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Bare-bones desktop image A/B comparison tool.

Usage

Starting a Comparison

Drag and Drop

Select several images or folders and drag and drop onto img-ab.exe, or open img-ab and then drag and drop images or folders onto the application.

Windows File Exporer Integration

Integrate with Send To in Windows File Explorer, set up as follows:

  1. Type shell:sendto in Run (Windows+R)
  2. Create a shortcut to img-ab.exe and move it to the Send To folder that was opened in the previous step.

And then use it:

  1. Select one or more files or folders, right click, choose Send To > img-ab.exe
  2. Optionally drag and drop more images or folders to add more to compare.

Command Line

Supply images or folders as command line arguments:

img-ab.exe image1.png image2.png ...

Keybindings

Press h to view keybindings.

hShow/Hide Help
1-9Select Image (Overlay Mode) / Select Left Image (Slider Mode)
Ctrl+1-9Select Right Image (Slider Mode Only)
Left/Right ArrowPrev/Next Image in Comparison
Up/Down Arrow or PageUp/PageDownPrev/Next Comparison
Home/EndFirst/Last Comparison
iShow/Hide Image Info
aToggle Overlay/Slider Mode
qImage Zoom: 100% Image Size
wImage Zoom: Zoom Out
eImage Zoom: Zoom In
rImage Zoom: Fit to Width
tImage Zoom: Fit to Height
Scroll Wheel Up/DownZoom In/Out at Current Cursor Position
yToggle Nearest Neighbor / Smooth Sampling
sTake Screen Capture of All Images

Build from Source

With NodeJS LTS installed, check out the source code and run the following from the root directory of the project:

npm install
npm run build
npm run make

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