![]() Let's understand how to set up XnViewMP in the easiest possible way. It is available in the PortableApps format.It includes image editing tools for color, resizing, filters, and effects.It can create scripts in one go to convert, edit batch images.It provides search options for files, data & graphics.It supports audio and video file formats.It supports more than 500 image formats.Some useful features of XnView are as following: It supports Windows, macOS, Linux for both 32 bit & 64 bit systems. Platform Support: The XnViewMP is available for all the major platforms. In this section, we will explain how to download & install XnView. XnView Classic (An efficient multimedia viewer organizer and converter).XnView MP ( XnView Successor for all programs).Further, we can create contact sheets and slideshows using XnViewMP. The XnViewMP provides some other advanced features such as batch renaming, batch converting, dupli finder, etc. Besides opening an image, it also allows basic image manipulation operations such as color adjusting, image resizing, cropping, and more. It supports all the popular image formats such as JPEG, PNG, PSD, GIF, TIFF, camera RAW, etc. It's extended version XnViewMP is available for Windows, macOS and Linux systems. It is available for Windows PC & Mobile and was previously available for Unix-based operating systems as well. It provides screen capture, batch renaming, and hex inspection tools. It also provides a general file manager for managing images. It is useful for viewing, organizing, editing, converting images. We’ll explore that later if that’s something you’re into.XnView is a free image viewer & manager tool. This is just an example, you’re free to be creative in how you code yours. Whenever I need references I can quickly pick an appropriate folder. Human, Creature, Mech, Costume, Weapon, World (Environment). Since I’m into concept art or at least, that’s my main focus, I like to group folders related to concept art (red). It would be better if the developer make it so you can hide the folder’s cover image but as of this writing you can’t. The dollar sign takes precedent over 0 (zero) and “a”. I create a thumbnail at 512x512 and name it something like this: $cover.jpg. ![]() In XnViewMP, the first image (in alphabetical order) can be used as the folder’s thumbnail. I like to color-code my folders so I know where things are located and whether the photos can be used commercially or not. You will have to change the theme to dark and know the shortcuts (it’s all customizable), and turn off things you don’t need to get that minimalism look. XnViewMP does not look like that when you first start. ^ Here is an image of XnViewMP sitting on top of Krita. But if you’re an artist like myself, then I highly recommend XnViewMP and you’ll understand why in a moment. If you’re someone who works mostly with photos and have a massive collection in the 100,000+ (family, vacation etc…), then digiKam is the heavy weight of them all. ![]() But digiKam is a bit bloated and has too many features that most artists don’t really need. I have installed and deleted XnViewMP many times in the past because its interface isn’t that appealing at first, and thought that digiKam (also free and cross-platform) was better, and it looks better too. In this post I will convince you why XnViewMP is the better choice. I have searched high and low and never thought that XnViewMP would be the right one for Krita artists: Powerful Image Viewer ![]() A lot can be said on the usage and gathering of references, a topic for another time, but here in this quick walkthrough I want to share my workflow involving photo references. requires a massive amount of data taken from other artists, how much more it is with us. The truth is that the more we see, hear and read the easier it will be to create and improvise as an artist. Or that to be original and creative, they must not copy or imitate. Beginners often think that if they just close their eyes and think hard enough, then great ideas will come. You were influenced by many things to come up with that concept. That creature concept you came up with that you think doesn’t exist in real life actually came from real life, no matter how distorted and out of this world it looks. All the ideas that you have came from somewhere or influenced by something outside of yourself. Or to put it another way: There’s nothing new under the Sun.
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