Picture management is one of the most common applications on PCs. In addition to managing and processing image files in the image editor window, we prefer to easily process images in the File Explorer window with the right mouse button menu. With the help of window image management expert Xnview and right-click image management plug-in XnView Shell Extension, you can easily get the picture. Xiaobian recommended "XnView (picture browsing)" 1. JPEG image lossless conversion Generally, when converting a picture to JPEG format, or when rotating a picture in JPEG format, there will be different degrees of photo loss. Lossless conversion or rotation of JPEG images can be achieved through XnView's special rotation and conversion functions. Download the software for free from the XnView website. After installation, right click on any image folder and select ““Browse with XnView” to manage and process the image. Select the image to rotate in the XnView browser window, right click and select “ JPEG lossless rotation & rdquo;, then select the angle of rotation. One of the more distinctive features is “Rotating the image according to the EXIF value”, which can be intelligently judged according to the direction recorded in the photo shooting to realize the automatic turning of the photo. In addition, you can also achieve a mirrored image display (Figure 1) by “Vertical Flip & rdquo; and & ldquo; Horizontal Flip & rdquo; If you want to batch convert the image to lossless JPEG format, just use the “Batch Conversion” command in the right-click menu after selecting the image, select the target format as JPEG in the pop-up batch conversion window, and then click on the subsequent “ Option & button; (Figure 2), in the pop-up option settings window, select the format as "JPEG-XR", drag the slider to the far right, visible above marked with the best (lossless), then The photo quality is 100%, in a lossless state, and the conversion is determined to obtain a lossless photo (Figure 3). 2. Creating an Image Thumbnail Gallery A large number of images can be automatically created as thumbnail galleries by date. In the XnView browser window, select all the images you want to create in the gallery, then click the Create Gallery button on the toolbar, and the “Generate Contact Table” window will pop up, where you can set the gallery parameters, including thumbnail size and spacing. Page size, margins, and various page element color parameters. Once the settings are complete, click the “Create” button to start creating (Figure 4). Once the results are created, we can see the series of gallery pages created by date on the page (Figure 5). 3. Create a photo page thumbnail The way the photo is made into a web page thumbnail can be done without the web page creation software. In the XnView browser window, select the image to be made into a web page, and then click the Ctrl+G shortcut to launch the Create Web Page Thumbnail window, set the thumbnail size, other parameters, output directory, and then click “Create” Button (Figure 6), you can get a complete set of image page thumbnails. 4. Similar image lookup comparison If you want to find similar or duplicate images, you can use the similar file lookup function to achieve. Click the <quo;Tools & Rarr; Find Similar Files” command, in the pop-up "Find similar" window, add the directory where you want to find the image file (you can add multiple directories, even between directories). Select the “Include subdirectory” option below, then select the “similar image content” option, define the similarity of the image through the slider, and then click the “find” button to find and compare (Figure 7) . Tip: The similarity will directly affect the search speed. The higher the similarity is defined, the longer the search will take. In addition to the above applications, XnView can also implement image attribute batch processing, batch renaming of image files, and application of various filter effects to process photos and other useful functions. 5. The right-click chart is flexible and convenient to manage pictures in the file explorer. The most convenient operation is to directly control and manipulate the file at the current position with the right button. When we installed the XnView Shell Extension in the Windows system, we can easily complete the image preview, format batch conversion, direction rotation, wallpaper replacement and other very useful image operations with the right mouse button command. It can be said that the XnView Shell Extension is the embodiment of the XnView browser's essence function on the right button. It is a picture tool with simplified functions but more convenient operation. Select the image to be processed in the Windows File Explorer, right click and select the XnShell command, you can see all the available utility commands under it, including the preview thumbnail above, the following conversion, rotation and other commands, all operations of the image It can be done with one button (Figure 8). Tip: Click on the image preview thumbnail to call the photo editor for editing. The program used to edit the image can be set by the “Options” option. This article comes from [System Home] www.xp85.com