IrfanView vs Windows Live Photo Gallery

IrfanView

Description: IrfanView is a free, open source image viewer, editor, organiser and converter program for Microsoft Windows. It supports a wide variety of image formats and basic image editing features like cropping, resizing and color adjustments.

Type: software

Pricing: Open Source

Windows Live Photo Gallery

Description: Windows Live Photo Gallery is a free photo editing and management software from Microsoft. It allows you to view, organize, edit, print and share digital photos. Its key features include face recognition and tagging, photo fixes and enhancements, panoramic photo stitching, and sharing photos on SkyDrive.

Type: software

IrfanView Features

• Supports a wide variety of image formats including JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, BMP
• Basic image editing tools like cropping, resizing, rotating, color adjustments
• Thumbnail/contact sheet generator
• Slideshow creator
• Batch conversion/renaming of images
• Plugins allow extending functionality

Windows Live Photo Gallery Features

• Face recognition and tagging
• Photo editing tools (crop, rotate, red-eye removal, etc.)
• Panoramic photo stitching
• Photo organization and management
• Integration with SkyDrive for cloud storage and sharing

IrfanView

• Open Source

Windows Live Photo Gallery

• Not listed