Minimalistic image viewer

[bingefeller]

I had been using Pixea and it worked perfectly, until they released a new version with a status bar that stays on the image. This is annoying as I read a lot of sheet music in jpg and png format and the status bar is a distraction. I liked Pixea because it had no other menu bars when you were viewing the image.

I'm looking for something that has zero menu bars and zero floating status bars. I do not want a slideshow app, I want to be able to open each image in individual windows and have more than one image open so I can resize and reposition them.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

Preview, the default image viewing app that comes free with Macs?

 

[bingefeller]

Preview, the default image viewing app that comes free with Macs?

it has a grey menubar at the top. I know it sounds trivial, but these things distract me.

 

[gilby101]

it has a grey menubar at the top. I know it sounds trivial, but these things distract me.

In the Preview menus: View > Hide Toolbar

 

[chown33]

What format are the image files?

If they're PNG or JPEG etc., then try opening them in a web browser. You simply drag an image file onto the browser icon in the Dock, and it will open it. You might also be able to drag it onto a window with no content, e.g. "Open tab" typically opens an empty tab.

PDF files may or may not be draggable into a browser. It might depend on the browser.

Once the image is open in the browser, you can adjust how it displays content, like turning off tabs, etc. and going into full-screen mode. As noted above, the View menu may be useful.

 

[arw]

I'm looking for something that has zero menu bars and zero floating status bars. I do not want a slideshow app, I want to be able to open each image in individual windows and have more than one image open so I can resize and reposition them.

In version 5, every overlay disappeared if the mouse stopped moving or the mouse pointer left the Pixea window. That is what you seek, right?
I just tested version 6 and it only behaves slightly different. You have to do one of two things for the overlays to completely disappear after 3 seconds:
- Stop any mouse movement (same as v5)
- Activate any other program and don't hover the mouse pointer above a Pixea window (clicking the desktop suffices for Finder to be the active application)

moving mouse​	resting mouse / different app active​

In the meantime, if you have a Time Machine backup you could restore the old app version and disable automatic AppStore updates.

 

[tsarkov]

Just click the icon right to -> at the bottom panel to hide the toolbar

 

[bingefeller]

Thanks everyone. I actually found an app called qView and it's perfect. If you want distraction-free viewing then I would recommend it - https://interversehq.com/qview/

 

[bogdanw]

I use qView too.
Another minimalistic image viewer - Fragment Image Viewer
https://www.fragmentapp.info
https://apps.apple.com/app/fragment/id551989875

 

[Matam]

But, why not simply use quicklook ?

 

[Bruh Bear]

But, why not simply use quicklook ?

Because that’s annoying to use as an image viewer.

 

[kkclstuff]

I'm looking for something that has zero menu bars and zero floating status bars. I do not want a slideshow app, I want to be able to open each image in individual windows and have more than one image open so I can resize and reposition them.

If you're using the app for viewing music related images (like myself), Forscore hands down is one of the best viewer/organizers (add Apple Pencil, and Ive retired paper/pencil/manuscript books)

PS> it could also be used for any image/doc collection

 

[bingefeller]

I use qView too.
Another minimalistic image viewer - Fragment Image Viewer
https://www.fragmentapp.info
https://apps.apple.com/app/fragment/id551989875

Fragment looks great - I will also give that a try. Thank you!!

If you're using the app for viewing music related images (like myself), Forscore hands down is one of the best viewer/organizers (add Apple Pencil, and Ive retired paper/pencil/manuscript books)

PS> it could also be used for any image/doc collection

Thanks for this, I had no idea something like this existed. I just bought it because it would be very, very useful to me. Thank you!

 

[arinamichel911]

This is an Image viewer + Video player app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pixea/id1507782672?mt=12

 

[kkclstuff]

The ForScore "stamps" feature makes using music notational items quick and easy. (I created/imported my own 'commonly used' font stamps, so with the combination of the stamps+pencil you can quickly write out leadsheets, students exercises, etc)

+1 for the Sync feature too!

good luck with it👍

 

[MikeDr206]

I’ve been very pleased with Xee, which is use in a Filemaker automation to display images (basically, FM opens the image in Xee).

The image is shown in a window that is sized to the image. Nothing else visible.

Not free, but pay once and you’re done. (Edit: it’s $3.99, one time payment, so dirt cheap)

Xee

 

[bingefeller]

I’ve been very pleased with Xee, which is use in a Filemaker automation to display images (basically, FM opens the image in Xee).

The image is shown in a window that is sized to the image. Nothing else visible.

Not free, but pay once and you’re done. (Edit: it’s $3.99, one time payment, so dirt cheap)

Xee

I did use Xee in the past, I had no idea it was still around. Does Xee work on Sonoma?

 

[MikeDr206]

I did use Xee in the past, I had no idea it was still around. Does Xee work on Sonoma?

It does! I’m using the latest version (Xee3) on a Mac Mini M2 Pro and a MBA 15 M4 without probs with the second from latest version of Sonoma (haven’t upgraded to the one that came out a week or so ago, because lazy)