nomacs - Image Lounge
nomacs is a small and fast open source image viewer which is able to handle the most common image formats including RAW and PSD (Photoshop Document) images. It can be installed on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
At the time of making this webpage, nomacs version was 3.12.
How to Install nomacs:
1. Open the Terminal (Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T)
2. Type the following command: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dhor/myway
3. Press Enter or Return and type in your password
4. Type the following command: sudo apt-get update
5. Type the following command: sudo apt-get install nomacs
6. Type Y and press Enter or Return
You can also download an installation file to match your operating system from Releases from pkgs.org or the Download section on the developers website.
1. Open the Terminal (Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T)
2. Type the following command: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dhor/myway
3. Press Enter or Return and type in your password
4. Type the following command: sudo apt-get update
5. Type the following command: sudo apt-get install nomacs
6. Type Y and press Enter or Return
You can also download an installation file to match your operating system from Releases from pkgs.org or the Download section on the developers website.
How to Uninstall nomacs:
1. Open the Terminal (Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T)
2. Type the following command: sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:dhor/myway
3. Type the following command: sudo apt remove nomacs
1. Open the Terminal (Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T)
2. Type the following command: sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:dhor/myway
3. Type the following command: sudo apt remove nomacs
"nomacs features semi-transparent widgets that display additional information such as thumbnails, metadata or histogram. It is able to browse images in zip or MS Office files which can be extracted to a directory. Metadata stored with the image can be displayed and you can add notes to images. A thumbnail preview of the current folder is included as well as a file explorer panel which allows switching between folders. Within a directory you can apply a file filter, so that only images are displayed whose filenames have a certain string or match a regular expression. Activating the cacher allows for instantly switching between images."
"nomacs includes image manipulation methods for adjusting brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, gamma, exposure. It has a pseudo color function which allows creating false color images. A unique feature of nomacs is the synchronization of multiple instances. With this feature you can easily compare images by zooming and/or panning at the exactly same position or even by overlaying them with different opacities." -- Techspot
"nomacs includes image manipulation methods for adjusting brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, gamma, exposure. It has a pseudo color function which allows creating false color images. A unique feature of nomacs is the synchronization of multiple instances. With this feature you can easily compare images by zooming and/or panning at the exactly same position or even by overlaying them with different opacities." -- Techspot
You can right-click on an image to bring up a menu to access addition features and commands. You can even uncheck Show Menu to make the menu accross the top disappear.
This makes nomacs visually minimal and very space efficient.
You can take a look through the menus from the images below.
If you notice your images appear to be a bit blurry for a split second when you switch from one image to another, then you probably need to turn off Anti Aliasing. Click on the View menu and uncheck Anti Aliasing. Anti Aliasing is a graphics technology that reduces jagged edges in images to improves their onscreen appearance. Some systems do not need to use this feature.
The images below allow you to look through the General, Display, File, File Associations, Advanced, and Editor tabs within your Settings.
nomacs supports all common image formats including .png, .jpg, .gif, .tif, .bmp, .webp, and many more.
You can press the Right arrow button to advance to the Next file or image or press the Left arrow button to go to the Previous file or image if you have multiple images in a folder.
nomacs has a feature that allows you to synchronize two or more copies of the program running on the same computer or LAN. This feature allows you to pan or zoom on one image and the second image does exactly the same thing. This can be very useful when you need to compare two seperate images. nomacs provides you with online help to help you get started using the "Sync" feature.
nomacs is a very powerful image viewer. qView and nomacs are the two most elegant and stylish image viewers. They both are designed to be as visually minimal and space efficient as possible. For more information on nomacs, please check out the Documentation section on the developers website.
Feb 5, 2020
