The quality of image and video capture has improved tremendously over the years and the capabilities of our digital devices continue to push the limits of image quality. However, there is a bummer! The high-res images we take does come at the hefty price of an increase in the size of images taken.

For this reason, uploading images on the internet can be painfully slow especially if you’re on a network with minimal bandwidth. While there are varying online services and softwares for other platforms that will effectively convert your image files while still maintaining the original quality, it is rather hard to come by native clients for Linux systems.

XnViewMP – Image Manipulation Tool

XnviewMP is a full featured cross-platform image manipulation software; albeit not in the league of GIMP and Photoshop, the software does own up to its advertised features and capabilities.

Asides being a batch image converter, XnViewMP supports a wide variety of formats totaling 500 including animated; it is bundled with a number of filters and effects, and quite a few other basics as listed below followed by the 500 formats supported – you can, however, jump straight to XnViewMP installation, if you’d rather not go through the list.

Other noteworthy features of XnView’s Linux client include:

70 graphic export file formats supported

Support for multipage TIFF, Animated GIF, Animated ICO

Image IPTC, EXIF metadata support

EXIF auto rotation support

IPTC editing

Support for resize, rotate, crop

Brightness and contrast adjustment supported

Fullscreen mode

Image slide show with effects

Screen capture

Create or edit Multi-page file (TIFF, DCX, LDF)

Multi-language

Compare image side by side

Filmstrip layout

And the long list of supported input formats (alphabetically) are:

ADEX img,rle

AIM Grey Scale ima,im

ARF arf

AT&T Group 4 att

Access g4

Aces200 ace

Acorn Sprite

Adobe Illustrator ai

Adobe PhotoParade php

Adobe Photoshop psd

Advanced Art Studio ocp,art,pic

AirNav anv

Alias Image File pix,als,alias

Alpha Microsystems BMP bmp

Amapi 2d

Amica Paint ami,[b]

Amiga IFF iff,blk

Amiga icon info

Amstrad Cpc Screen

Andrew Toolkit raster object atk

Apollo HDRU hdru,hdr

ArcInfo Binary hdr

Art Director art

Artisan art

Artist 64 a64

Astronomical Research Network arn

Aurora sim

Auto F/X afx

Autocad CAD-Camera img

AutoCAD DXF dxf

AutoCAD DWG dwg

Autodesk Animator fli,flc

Autodesk SKETCH thumbnail skf

Autodesk SketchUp component skp

Autologic gm,gm2,gm4

Award Bios Logo epa

Axialis Screensaver ssp

B3D (images) b3d

BFLI bfl,bfli

BMF bmf

BYU SIR sir

Bfx Bitware bfx

Bio-Rad confocal pic

Blazing Paddles pi

Bob Raytracer bob

Brooktrout 301 brk,301,brt

Buttonz & Tilez texture til

byLight bif

CALS Raster cal,cals

CDU Paint cdu

CMU Window Manager cmu

CP8 256 Gray Scale cp8

Calamus cpi,crg

Canon Navigator Fax can

Canon PowerShot crw

Cartes Michelin big

Casio QV-10/100 Camera cam

Chinon ES-1000 digital camera cmt

Cloe Ray-Tracer clo,cloe

ColoRIX rix,sci,scx,sc?

