and Fax Viewer !!

    I don't think removing gif animation support can in any way be considered a bad thing. Anyway, tried Google's Picasio?
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    Re: DAMN VISTA! they removed the Picture and Fax Viewer !!

    Quote Originally Posted by aidanjt View Post
    I don't think removing gif animation support can in any way be considered a bad thing.
    Except that maybe animated gif's wont work?
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    Re: DAMN VISTA! they removed the Picture and Fax Viewer !!

    picasa seems a bit bloated for my needs i think..

    and its annoying having to view animated gifs in a web browser all the time =S

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    Re: DAMN VISTA! they removed the Picture and Fax Viewer !!

    whats the problem with zooming?

    As for animated gif support, if anyones come accross a codec which playsback animated gifs, then that could be used, you would then have a much better 'experiance' than using the old picture n fax viewer with the photo gallery tool.

    I guess the question is why do you have animated gifs? They're considered a restrictive format because the compression uses the LZW principle which is 'patented' in some of the more retarded parts of the world. Because its a bit of a hot potoato, if its not much effort to avoid, its worth avoiding.
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    Re: DAMN VISTA! they removed the Picture and Fax Viewer !!

    Quote Originally Posted by TheAnimus View Post
    whats the problem with zooming?

    As for animated gif support, if anyones come accross a codec which playsback animated gifs, then that could be used, you would then have a much better 'experiance' than using the old picture n fax viewer with the photo gallery tool.

    I guess the question is why do you have animated gifs? They're considered a restrictive format because the compression uses the LZW principle which is 'patented' in some of the more retarded parts of the world. Because its a bit of a hot potoato, if its not much effort to avoid, its worth avoiding.
    with zooming, ive figured there two types. one come sout pixelated and blocky (i.e web zooming) and others appear smooth like how photoshop resizing works. (if you got picture & fax viewer give it a go, just resize the window and the zoom effect is nice)
    i used to use this for quick editing when i needed a resize.

    and for animated gifs, they are just there for my entertainment =)
    i have random animated gifs on my computer, ranging from comedic clips, game characters, etc
    its nice to view them with little effort.

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    Re: DAMN VISTA! they removed the Picture and Fax Viewer !!

    Transcode to a real motion picture format?
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    Re: DAMN VISTA! they removed the Picture and Fax Viewer !!

    I didn't think there was a difference in zooming until now, I was sure it was the same, then I tried it myself and compared the same zoomed image on both XP and Vista simultaneously on the same monitor. I'm not an imaging expert and the way I can describe it; the XP image is smooth where the Vista image is sharp, too sharp and the pixels show.

    On a side note, I found the XP viewer played some of my GIFs at an incorrect speed so I've always used IE to view GIFs anyway.

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    Re: DAMN VISTA! they removed the Picture and Fax Viewer !!

    Quote Originally Posted by DDY View Post
    I didn't think there was a difference in zooming until now, I was sure it was the same, then I tried it myself and compared the same zoomed image on both XP and Vista simultaneously on the same monitor. I'm not an imaging expert and the way I can describe it; the XP image is smooth where the Vista image is sharp, too sharp and the pixels show.

    On a side note, I found the XP viewer played some of my GIFs at an incorrect speed so I've always used IE to view GIFs anyway.
    xp filters (smudges) the image. vista shows a close-up.

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    Re: DAMN VISTA! they removed the Picture and Fax Viewer !!

    Quote Originally Posted by SCOTTBALL View Post
    whats a suitable alternative? I can't manage to find a version of Windows Picture and Fax Viewer for Vista..
    FastStone Image Viewer is pretty damn good (hell of a lot better than the Fax and Picture Viewer) while being nice and quick too. Not entirely sure it can play .gifs, but I'd be surprised if it can't.

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    Re: DAMN VISTA! they removed the Picture and Fax Viewer !!

    Quote Originally Posted by this_is_gav View Post
    FastStone Image Viewer is pretty damn good (hell of a lot better than the Fax and Picture Viewer) while being nice and quick too. Not entirely sure it can play .gifs, but I'd be surprised if it can't.
    i installed faststone, seems great so far!
    just tried it, plays gifs fine =)

    you can also set the zoom "smoothing" too, so seems excellent! thanks again everyone

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