Core Design Goals
- Lightweight
- Cross Platform
- Common image format support
- RAW file support for popular cameras
- Browsing through the current directory with arrow keys
- Pan/Zoom with the mouse
- Basic file operations such as deletion
- Quick way to start the default image editor (planned)
Download
LightningView is available for Windows and Linux (x86_64 for PC, aarch64 for ARM devices like Raspberry Pi).
Command Line Parameters
To start viewing images:
lightningview.exe [imagefile.ext]
To view in windowed mode instead of fullscreen:
lightningview.exe /windowed [imagefile.ext]
Controls
| Input |
Action |
| Left Cursor |
Show previous image in directory |
| Right Cursor |
Show next image in directory |
| Home |
Jump to first image in directory |
| End |
Jump to last image in directory |
| R |
Sort images randomly |
| N |
Sort images by name |
| F |
Toggle fullscreen |
| Enter |
Toggle between scale to fit and 1:1 display |
| Delete |
Delete the currently viewed image file |
| Ctrl-C |
Copy current image to clipboard |
| Mouse wheel |
Zoom in / out |
| Drag Mouse |
Pan image |
Supported image formats
General image formats:
- BMP
- GIF
- ICO
- JPEG
- PNG
- PNM
- SVG
- TIFF
- TGA
- WEBP
- XBM
- XPM
RAW formats:
- Minolta MRW
- Sony ARW, SRF and SR2
- Mamiya MEF
- Olympus ORF
- Samsung SRW
- Epson ERF
- Kodak KDC
- Kodak DCS
- Panasonic / Leica RW2
- Fuji RAF
- Kodak DCR
- Adobe DNG
- Pentax PEF
- Canon CRW
- Leaf / Phase One IIQ
- Hasselblad 3FR
- Nikon NRW
- Nikon NEF
- Leaf MOS
- Canon CR2
- ARRI's ARI
License
LightningView is open source and licensed under the GPLv2
Changelog
v1.7.0
- New cameras supported: Canon R5C, Canon R5 Mark II, Sony ZV-E10M2, Panasonic DC-TZ202D, TZ220, ZS220, TZ200D, TZ220D, ZS200D, ZS220D
- Added /windowed parameter to start LightningView in windowed mode instead of fullscreen
- Add support for new Canon COLORDATA version 64
- Fixed endless loop in BMFF parsing
v1.6.0
- New cameras supported: Panasonic DC-G9 II, Canon EOS R100, Fujifilm X-T50
v1.5.0
- New cameras supported: Canon EOS R8, DC-S5M2 and DC-S5M2X
v1.4.0
- New cameras supported: Sony Alpha 9 III, OM-1 Mark II, Panasonic DC-GH6
v1.3.0
- Added right-click context menu
- New cameras supported: Olympus SP570UZ, Nikon Z30, Phase One P25+, Fujifilm GFX100 II, Fujifilm X100VI, Hasselblad CFV 100C, DC-TZ95D, DC-TZ96, DC-ZS80, Samsung NX3300, Panasonic DMC-FX150
v1.2.0
- Scale to fit toggle added (Key: Enter)
- Added bilinear scaling
- FIX: Fullscreen toggle now persists across image changes
v1.1.0
- Fullscreen toggle added (Key: F)
- Images can be copied to the clipboard with Ctrl-C
v1.0.0
- Added support for animated GIFs
v0.5.0
- Added support for randomized image browsing: Press R to randomize the image list, then use arrow keys to browse as usual. Press N to return to alphabetical sorting.
v0.4.1
- Fixed color processing for Fuji RAF files
- Added support for Canon EOS R10
v0.4.0
- Added raw image support for a lot of cameras like Fuji X-T3, Fuji X-T5, Sony Alpha 6500, 6600, Alpha 7IV etc.
v0.3.1
- Fixed bug that made the prev/next image browse function behave incorrectly
v0.3.0
- Added webp support
- Added tiff support
- Added tga support
v0.2.0
- Added file deletion feature
- Added Home/End key function
- Linux build
v0.1.0
