# Introduction

## Chapter 1. Introduction

## What is Gwenview

Gwenview is a fast and easy to use image viewer for KDE.

It features a folder tree window and a file list window to provide easy navigation of your file hierarchy. Gwenview uses docked windows, so you can alter its layout any way you wish. You can also browse your images in full-screen mode, or embedded within Konqueror using the Image View and Kpart.

Image loading is handled by the Qt library, so Gwenview supports all image formats your Qt installation supports. Gwenview correctly displays images with an alpha channel as well as animations.

Gwenview supports the displaying and editing of EXIF comments if the necessary JPEG kfile-plugin is installed. This comes as part of the kdegraphics package. Lossless JPEG transforms such as rotations and mirroring are also supported.