- ToyViewer supports 4 different file extensions, that's why it was found in our database. The following tables provide information about the association of ToyViewer with file extensions. If the ToyViewer program can be used to convert the file format to another one, such information will also be provided.
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ToyViewer also deals with svg, jbig(bie), pcx, pcd, pnm (ppm, pbm, pgm), xbm, mag, SUN Rasterfile and others. For example, if you have Adobe Photoshop, ToyViewer can display psd image files. You can set ToyViewer to display any image format if there is a filter program to ppm format. ToyViewer is an image viewer, which also provides various editing functions. Quick starting is one of the features. ToyViewer can display many kinds of image formats, and can save in some formats. Image files in a folder or a ZIP / RAR archive can be displayed one by one in full-screen.
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There is some pretty cool freeware available for OS X.Browsers, of course; iTunes; email applications like MozillaThunderbird, GNUMail, Light, and ad-supported versions of Eudora.Another freeware application I like a lot is the system maintenanceand tweaking utility, OnyX,which is amazingly polished and professional for freeware.
Speaking of professionally turned-out freeware, another little appthat blows me away is ToyViewer,which was updated to version 4.60 last week.
ToyViewer is a tricky program to categorize. It's more than agraphics viewer but less than a full-fledged image editingapplication. It incorporates elements of both. I discovered it in myquest for an OS X-native image editor that could serve as a suitablesubstitute for my beloved ColorIt!, thus-far a classic-only application (although I now havea copy of the OS X beta).
There are several OS X-native image editors, but I haven't yetfound one that matches Color It! for speed, simplicity, andversatility.
Photoshopand PhotoshopElements are too big and slow, GIMPis too big and too geeky, and while Thorsten Lemke's GraphicConverteris a nice app that does pretty much everything I need to do, I stilllike Classic Color It! better, mainly because it is lightning fast onthe G3s and G4s (as one might expect of an app that will runtolerably well on a 68020 machine). I love Color It's virtuallyinstant startup (if Classic Mode is already running, which it usuallyisn't these days thanks to the Classic quit bug in Panther on myPismo)
I have Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0, which is certainly powerfulenough, but it's interface is clunky, and it's soooooo slowwww! I'mhoping for some improvement with Photoshop Elements 3.0.
Other OS X-native image editing software I've tried has likewisebeen either too slow, too bloated, or too feature-challenged for mytastes. I keep coming back to good 'ol Color It!
However,ToyViewer has won me over, and it's now one of the applications thatI keep running all the time, even when I'm using Photoshop Elementsor Color It! I find ToyViewer indispensable for quick, slick imageviewing and basic editing, resizing, and file format conversions.It's also a quick and convenient PDF viewer, with the ability todisplay and navigate multipage PDF documents included with Version4.60.
I wasn't expecting a lot when I first tried ToyViewer, which isfreeware, and its name doesn't exactly elicit confidence, but itpleasantly surprised me.
Thisprogram ain't no toy. It's an amazingly capable image converter andeditor, and it's become one of those 'can't do without it' generalfactotum applications. For resizing and converting images, which arethe two most common tasks I do with graphics, ToyViewer is evenfaster and slicker than Color It! Indeed, if just cut-and-pasteediting were added, ToyViewer would serve about 95% of my graphicsutility needs admirably.
ToyViewer was originally developed on NeXTstep and then OpenStep.Currently it is for Mac OS X (Cocoa).
ToyViewer has an impressive array of simple image editingfunctions and also offers filter services to other applications.
New in this version of ToyViewer:
- You can make the size of newly displayed images small if theyare large.
- New function 'Color Balance' is added. Simple auto fixoperation is also available.
- Simple auto fix operation is added to 'Brightness/Monochrome'panel. The interface of the panel is updated.
- The interface of 'Resize' panel is updated.
- PICT images are dealt with as bitmap images.
- The numbers of the popup menu for resizing on each window arearranged in increasing order.
