PicaView

Picaview is an integrated program extension add-on for windows explorer developed by ACD Systems. The primary purpose of the digital imaging software is to act as an image viewer; however, this software offers more, and its capabilities don't stop there. Installation of the add-on will allow the user to instantly preview and manage a wide variety of image and multimedia file formats, as well as share them on the internet. With its right-click image viewer and support for the Windows versions of its time, from Windows 95 to Windows XP, Picaview was one of the most convenient image previewers of its era. It is no longer developed as a standalone product; the PicaView preview later became part of ACDSee. 

Features:

• Right Click image viewer - right-clicking an image will show a thumbnail of the image in the right-click menu. Clicking this thumbnail opens the image at full size without an additional program needing to load.
• Create and Print Image contact sheets
• Re-arrange Images within your folders
• Convert images into a wide variety of other formats
• Ability to rotate JPEG photos
• Zip file archive function.
• Function available in Windows Explorer, My Computer, Find Files/Search results, and even the Save as/Open dialog boxes. 
• Easily upload and share photos and digital images online using SendPix.
• Designed for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
• Allows the user to view and play in excess of 40 different image and other multimedia file formats (including, but not limited to wmf, jpeg, ico, bmp, avi, mpeg, tiff, and gif), with right-click access to MP3 and WAV files.
• Distributed by ACD Systems as a trial version (PicaView 2.0 Trial).

The right-click image viewer feature allows for quick and consistent viewing of any image type, without waiting for a program to load.

Compared with opening a separate viewer, Picaview stands out with its right-click image preview and seamless Explorer integration.