Usability: Compare with quick way to toggle images

[helmut]

For a long time, I have an idea for comparing images on my mind. Now, I found that I have posted this idea two years, ago:

For two images I'd find it efficient to have both pictures at the same position. By default picture A is shown, while pressing left mouse button picture B is shown. This way you can toggle very quickly between the two images.

Perhaps this behaviour could be added when using tabs and two images.

This comparison would work for two images, only. Nevertheless I still think this would be a very usable way to compare images.

Other opinions or even experience with a tool that supports this?

[oops66]

...while pressing left mouse button picture B is shown

Hello helmut,
+1 I support, it's a good idea (but must also show the name of the selected picture)

[helmut]

...while pressing left mouse button picture B is shown

Hello helmut,
+1 I support, it's a good idea (but must also show the name of the selected picture)

Thanks for your feedback, oops66. I think both filenames should be shown and the currently hidden image file should be greyed out and/or marked somehow. This way the user can see which files are compared and which file is currently displayed.

[oops66]

Hello,
...A problem than I can see is: if more than 2 pictures are compared, in this case maybe it's better to use a shortkey "n" as "next" instead (...while pressing left mouse button picture B is shown) so by this way we can have (if "n" is pressed) ...Picture B - C - D - etc... - A - B -C - etc...
...So all filenames should be shown and all hidden image file should be greyed out and/or marked somehow
?

[helmut]

Hello,
...A problem than I can see is: if more than 2 pictures are compared, in this case maybe it's better to use a shortkey "n" as "next" instead (...while pressing left mouse button picture B is shown) so by this way we can have (if "n" is pressed) ...Picture B - C - D - etc... - A - B -C - etc...
...So all filenames should be shown and all hidden image file should be greyed out and/or marked somehow
?

Right, I didn't think about comparison of more than 2 images. Your suggested shortcut "n" sounds reasonable to me, but I guess most people won't know or try. Perhaps cursor left/right plus the page up/down keys might be better for navigating through the images.

EDIT: In addition to the above shortcuts, the keys "1", "2", "3", and "4" might be assigned to navigate to a specific images. By pressing a key, the appropriate image (1,2,3, or 4) is displayed.

[oops66]

... Perhaps cursor left/right plus the page up/down keys might be better for navigating through the images.

Right, why not.

[XnTriq]

The implementation in Corel PHOTO-PAINT is close to perfect:

I would love to have something like the scrollable thumbnail list and the split preview of Corel PHOTO-PAINT's Image Adjustment Lab in XnView!

Sachez que j'ai la suite Corel Draw XIII, avec laquelle je peux faire cela à tout moment et simplement, mais c'est tellement plus pratique de ne pas avoir besoin d'ouvrir un gros logiciel pour faire ces petites retouches

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Demo videos on Corel.com & CorelDRAW.com

… and YouTube:

• CorelDRAW X3 Image Adjustment Lab overview
• How to Use the Image Adjustment Lab in Corel PHOTO-PAINT

Toggling of side-by-side view in Ulead SmartSaver v3.0:

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[cordovan66]

Unless I'm missing something, I think you can already do this in xnview.
Select the images you want to compare. Press Shift-C. check "Use tabs".
**Double click one of the tab names**.
Then use left and right arrow keys to switch between images.