CompW wlm

CompuServe GIF gif,giff

Computer Eyes, Digital Vision ce

ComputerEyes Raw ce1,ce2

Core IDC idc

Corel Draw Bitmap (preview) cdr

Corel Draw Pattern (preview) pat

Corel Flow bmf

Corel Metafile Exchange (preview) cmx

Corel PhotoPaint 6.0 cpt

CoverDesigner ncd

CoverDesigner Template nct

DBW Render

DIV Game Studio Map map

DIV Game Studio Multi Map fpg

DKB Ray-Tracer dis

DPX dpx

Dali Raw sd0,sd1,sd2

Datacopy img

Degas & Degas Elite pi1,pc1,pi2, pc2,pi3,pc3, pi4,pi5,pi6

Deluxe Paint, Electronic Arts lbm,ilbm

Dicom dcm,acr

Digital F/X tdim

Digital Research (GEM Paint) img,gem

Discorp CMP Image cmp

DjVu djvu,djv,iw4

Doodle Atari doo

Doodle C64 dd

Doodle C64 (Compressed) jj

Dr Halo cut

Draz Paint drz

EA Sports FSH fsh

EPS Interchange Format epi

ERI-chan (Entis Rasterized Image) eri

ESM Software Pix pix

Ecchi ecc

Eclipse tile

Edmics c4

Electric Image ei,eidi

Embroidery bmc

Encapsulated Postscript(Preview) eps

Enhance Simplex esm

Eroiica eif

Enhanced Compressed Wavelet ecw

Explore (TDI) & Maya tdi,iff

FIF (Iterated System) fif

FIT fit

Fax Group 3 g3,fax

Fenix Map map

Fenix Multi Map fpg

Flash Image fi

FlashPix Format fpx

Flexible Image Transport System fts,fits,fit

Fuzzy bitmap fbm,cbm

GeoPaint geo

Gfa Raytrace sul

Gimp Bitmap xcf

Gimp Brush gbr

Gimp Icon ico

Gimp Pattern pat

GoDot 4bt,4bit,clp

HF hf

HP-48/49 GROB gro,grb

HRU hru

HSI Raw raw

Half-Life Model mdl

Hayes JTFax jtf

Hemera Photo Image hpi

Hemera Thumbs hta

Heretic II MipMap m8

Hi-Eddi hed

Hires C64 hir

Homeworld Texture lifHPGL/2 plt, hgl, hg, hpg, plo, hp,hp1, hp2, hpgl2, gl2, prn, spl

