<s>
An	O
image	B-Application
viewer	I-Application
or	O
image	B-Application
browser	I-Application
is	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
program	I-Application
that	O
can	O
display	O
stored	O
graphical	O
images	O
;	O
it	O
can	O
often	O
handle	O
various	O
graphics	O
file	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
software	O
usually	O
renders	O
the	O
image	O
according	O
to	O
properties	O
of	O
the	O
display	O
such	O
as	O
color	O
depth	O
,	O
display	B-General_Concept
resolution	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
color	O
profile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
one	O
may	O
use	O
a	O
full-featured	O
raster	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
editor	I-Application
(	O
such	O
as	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
or	O
GIMP	B-Application
)	O
as	O
an	O
image	B-Application
viewer	I-Application
,	O
these	O
have	O
many	O
editing	O
functionalities	O
which	O
are	O
not	O
needed	O
for	O
just	O
viewing	O
images	O
,	O
and	O
therefore	O
usually	O
start	O
rather	O
slowly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Image	B-Application
viewers	I-Application
give	O
maximal	O
flexibility	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
by	O
providing	O
a	O
direct	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
directory	O
structure	O
available	O
on	O
a	O
hard	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
image	B-Application
viewers	I-Application
do	O
not	O
provide	O
any	O
kind	O
of	O
automatic	O
organization	O
of	O
pictures	O
and	O
therefore	O
the	O
burden	O
remains	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
maintain	O
their	O
folder	O
structure	O
(	O
using	O
tag	O
-	O
or	O
folder-based	O
methods	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
some	O
image	B-Application
viewers	I-Application
also	O
have	O
features	O
for	O
organizing	O
images	O
,	O
especially	O
an	O
image	O
database	O
,	O
and	O
hence	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
image	B-Application
organizer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
image	B-Application
viewers	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
Windows	O
Photo	O
Viewer	O
that	O
come	O
with	O
Windows	O
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
change	O
a	O
JPEG	O
image	O
if	O
it	O
is	O
rotated	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
loss	O
of	O
image	O
quality	O
;	O
others	O
offer	O
lossless	B-Algorithm
rotation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typical	O
features	O
of	O
image	B-Application
viewers	I-Application
are	O
:	O
</s>
