1 <chapter id="introduction">
2 <title>Introduction</title>
4 <sect1 id="what-is-gwenview">
5 <title>What is &kappname;</title>
8 &kappname; is a fast and easy to use image viewer for KDE.
12 Gwenview features three main modes: Browse, View, and Full Screen. Browse Mode
13 lets you navigate through your computer showing thumbnails of your images, View
14 Mode lets you view images one at a time, and Full Screen lets you make quick
18 <para>Image loading is handled by the Qt library, so &kappname; supports all
19 image formats your Qt installation supports. &kappname; correctly displays images
20 with an alpha channel (transparency) as well as animations.</para>
22 <para>&kappname; supports the displaying and editing of EXIF comments in JPEG
23 images. Lossless JPEG transforms such as rotations and mirroring are also supported.</para>
28 <!-- vim: set ft=xml: -->