IBM Kips kps

IBM Printer Page Segment pse

IM5 (Visilog) im5

IMNET Image imt

IOCA ica,ioca

ISS iss

Icon Library icl

Image Capture Board icb

Image Magick file mif,miff

Image Speeder ish

Image System (Hires) ish

Image System (Multicolor) ism

Image Systems RLC2 Graphic rlc

ImageLab b&w,b_w

Imaging Fax g3n

Imaging Technology img

Img Software Set img

Inshape iim

InterPaint (Hires) iph

InterPaint (Multicolor) ipt

Intergraph Format itg,cit,rle

Interleaf iimg

Iris CT ct

Iris graphic iris

J Wavelet Image Codec wic

JBIG jbg,bie,jbig

JPEG / JFIF jpg,jpeg,jif

jfif,J,jpe

JPEG-2000 Code Stream jpc

JPEG-2000 JP2 File Format jp2,j2k,jpx

JPEG-LS jls

Jeff’s Image Format jif

Jovian VI vi

Jpeg Network Graphics jng

JustButtons animated bitmap btn

Khoros Visualization Image file vif,viff,xv

KinuPix Skin thb

Kiss Cel cel

Koala Paint koa

Koala Paint (Compressed) gg

Kodak Cineon cin

Kodak DC120 Digital Camera kdc

Kodak DC25 Camera k25

Kodak Photo CD pcd

Kofax Group 4 kfx

Konica Camera File kqp

LSS16 16

LView Pro lvp

LaserData lda

Light Work Image lwi

LucasFilm Format lff

Lumena CEL cel

LuraDocument Format ldf

LuraWave Format lwf

LuraWave JPEG-2000 Code Stream jpc

LuraWave JPEG-2000 Format jp2,j2k,jpx

MAGIchan Graphics mag

MGI Photosuite Project pzp

MGR bitmap mgr

MTV Ray-Tracer mtv

Mac Paint mac,mpnt,macp

pntg,pnt,paint

Macintosh Quickdraw/Pict pic,pict,pict2 pct

Maggi Hairstyles & Cosmetics fff

Male MRI pd,t1,t2

Male Normal CT fre

Marks Russel File mrf

Mavica 411

Maw-Ware Textures mtx

Mayura Draw pdx

MegaPaint bld

Megalux Frame frm

Micro Dynamics MARS pbt

Micro Illustrator Uncompressed mil

Micrografx Picture Publisher 4.0 pp4

Micrografx Picture Publisher 5.0 pp5

Microsoft Paint msp

Microtek Eyestar img

Mindjongg Format ipg

MonkeyCard pdb

MonkeyLogo pdb

MrSid sid

Msx 2 Screen sc2

Multiple Network Graphics mng

Multiple Network Graphics mng

NCR Image ncr

NIST ihdr pct

National Imagery Transmission nitf

NeoBook Cartoon car

Neochrome (ST & TT) neo

Neopaint Mask npm

Neopaint Stamp stw

Nikon D1 digital camera nef

Nokia Group Graphics ngg

Nokia Logo File nlm

Nokia Operator Logo nol

Nokia OTA bitmap otb

OAZ Fax oaz

OS/2 Bitmap bmp,bga

Olicom Fax ofx

Open Image Library Format oil

Optigraphics cft

Optigraphics Tiled ttf

Optocat abs

Oric Hires hir

Oric TAP tap

Os/2 Warp bga

PABX background pix

PC Paint / Pictor Page pic,clp

PCO b16

PM pm

PWC pwc

Page Control Language pcl

Paint Magic pmg

PaintShopPro Browser Cache File jbf

PaintShopPro Frame pfr

PaintShopPro Image psp

PaintShopPro Mask msk

PaintShopPro Pattern pat

PaintShopPro Picture Tube tub

PaintShopPro Texture tex

Palm Pilot pdb

Pegs pxs,pxa

Pfs Art Publisher art

Photo Deluxe pdd,pdb

PhotoFantasy Image fsy

PhotoFrame frm

PhotoStudio File psf

PhotoStudio Stamp stm

Photomatrix cat

Pict2 p2

Photopaint Image apx

Picasso 64 p64

Picture Gear Pocket prc

Pixar picture file pic,pxr,picio

pixar

Pixel Power Collage ib7,i17,i18

if9

Pixia pxa

Pixibox pxb

Planetary Data System pds,img

Playback Bitmap Sequence bms

Pocket PC Bitmap 2bp

Polychrome Recursive Format prf

Portable Bitmap pbm,rpbm

Portable Document Format pdf

Portable Greyscale pgm,rpgm

Portable Image pnm,rpnm,pbm

rpbm,pgm,rpgm

ppm,rppm

Portable Network Graphics png

Portable Pixmap ppm,rppm

Portfolio Graphics pgf

Portfolio Graphics Compressed pgc

Portrait cvp

Poser Bump bum

Postscript ps,eps

PowerPoint (images) pps

PowerPoint Presentation (images) ppt

Printfox/Pagefox bs,pg,gb

Prisms pri

Psion Serie 3 Bitmap pic

Psion Serie 5 Bitmap mbm

Punk Productions Picture ppp

Puzzle pzl

Q0 q0,rgb

Qdv (Random Dot Software) qdv

Qrt Ray-Tracer qrt

Quake Texture wal

Quantel VPB vpb

QuickTime Image Format qtif,qti

RIPTerm Image icn

Radiance rad,img,pic

Rainbow Painter rp

