ImgLook is an easy to use tool, to organize your images, to convert image formats and shrink photos to smaller size.
ImgLook Tutorial: Convert HEIC to JPG/PNG & Master Image Management
In today's digital world, we're surrounded by image viewing and editing tools. Your operating system comes with built-in apps, and there are countless free and paid alternatives online. So why should you choose ImgLook?
Privacy and Security First: Unlike many cloud-based tools that upload your personal photos to remote servers, ImgLook processes all your images locally on your computer. Your family photos, personal documents, and sensitive images never leave your device. This is crucial for anyone concerned about data privacy or working with confidential images.
Professional Precision: While built-in apps offer basic functionality, ImgLook provides professional-grade tools for precise printing, batch processing, and advanced editing—all in one package.
Efficiency at Scale: Need to resize 100 vacation photos? Convert an entire folder of images to a different format? Add watermarks to dozens of product images? ImgLook handles these tasks efficiently with intuitive batch processing.
Cross-Platform Consistency: Whether you use macOS or Windows, ImgLook provides the same powerful interface and feature set, so you don't need to learn different tools on different devices.
When you first run ImgLook, you'll see a welcome screen with several options:
Take UI Tour: Recommended for new users to familiarize yourself with the interface
Skip and Start: Jump right into using the app
Don't show this welcome screen again: Toggle this if you don't want to see the welcome screen on future launches
Check for updates: Enable automatic update checking
ImgLook Welcome Screen
By default, ImgLook scans your "Pictures" folder. To add more folders:
Tip: You can add multiple folders for comprehensive image management.
ImgLook's interface consists of three main areas:
Gallery View: Shows all images from your added folders. Use the Sorting dropdown in the toolbar to organize by date, name, or other criteria (see General View).
Favorites: Click the star icon in the Navigation Panel to see only your favorited images. To favorite an image, right-click it and select "Add to Favorites."
By Dates: This powerful feature organizes your images chronologically. Click a year to see all images from that year, then click a month to see images from that specific month (see By Dates View).
Tags: Create custom tags to categorize your images. Right-click any image, select "Tags," and add relevant tags. Click a tag in the Navigation Panel to filter images (see Tags View).
Search: Use advanced filtering to find specific images by date range, dimensions, file type, or even geographical location (see Search View).
To view an image in detail:
Keyboard Shortcuts in Image Viewer:
Select multiple images by:
With multiple images selected, you can:
There are several ways to open an image for editing:
The Image Editor provides a comprehensive set of tools:
Drawing Tools: Line, Free Draw, Circle, Rectangle, Arrow, Text, and Step Marker tools for annotations.
Adjustment Tools: Crop, Rotate, Flip, Mirror, and Perspective Rectification for correcting image orientation.
Effects: Apply Black and White, Invert Color, Brightness/Contrast, Hue/Saturation, and more.
Advanced Features:
Each tool has customizable properties in the Right Side Panel. For example, when using the Text tool, you can adjust:
ImgLook's printing feature ensures WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) accuracy:
Printing Tips:
The resize workflow is similar to format conversion but includes resizing options (see Resize Images Window):
Create professional-looking images with watermarks and decorative frames:
Combine multiple images into artistic arrangements:
ImgLook integrates with your operating system for seamless workflow (see System Integration):
macOS: Adds "View by ImgLook," "Edit by ImgLook," and "Print by ImgLook" to Finder context menus for supported image files.
Windows: Adds the same options to Windows Explorer context menus.
Enable/disable these integrations in Settings → System Integration.
The primary interface with Navigation Panel (left sidebar), Mainview Panel (center area), and Main Menu (top right). Contains Gallery, Favorites, Local Computer, Tags, By Dates, and Search sections.
ImgLook Main Window
The default display mode in Mainview Panel showing thumbnails with Topbar containing sorting options, thumbnail size controls, and batch operation tools.
Calendar-based navigation showing images organized by year and month with highlighted months containing images.
Interface for managing and filtering images by user-defined tags with tag list and management controls.
Advanced filtering interface with options for date range, dimensions, file extension, and geo location filtering.
Full-screen image display with navigation controls, zoom tools, and image information sidebar.
ImgLook Image Viewer
Comprehensive editing workspace with drawing tools, adjustment tools, effects, and tool-specific property panels.
ImgLook Image Editor
Layout-based interface for combining multiple images into artistic arrangements with customizable cells and spacing.
ImgLook Photo Collage Maker
Precision printing interface with paper simulation, image positioning controls, and print settings panel.
ImgLook Print Image Precisely
5-step wizard for batch format conversion with preview, format options, and output configuration.
Batch resizing interface with dimension controls, aspect ratio options, and interpolation settings.
Multi-step interface for adding watermarks and decorative frames to images with preview and positioning controls.
ImgLook Add Watermark and Photo Frame
Creation interface for text or image watermarks with positioning, rotation, opacity, and repeat options.
Create Text Watermark
Design interface for creating decorative frames with border edges, fill options, and shadow effects.
Photo Frame
Configuration panel for shadow effects with blur radius, offset, angle, and color controls.
Add Text Drop Shadow
Operating system context menu integration for macOS Finder and Windows Explorer.
Use Tags Consistently: Develop a tagging system (e.g., "Vacation2023," "Family," "Work") for efficient organization.
Leverage Favorites: Mark frequently accessed images as favorites for quick retrieval.
Batch Process Smartly: When converting or resizing many images, use filename templates to maintain organization.
Save Presets: For frequently used watermark/frame combinations, save them as presets.
Keyboard Shortcuts: Learn the essential shortcuts (especially in Image Viewer) for faster navigation.
Regular Updates: Enable automatic update checking to get the latest features and bug fixes.
ImgLook provides a powerful, privacy-focused solution for all your image management and editing needs. By keeping all processing local to your device, it ensures your personal images remain secure while delivering professional-grade functionality.
Key takeaways:
Whether you're a photography enthusiast managing thousands of photos, a professional needing precise printing capabilities, or someone who values privacy in their digital tools, ImgLook offers the features and security you need in a single, intuitive application.
Start by adding your image folders, explore the different viewing modes, and try the batch processing features to experience the efficiency gains. With regular use, you'll discover how ImgLook can streamline your image workflow while keeping your data secure.
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