And in the next screen, choose 'comctl32' and. Then in the next window select 'install a Windows DLL or component'. Open winetricks, and choose 'select the default wine prefix'. When you open an image in FastStone, all of the features and tools menus are hidden and require a mouse over to reveal same. After installing FastStone Image Viewer (the latest version is 5.5) using Wine, you need also to install 'winetricks' which is available via the Mint software manager.

Most of the photos they send me to publish on the site are pretty bad but, fortunately, I can fix them quite easily and quickly using the fantastic FastStone Image Viewer. The saying that you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear is so true but, when it comes to improving poor photos, FastStone Image Viewer comes real close.Īs part of my extracurricular duties I maintain a website for my local lawn bowls club and rely on photos from members whose photography skills are, shall we say, somewhat less than professional. I’m sure you will have all taken photos at times that come out blurry, or with faces in shadow, or are either too bright or too dark. A portable version is available and, as usual, that is my preference: Download FastStone Image ViewerįastStone Image Viewer includes so many options and features but what we are going to concentrate on today is its editing capabilities.

FastStone Image Viewer has long been my software of choice for managing and working with images and photos.

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