Raw raw,gry,grey

Rayshade pic

Red Storm File Format rsb

Ricoh Digital Camera j6i

Ricoh Fax 001

Ricoh IS30 pig

RunPaint (Multicolor) rpm

SBIG CCD camera ST-4 st4

SBIG CCD camera ST-X stx,st4, st5, st6,st7,st8

SPOT dat

Saracen Paint sar

SciFax sci

SciTex Continuous Tone sct,ct

Seattle Film Works sfw

Seattle Film Works multi-image pwp,sfw

SecretPhotos puzzle xp0

Sega SJ-1 DIGIO sj1

Sharp GPB img

Silicon Graphics RGB rgb,rgba,bw

iris,sgi

Skantek skn

Slow Scan Television hrz

SmartDraw 6 template sdt

SmartFax 001

SmoothMove Pan Viewer pan

Softimage pic,si

Solitaire Image Recorder sir

Sony DSC-F1 Cyber-shot pmp

Sony Playstation TIM tim

Spectrum 512 spu

Spectrum 512 (Compressed) spc

Spectrum 512 (Smooshed) sps

SriSun ssi

Stad pic,pac,seq

Star Office Gallery sdg

Starbase img

Stardent AVS X x,avs,mbfs

mbfavs

Starlight Xpress SX 500×291 RAW

Stereo Image jps

Structured Fax Format sff

Sun Icon/Cursor icon,cursor,ico

pr

Sun Rasterfile ras,rast,sun

sr,scr,rs

Sun TAAC file iff,vff,suniff

taac

Synthetic Universe syn,synu

TG4 tg4

TI Bitmap 92i,73i,82i, 83i,85i,86i, 89i

TIFF Revision 6 tif,tim,tiff

TRS 80 hr

TealPaint pdb

Thumbnail tnl

Tiny tny,tn1,tn2

tn3

Total Annihilation gaf

Truevision Targa tga,targa,pix

bpx,ivb

Ulead Pattern pst

Ulead PhotoImpact upi

Ulead Texture pe4

Usenix FaceServer fac,face

Utah raster image rle,urt

VITec vit

VRML2 wrl

Verity vif

Vicar vic,vicar,img

Vidcom 64 vid

Video Display Adapter vda

Vista vst

Vivid Ray-Tracer img

Vort pix

Vue d’esprit vob

WAD (Half Life) wad

WaveL iwc

Wavefront Raster file rla,rlb

WebShots wbc,wbz

WhyPic ypc

WinFAX fxs,fxo,wfx

WinMIPS pic

Windows & Aldus Metafile wmf

Windows Animated Cursor ani

Windows Bitmap bmp,rle,vga

rl4,rl8,sys

Windows Clipboard clp

Windows Cursor cur

Windows DIB dib

Windows Enhanced Metafile emf

Windows Icon ico

Wireless Bitmap (level 0) wbmp,wbm,wap

Word Perfect Graphics wpg

X Windows System dump xwd,x11

X11 Bitmap xbm,bm

X11 Pixmap xpm,pm

XV Visual Schnauzer p7

Xara (images) xar

Xerox DIFF xif

Ximage xim

Xionics SMP smp

YUV 16Bits yuv,qtl,uyvy

YUV 16Bits Interleaved yuv,qtl,uyvy

YUV 4:1:1 yuv,qtl

YUV 4:2:2 yuv,qtl

YUV 4:4:4 yuv,qtl

ZX Spectrum Hobetta $s,$c,!s

ZX Spectrum Snapshot sna

ZX Spectrum standard screen scr

ZZ Rough rgh

Zoner Callisto Metafile (preview) zmf

Zoner Zebra Metafile (preview) zbr

Zsoft Multi-page Paintbrush dcx

Zsoft Publisher’s Paintbrush pcx,pcc,dcx

Description Extensions Legend

Sound file, Audio Interchange Format aif,aiff

Sun & Next Audio format au,snd

Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) mdi

Windows audio file wav

Video for Windows avi,vfw

QuickTime Movie mov,qt

Moving Pictures Experts Group format mpg,m1v,mpa, mpe,mpeg

Installing XnviewMP in Linux

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Note: Instruction is particular to Debian, Ubuntu, and derivative systems.

You can download the XnviewMP precompiled debs (available for both x86 and x64 architectures) or compressed tgz file (for other systems) from here. Alternatively, you can download the application from Getdeb.net which is an unofficial repository for Ubuntu packages.

Before downloading the package from Getdeb.net, you’ll need to install Getdeb itself and you can find instructions here after which you’ll then search for XnviewMP on Getdeb or download directly here – but only after you might have setup Getdeb on your PC.

XnviewMP is overall great and surprisingly robust; however, the application is proprietary but free and doesn’t come with adware or bloatware.

Alternatively, if you prefer minimalistic, we recommend Trimage or XnConvert (a stripped down version XnViewMP) both of which are also quite the functional batch image converters without the bells and whistles XnviewMP ships with, of course.