What's FineView ?
FineView is Image viewer. You can view images on the PC easily.
Supported image formats:
| BMP Bitmap .bmp/.dib [read/write] |
| JPEG .jpg/.jpeg/.jpe [read/write] |
| PNG .png [read/write] |
| TGA Targa .tga/.vst/.icb/.vda [read/write] |
| SGI .sgi/.rgb/.rgba [read/write] |
| IFF Interleave Bitmap .iff/.lbm [read] |
| PBM Portable Bitmap .pbm [read/write] |
| PGM Portable Graymap .pgm [read/write] |
| PPM Portable Pixelmap .ppm [read/write] |
| PCD Kodac PhotoCD .pcd [read] |
| PSD PhotoShop .psd [read] |
| PSP Paint Shop Pro .psp [read] supports PSP5/6/7 |
| PCX ZSoft Paintbrush .pcx [read/write] |
| MAG .mag [read/write] |
| ICON .ico [read] |
| CURSOR .cur [read] |
| Delphi resource .dcr [read] |
How to install ?
Please unzip the archive file. FineView does not need VB's dll.
How to uninstall ?
Please delete the FineView's folder that you unzipped. FineView doesn't use registry.
View mode[1] - Main view
Main view has four buttons on toolbar.
Let you see previous image.
Let you see next image.
Start slideshow. And...
Stop the slideshow
Switch from the main view to the film mode.
If you want to change full-screen, please double click over the main view. And then you want to restore, please double click over the main view. And you also change the screen mode, please try [F11].
View mode[2] - Film mode

Film mode can be easily viewed thumbnails. this mode consists three parts.
1) Film bar
Film bar shows you seven thumbnails. You can click the thumbnail on the film bar.
If you double click the thumbnail, FineView switch to main view.
If you click arrow button exists side of film bar, Film bar shows you next or previous seven thumbnails.
There are four button under the film bar. these button helps you to move the image folder. (Image folder... It means the folder that has image fineview supported)
2) Preview screen
Preview screen shows you selected image.
3) Control panel
This panel allows you to do it following functions.
Old Command line options
version 0.67 and version 0.68 b9
| -slideshow/-slide | Start slideshow |
| -bigslideshow/-bigslide | Start fullscreen slideshow |
| -bgm | Start slideshow with BGM support |
| -nobar | No command-toolbar |
| -nomenu | No main-menubar |
| -bgcolor #FFCCFF | Set back ground color |
New Command line options
After following version 0.68
| /slide | Start slideshow. |
| /bigslide | Start fullscreen slideshow. |
| /bgm | Start slideshow with back ground music. |
| /bar=0 | No command-toolbar |
| /bar=1 | Command-toolbar is displayed. |
| /menu=0 | No main-menubar |
| /menu=1 | Main-menubar is displayed. |
| /bgcolor #FFCCFF | Set back ground color |
| /speed=10000 | Set slideshow speed. [ms] |
| /repeatallbgm | Repeat all back ground music. |
example:
>fineview c:\images /bigslide /nobar /bgm c:\sound\byebyebye.ogg /speed=5000
BGM
FineView supports wave, cd-audio, midi and Ogg vorbis.
If you've never heard of Ogg, please reffer to
http://www.vorbis.com/ .
Keyboard shortcuts
Main view
| Key | Function |
|---|---|
| [F1] | Launch help file |
| [F4] | Show file position(toggle switch) |
| [F11] | full screen mode(toggle switch) |
| [Left Arrow] | Let you see previous image |
| [Right Arrow] or [Space] | Let you see next image |
| F | Fit 100% |
| A | Adjust picture size |
| S | Start slideshow / Stop slideshow |
| P | Play music file |
| L,R | Rotate left / Rotate right |
| V,H | Vert flip / Horz flip |
| [Down Arrow] or [2] (mouse wheel) | Scroll down (this function work only checked original size) |
| [Up Arrow] or [8] (mouse wheel) | Scroll up (this function work only checked original size) |
| [Enter] or [Ctrl] + I | Switch to film mode |
| [Ctrl] + B | Launch bookmark window |
| [Ctrl] + E | Launch editor |
| [Delete] | Move to recycle box |
| [Shift] + [Down Arrow] | Popup menu |
| [Esc] | [ESC] works as 'Quit full screen mode' or 'Close main window' |
Film mode
| Key | Function |
|---|---|
| [F1] | Help |
| [F2] | Rename |
| [Left Arrow] | Let you see previous image |
| [Right Arrow] or [Space] | Let you see next image |
| [Home] | Let you see 1st thumbnail |
| [End] | Let you see last thumbnail |
| [Page Up] | Let you see previous seven thumbnails |
| [Page Down] | Let you see next seven thumbnails |
| [Delete] | Delete(Trush) |
| [Shift] + [Delete] | Delete |
| [Enter] | Quit film mode |
Contact
A request and a reports of a bug are welcomed. Please email me.
My email address: msatoh@fine-view.com