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Type   picture viewer picture viewer html album generator picture viewer/manager(db) picture viewer, album functions picture viewer picture viewer picture viewer, album functions album (as application) creator picture viewer picture viewer

Supported Formats:		                        
All common image formats 3 yes yes   yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
jpeg 1 yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes    
gif 2 yes yes   yes yes yes yes yes yes    
Multimedia (Sound and Video) 4     no yes   yes     yes yes no
Office and Adobe Acrobat 4     no yes       no   yes no
HTML and XML 2     no yes       no   yes no
Text Files 2     no yes       no   yes no

Viewing Modes:		                        
Browsing of Images on your hard drive 2 yes yes no yes no yes yes no no yes yes

Meta Data Functions:		                        
File categorisation by keywords yes yes no no yes yes no no yes yes no no
Searching for Files on keywords and descriptions 2 yes no no yes yes no no yes yes no no
Assigning of descriptions to files yes yes no no yes yes no no yes yes yes yes
Structured, customizable metadata management YES no no no no no no no no no no no
seperation of metadata and data(pictures and text) YES no no no no no no no no no no no

Viewing Features:		                        
Thumbnail support -  dynamically created / stored options 1 yes yes / ? - yes / yes yes no yes / ? yes / ? yes / ? yes / yes yes / yes
Multiple Image Windows don't know yet no yes - yes   no yes no yes yes yes
Slideshow 3 yes no no yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes
Zoom, with 'Shrink to Fit' and 'Stretch to Fit' don't know yet   yes - yes   no       yes yes
Camera and Scanner acquisition 3 yes   Camera yes yes no yes yes   yes yes

Other:		                        
Checking for Identical files 4   no       no          
Sorting by Name, Date, Size, type, etc. 3   no by Date only     no          
HTML Thumbnail creation 1 yes no yes yes yes no yes yes no yes yes
Thumbnail sheet creation 1 yes no yes yes yes no yes yes no yes yes
File and directory management functions 2 yes   no yes   no     no yes yes
Customizable interface 3   no no yes   no yes no no yes yes
movie maker no no no no no   no yes no no no no
find similar pictures 4   no no no   no yes no no no no