CThruView

CThruView is a small software application developed specifically for helping you view images in a clutter-free environment. Plus, it allows you to click through pictures.
It can be deployed on all Windows versions out there, provided that you have the Java working environment installed on the target computer.

Comes in a portable edition

This is a portable program. You can open the utility by simply running the executable file because there’s no setup included in the process. In addition, you can get rid of it by deleting the files that you have downloaded from the Internet.
It does not store entries in your Windows registry and leave other setup files in your system. It actually saves the configuration files on the target computer. You may store it on USB flash drives and run it without administrative privileges.

Straightforward layout

CThruView welcomes you with the configuration panel that embeds all dedicated parameters into a single window. A help manual is not included in the package but you can set up the configuration parameters on your own because they look easy to work with.
Pictures can be imported in the working environment using the built-in browse button (the drag-and-drop support is not implemented). Preset hotkeys can also be employed for carrying out faster actions.

Image viewing options

CThruView offers you the possibility to open a single photo in the preview panel. What’s more, it gives you the freedom to adjust the opacity, rotate it to different angles, set the scaling factor (resize it), and specify the position of the photo on the desktop by inserting a custom value or dragging and dropping it to the desired positon.
Other notable configuration settings worth being mentioned enable you to keep the image in a fixed position or make it movable, flip the picture horizontally, apply antialiasing effects, keep the photo on top of other panels, allow clicks to be performed through images, as well as hide or show the picture from/on the desktop.
Last but not least, you can save the configuration settings to a file on your computer so you can import them in your future projects. Tests have shown that CThruView carries out a task quickly. It does not eat up a lot of CPU and memory resources so the overall performance of the computer is not hampered.

Final remarks

All in all, CThruView comes packed with several handy features for helping you preview pictures, and can be handled by beginners and professionals alike.