FastPictureViewer WIC Codec Pack 1.62

FastPictureViewer WIC Codec Pack 1.62 is created with an aim to provide such platform support for additional formats and turn Windows Explorer into a raw viewer through read-only image decoders available in both 32 and 64-bit flavor for Win7, Vista and XP SP3.

Windows Vista introduced a modern and extensible imaging framework called Windows Imaging Component (WIC). The operating system comes with built-in support for several common image formats including jpeg, bmp, png, gif, tiff and HD Photo. WIC makes it possible for 3rd parties to add first-class support for image formats to Windows, complete with thumbnails in Explorer, preview and slideshow support in Photo Gallery / Photo Viewer and metadata search integration.

WIC-enabled image viewers such as Windows Live™ Photo Gallery, Windows 7's Media Center and FastPictureViewer Professional "automagically" gain the ability to open and view new image formats, play slideshows etc, so does all .NET 3.x and WPF-based applications.