Gwenview

Infobox Software
name = Gwenview



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latest release version = 2.1
latest release date = June 29 2008
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programming language = Qt
operating system = Unix-like and Windows (since v2.0)
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genre = Image viewer
license = GPL
website = [http://gwenview.sf.net gwenview.sourceforge.net]

Gwenview is an image viewer for the KDE desktop environment. The current maintainer is Aurélien Gâteau. The word "Gwen" means "white" in the Breton language and is commonly used as a first name.While it was available in KDE 3, the KDE 4 version has a simplified user interface, making it more suitable for quickly browsing through collection of images. Gwenview is also used to display images. It provides full-screen interface that can be used to display images as a slide-show.

Major features:
* Directory browser
* Image viewer
* Metadata comment editor
* Thumbnail image view of current directory
* Use of KIPI (KDE Image Plugins Interface) plugins for manipulating images

Versions

Version 1.4.0, released in September 2006, adds several new major features, including:
* SVG and video support
* Filtering based on file type, file name pattern, and date.

Latest version for KDE 3 is 1.4.2, released in September 2007. [ [http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/2660 Gwenview II, the return | kdedevelopers.org] ] Current version is 2.1 released with KDE 4.

References

See also

* Comparison of image viewers

See also

* [http://gwenview.sf.net Gwenview homepage]