

More broadly, if you are a digital content manager, graphics designer, video or audio editor, or any other professional who deals with digital assets such as images, audios, videos, animations, software etc. What you need is a digital asset management (DAM) software that will help you store, upload on your website or blog, and share these images with your friends or colleagues. However, if you are a professional photographer, managing these cosmic digital images can sometimes be difficult, what with all the storage, sharing, and versioning. XnView MP is provided as FREEWARE (NO Adware, NO Spyware) for private or educational use (including non-profit organizations).Taking a snap of the Milky Way galaxy on a starry winter night with your digital SLR camera is one way to enjoy the wonders of the cosmos.

If you intend to use XnView in a company, you must purchase a license. You can continue to use it for non-commercial use but it does require a paid license for commercial use. Their web page has an incomplete list of file formats supported (e.g., it still does not show cr3 or afphoto) and there is no list of supported cameras that I can find.Īs stated by robgendreau above, you can try XnView MP for free. XnView MP is frequently updated but like most programs other than than Adobe and Canon's own software it took quite a while to reverse engineer Canon's new cr3 raw format. It also supports templates for file renaming with similar capabilities as the Adobe Bride renaming on import or via the bulk rename tool although the UI for defining the renaming is different. XnView MP is compatible with keywords and ratings in xmp files that I previously populated via Bridge and/or FastRawViewer. I used both Photoshop/Bridge and Affinity Photo/XnView for a couple of years before I decided to finally switch completely over to Affinity Photo/XnView. XnView MP supports the display of a thumbnail of native Affinity Photo afphoto files instead of just the Affinity Photo icon that I see with Bridge CS6 / Bridge CC. I migrated from Photoshop CS6 / Bridge CS6 (long past end of support) to Affinity Photo / XnView MP.
