Microsoft Picture Manager

As the upcoming Office 2013 lacks Microsoft Picture Manager,
what program do you suggest as a replacement for the Microsoft Picture Manager?

 

Windows Photo Gallery is its natural sucessor with all its features and more for free: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/photo-gallery-get-started

 

I like Ashampoo which has a free version on softpedia
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Editors/Ashampoo-Photo-Commander-Free.shtml
Many people like Zoner's free version...it has many features but it always takes to long to load for my tastes. There's also Faststone and Xnview which are ok. For just viewing I use irfanview. I guess there are some that like the windows essentials photo gallery and picasa too.

 

Here is a guide on how to get back the Picture Manager in Office 2013

I can't do without it

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-install-and-get-microsoft-office-picture-manager-back-in-office-2013/

 

Does Windows Photo Gallery offer Brightness, Contrast, and other Color control
like the way Microsoft Picture Manager does?

 

Gimp

http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/

For the management part, you could use XnView:

http://www.xnview.com/

 

I'm trying to find a simpler App than XnView, IrfanView etc.

Something like Microsoft Picture Manager; something Simple yet Powerful:
An App offering Color Management, Image Clipping, Image Resizing , Image Rotation etc.

I wonder IF such a Replacement exists...

 

You can do brightness and contrast, as I have used these before, there are other picture adjustment tools mentioned at http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-live/photo-gallery-get-started.

Cheers, Nick.

 

Oh, I see...

 

did you even see my post where I showed you how to get Picture Manager in Office 2013??

 

I tried it, but the Color Management (e.g. Brightness, Saturation etc.) of Windows Essentials 2012
is Not as effective as the one of Microsoft Picture Manager.

Yes, I did. Using Microsoft Office 2013 and installing Only Microsoft Picture Manager from Office 2010 or 2007.
It is an option...

 

Did you try the new Windows Photo Gallery? It replaced the old Windows Live Photo Gallery from the Windows Live Essentials 2012 too.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-live/photo-gallery-get-started

 

Yes, I tried it, but I did NOT like Color Management (e.g. Brightness etc.).
I found it poor...

 

I use Picasa, it suits my needs. I really like it http://www.filehippo.com/download_picasa/

 

I will give Picasa a try...

 

Many Thanks! mick92z
Picasa is great!

 

Yeah picasa is really a nice app.

 

It doesn't support animated GIFs. At this day and age, any pic viewer that doesn't support animated GIFs is a big NO

XNVIEW is the best pick

 

I believe this is true
I 'm no expert, I have noticed Picasa would 'grab' mp 4 videos, which I had transferred from my mobile. Unfortunately it would not play them, until I installed quicktime. I just play them from my documents, with the brilliant VLC.

 

Does Picasa still index all your photos even when you ask it not to?

 

Hmmm...
That's an issue...

 

BTW, is XnView better than IrfanView?

I also found these:

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-digital-image-viewer.htm

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-digital-editor.htm

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-digital-photo-organizer.htm

Many options but what to select?

 

Equally excellent

 

Quoted for truth!

Pick the one you like its interface more. both are good and support animated GIFs

 

Having said that, you can Close this Thread, Mods.