cPicture

AVIF Format

This format plugin extends cPicture with support for the AVIF picture format. AVIF pictures can be opened and saved.

This plugin is built on libavif.

GitHub: libavif

Note: AVIF takes its time when loading and can feel glacial when saving.

GIF Format

This format plugin extends cPicture with support for GIF pictures, including animated GIF playback.

This plugin is built on the Windows GDI+ library.

GIF files are opened read-only.

WebP Format

This format plugin extends cPicture with support for the WebP picture format. WebP pictures can be opened and saved.

This plugin is built on libwebp.

GitHub: libwebp

Download the plugin from Function plug-ins menu and select Manage in cPicture.
See the plugin overview

cPicture is updated to version 4.14

• Added RAW Structure Views, example for Nikon NEF:
  
  
• Updated the function to create a Webpage from the picture selection
  
  
  
  
  
• Add Search/Replace for the HexView to modify any picture data
  
  
• Support for JPEG Lossless Sequential Huffman encoding (this is different from the lossless JPEG10)
• New format plugin interface version 1.2 with animated image support, enabling playback of animated AVIF, WebP, and GIF files when the corresponding plugins are installed
• Minor improvements and general maintenance

cPicture is a portable application consisting of a single executable file with optional plugins.

Use the MSI installer to install or update the application, or use the Check for updates option in the Other category in the cPicture App.

Download German 64bit Installer MSI
Download English 64bit Installer MSI

Additional languages are available on the cPicture website. An alternative download is available on GitHub.
See the Download Instructions for details. For questions or feedback, please mail to cpicture.

FilmReel

This function plugin creates a FilmReel animation (.webp) from the selected images.

Settings:

• Frame delay (ms): Display duration of each frame in milliseconds
• Loop count (0 = infinite): How many times the animation repeats
• Quality (0–100): Compression level for lossy encoding
• Lossless: Lossless mode for maximum quality (larger file size)

The output file is saved next to the first selected image (_filmreel.webp).

Example FilmReel created from 9 pictures with 400ms delay:

Download the plugin from Function plug-ins menu and select Manage in cPicture.
See the plugin overview

OCR - Text Recognition

This function plugin recognizes text in selected images using the built-in Windows OCR engine. No API key or internet connection required.

The recognized text is shown in a dialog and can be copied to the clipboard with a single click. For multiple selected images, the results are combined with the file name as a section header.

Requirements: Windows 10 or higher. The OCR engine uses the language packs installed on the system.

Example picture:

Text result from the example picture:

Download the plugin from Function plug-ins menu and select Manage in cPicture.
See the plugin overview

cPicture is updated to version 4.13

• Improved folder view with more contextual information.
  This new setting is off by default and can be changed in the main settings (F9).
  
  Foldername (TotalFiles: [Raw] [Jpeg] [Video] [+Other]) (Total Size)
  
  for example:
  

  

• New video cut option to remove a section within a video
  Because not every moment needs to survive
  

  

• Added print preview

• Added Set-Marker column to the detail view

• Added tooltips to the detail view
  Truncated data items in the detail view now show helpful multi-line tooltips, making long metadata easier to read at a glance.

• New standardized JSON-based configuration

• Minor improvements and general maintenance

cPicture is a portable application consisting of a single executable file with optional plugins.

Use the MSI installer to install or update the application, or use the Check for updates option in the Other category.

Download German 64bit Installer MSI
Download English 64bit Installer MSI

Additional languages are available on the cPicture website. An alternative download is available on GitHub.
See the Download Instructions for details. For questions or feedback, please mail to cpicture.