- Printing routine is updated. Three ways of printing areprovided:
- Shrink automatically,
- Divide into some pages, and
- Print the central part only.
- To save an image, cmd-S displays a sheet on which you canselect the format.
- Control panel to show specified page of multipage PDF isadded.
- Library libpng (for PNG images) is updated to 1.2.6.
- Utility tool JasPer (for JPEG2000 images) is updated to1.701.0.
- Bug Fix: On the save panel of JPEG2000, some functions werenot selectable.
- Bug Fix: Some parts of German interface did not workwell.
ToyViewer features in a nutshell:
- ToyViewer can read and display image files in followingformats: TIFF, GIF, BMP, PNG, JPEG, BIE (JBIG), PCX, PCD, PICT,PNM (PPM, PBM, or PGM), XBM, MAG, SUN Rasterfile, JPEG2000 (JP2,JPC, J2K), and other formats supported by Mac OS X.
- Displayed images can be saved in following formats: TIFF, PDF,GIF, BMP, PNG, JPEG, JPEG2000, BIE (JBIG), PNM, or XBM.
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Bitmap Images, Vector Images, and PICT Format
In image formats such as JPEG, GIF, or TIFF, an image consists ofpixels (colored dots). Such images are called 'bitmap images' or'raster images.' Most operations of ToyViewer are for bitmap images.PDF or EPS images consist of drawing information such as lines orcircles; these are called 'vector images.' The quality of vectorimages is independent of the resolution of the printer ordisplay.
ToyViewer provides a function to rasterize, that is, convert avector image into a bitmap image. You can apply operations such asadjustment of brightness to rasterized images. However, the qualityof the images depends on the resolution of the printer ordisplay.
PICT format images can contain both bitmap and vector information.Though ToyViewer basically deals with PICT images as vector images,it can also deal with them as bitmap images. In this case, ToyViewerautomatically rasterizes the PICT image. For example, you can clip apart of the image or you can adjust its brightness. In order to turnthe function on or off, use the check button of 'PICT: Deal with as abitmap image' in 'Formats' of Preferences panel. If you want to dealwith a PICT image as a bitmap image, you must rasterize it first.
JPEG format can achieve high compression. However, the quality ofthe image is diminished. In general, high quality prevents goodcompression, and good compression spoils quality. This parameter ofJPEG can be set by the save panel.
JPEG is recommended for continuous color or monochrome 8-bitimages. Applying it to other images, especially 1-bit black-and-whiteimages, will not only worsen image quality but also create largerfiles.
You can save images in interlaced (progressive) format. When aninterlaced image is displayed on a Web page, its outline is displayedquickly even if the speed of the Net is slow, but the compressionratio is slightly worse.
In the JPEG2000 format, like JPEG, high quality prevents goodcompression, and good compression spoils quality. In JPEG2000, youcan save images without loss of the original data (losslesscompression). JPEG2000 is recommended for continuous color ormonochrome 8-bit images. In lossless compression, JPEG2000 providesbetter compression ratio than PNG. In lossy compression, even if thecompression ratio is relatively high, noise is inconspicuous comparedwith JPEG.
When you save an image in TIFF, you can select either nocompression or LZW compression. As LZW is a lossless compression, thequality of the image is not spoiled. In some TIFF images, color isrepresented with CMYK instead of RGB. ToyViewer can convert CMYK intoRGB using 'Operation / CMYK->RGB', but it takes a long time withcurrent implementation.
ToyViewer can attach a custom icon to any file as well as a newlysaved image file.
ToyViewercan read and write CF or PNG files with transparent color, and alsocan read and write interlaced (progressive) GIF, PNG, or JPEGfiles.
ToyViewer can scan (auto-display) image files in a folder. You canalso display images in full-screen size.
Displayed images can be scaled (enlarge/shrink).
You can rotate, flip, or clip images.
ToyViewer has the ability to automatically fix the balance ofcolors. You can also adjust brightness, contrast, and color tone ofimages.
