Image Eye by FMJ-Software redefines the photo viewing experience by removing every distraction between you and your visual content. Unlike traditional viewers that surround your pictures with bulky toolbars, menus, and status panels, this lightweight application presents images in a clean, borderless window that automatically resizes to fit the content. It is designed specifically for speed and efficiency, allowing users to browse through massive directories of high-resolution files without the software getting in the way.
Key Features
- Distraction-Free Interface: The application eliminates onscreen clutter by default, hiding window borders and title bars so the image takes up 100% of the window space until you need the controls.
- Rapid Indexing System: Users can instantly generate a thumbnail sheet of the current folder by pressing a single key, making it incredibly fast to locate specific files in large collections.
- Deep Color & HDR Support: Image Eye handles professional-grade viewing with support for 16-bit integer and 32-bit floating-point color data, ensuring accurate representation of HDR and deep color formats.
- Non-Destructive Adjustments: The built-in editing tools allow you to tweak brightness, contrast, sharpness, and gamma without permanently altering the original file, as settings are reapplied automatically upon reopening.
- Advanced Slideshow Scripting: Beyond simple sequential viewing, the software includes a scripting language that lets advanced users create custom, automated presentations with specific timing and transitions.
- Optimized Performance: Built with highly tuned native code (x64 and Arm64), the viewer utilizes asynchronous file loading to decompress the next image while you are still viewing the current one, eliminating load times.
Use Cases
This software is ideal for digital artists who need reference images floating on their desktop without UI interference, and photographers who require a lightning-fast viewer to sort through thousands of high-quality RAW or HDR shots on Windows 10 or Windows 11. It also suits general users tired of bloated photo apps who simply want to see their memories instantly.
If you value speed and screen real estate above all else, Image Eye offers a uniquely pure viewing environment that respects both your time and your display quality.
Version 9.3 — July 2022
Added:
- Auto-hide feature for index window title bars
- Customization of keyboard commands and shortcuts
- ARM64 (ARM 64-bit) version support
Improved:
- WebP security fix by rebuilding with latest libwebp library
Security:
- Important WebP security vulnerability patched
