FreeVimager is a small but handy tool to view and edit digital photos.
Edit By BS Editor: It can as well play avi video files and some type of audio files. There are many tools around doing that, but the aim of this Freeware is to be a small and handy tool doing what it says and running also as a standalone exe file (installer not necessary).

Features:

* View & Edit graphics file of type: jpeg, bmp, gif, tiff (multi-page), png and pcx
* Save as PDF command
* Jpeg lossless rotate and crop
* Works with all Windows versions from 95 up to VistaImage
* Multi-monitor support: switch form one monitor to another through context menu or TAB key
* The executable only version stores the settings to a INI file
* Preview Display with transparency (useful when working with two or more monitors)
* Unicode support: Open, Edit, Batch Process or Batch Rename your files named in russian, indian, chinese, japanese...
* EXIF is displayed and all data are kept when editing and saving images
* EXIF date / time adjustment in batch mode
* IPTC & XMP single file / batch editing support for jpeg and tiff files
* Batch Processing and CD / DVD Slideshow creation
* Recursive directory slideshow to view all files in a directory and its subdirectories
* Print Preview with image positioning by dragging
* SSE optimized bicubic interpolation for fast and good printing quality
* Size optimized Email sending of image(s)
* Well known editing features like: rotate, crop, resize, brightness, contrast, sharpen, ...
* Live configurable RedEye removal tool
* Live Ansel Adams Zone System Histogram under Brightness, Contrast, ... (thanks Jordi for the suggestion) you can free download FreeVimager 2.0.9 now.