Eye of GNOME facts for kids
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Eye of GNOME 40 (released in 2021–03)
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| Developer(s) | The GNOME Project |
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| Stable release |
44.3
 / 1 July 2023 |
| Written in | C (GTK) |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Platform | GNOME |
| Successor | GNOME Loupe |
| Type | Image viewer |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
Eye of GNOME was a popular program for looking at pictures on computers using the GNOME desktop. It was also known simply as the Image Viewer. This program used to be the main way to view images on GNOME.
Recently, a new image viewer called Loupe took its place in GNOME 45. There is also another official image viewer for GNOME called gThumb. gThumb has more advanced tools for organizing and editing your pictures.
Eye of GNOME offered simple ways to make viewing better. You could zoom in or out, see pictures in full-screen mode, and rotate them. It also let you control the background for transparent images. Many official plug-ins were available to add new features or change how it worked.
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What Image Files Can Eye of GNOME Open?
Eye of GNOME could open many different types of image files. Think of file formats like different languages for pictures. Here are some of the common ones it understood:
- ANI – For animations
- AVIF – A newer image format
- BMP – A common Windows picture format
- GIF – Great for simple animations and graphics
- ICO – Used for small icons
- JPEG – Very popular for photos
- PCX – An older PC Paintbrush format
- PNG – Good for web images with transparency
- PNM – From a toolkit for image processing
- RAS – A Sun Raster image format
- SVG – For scalable vector graphics (pictures that look good at any size)
- TGA – Used for computer graphics
- TIFF – Often used for high-quality images
- WBMP – For mobile phone images
- WebP – A modern web image format
- XBM – Used in X Window System
- XPM – Another X Window System format
Eye of GNOME could also show special information hidden in images. This information is called Exif/XMP metadata. It might include details like when and where a photo was taken.
What Eye of GNOME Could Not Open
While Eye of GNOME supported many formats, it could not open all of them. For example, it did not support DirectDraw Surface (.dds) files. It also could not open JPEG 2000 files.
More to Explore
- Comparison of image viewers – See how different image viewers compare.
- gThumb – Learn about another GNOME image viewer with more features.
External Links
- – The official Eye of GNOME website.
See also
In Spanish: Eye of GNOME para niños