If the 'Auto Fix' button is clicked, ToyViewer examines thebalance of the brightness of the image and sets the brightness,contrast, and gamma sliders. Clicking the 'Brightness' button, youcan make a new image. However, Auto Fix does not always functionappropriately. If newly displayed image does not appear pleasing tothe eye, you should adjust the sliders manually.
If a part of image is selected, ToyViewer refers to only theinside (or outside) of the selection. Auto fix ignores the brightestpart and the darkest part of the image. Slider 'Auto Fix Range'specifies the percentage of the part that is not ignored.
Foreach element of RGB, you can adjust brightness (strength), contrast,and gamma. This operation cannot be applied to vector images (e.g.,PDF). In order to tune the color balance, using mainly gamma slidersis recommended. Smaller gamma values make the corresponding colorricher. Moreover, if the original color balance doesn't needcorrection, you can use the Auto Fix function instead.
You can also tune color tone (saturation and hue) of images. Ifyou click 'Effect / Enhance Color Tone...,' a panel is displayed onwhich you can set the degree of enhancement. Large values of'Saturation' make images brilliant. You can also control the hue ofimages. This operation can not be applied to vector images (e.g.,PDF).
Youcan replace a specified color in the image with another color. If youclick 'Effect / Replace Colors...,' a panel is displayed on which youcan set replaced colors with the color-wells. The degree of exactnessin comparison of colors is set by a slider. If an area is selected bydragging, this operation will be applied to only inside or outside ofthe area. You can replace a specified color with another color ortransparent color.
ToyViewer supports some typical image operations, such asenhancement, mosaic, embossing, and so on.
Full color images can be reduced into 256, 64, or 8 colors. Also,each color value of images can be cut down to 4, 2, or 1 bit.
ToyViewercan make images monochrome (8-bit gray, 2-bit gray, or bilevel).
Images can be printed. An image is automatically shrunk to beprinted on a sheet or divided into multiple pages.
ToyViewer provides image conversion filter services for otherapplications.
You can add comments to images (comments are written into onlyGIF, PNG, JPEG, or PNM formats).
You can make Aqua-button-like images.
If you like a displayed image, you can make it the Desktop picture(wallpaper) of your Mac.
ToyViewer has Japanese, English, French, and German Interfaces.(French and German interfaces are incomplete).
Perhaps the developer, Takeshi Ogihara, has no interest in turningToyViewer into a full-zoot bitmap 'paint' program, but what's alreadythere is so good that it's tantalizing to think how cool it would beif a set of MacPaint style editing tools and functions were added. Iencourage Mr. Ogihara to give it some serious thought.
System requirements: Mac OS X 10.3 or higher
ToyViewer is freeware.
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The primary purpose of our website is to provide the user with a list of software programs that support a particular file extension, as well as that help to convert them to another format. ToyViewer supports 4 different file extensions, that's why it was found in our database. The following tables provide information about the association of ToyViewer with file extensions. If the ToyViewer program can be used to convert the file format to another one, such information will also be provided.
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ToyViewer opens the files:
What can I use this information for?
This information is especially useful when looking for a way to open a specific file. If you already have ToyViewer installed on your computer, you can check which file extensions it supports and look for the data you need in this specific format (or to what format you should convert the data so that you can open them in the ToyViewer).
I do not have a ToyViewer yet. Where should I get it?
By far the most safe way is to download ToyViewer directly from the developers's website. If you are going to download the ToyViewer from a website that offers a database of downloadable software, you have to reckon with the fact that when you install it on your computer, you will also install the unwanted extras. Please, pay special attention to this.
I cannot see the file extensions. What should I do?
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File extensions are not normally displayed to users. To change this, go to Control Panel, select Appearance and Personalization and Folder Options. Next, select the View and find the option 'Hide extensions for known file types'. The option should be deselected (cleared) and confirmed with OK.