XnView is a piece of software that continues to be mentioned in the highest circles of good online freeware for the simple reason that it continues to amaze. The latest version of XnView was released on July 1 and it contains a number of interesting changes. Perhaps the most important change is the fact that the number of graphics formats that the software contains keeps on growing and in the latest incarnation of the software now standards at over 400. It is very unlikely that there is a graphics format out there that this program does not support and if you find one, be sure to send it to the creator so that he can make it compatible for the next release of XnView.

Why is the support of so many graphics important? It is important because when you find that special image that you want to keep and use, you also want to make sure that you don’t reach a dead end if that image happens to be in a file format that a typical computer program would not be able to read. XnView allows for the changing of file formats as well as their viewing, capturing and editing in terms of the attributes of the electronic file. All of these aspects are important when converting a file from some little used graphical interface to a JPG or GIF and having a high quality program like XnView that is free to download is invaluable in this area.

More information is available at http://www.xnview.com/

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