This is a
great image viewer, even though all the features below may look
overwhelming to some - believe me, it really is a simple to understand and use
program! It has to be or I wouldn't be able to use it!!. You can view single
images, thumbnails of whole folders and you can even create a thumbnail
web page with each picture linking to original sized one. Lots more this
program has to offer, and it is completely
FREE. Filters, ability to resize, rename,
copy to, move to ..... etc.
IrfanView
is a very fast
FREEWARE (for non-commercial use)
32-Bit graphic viewer for Windows 9x, Windows NT and Windows 2000.
The first graphic viewer WORLDWIDE with Multiple
(animated) GIF support.
One of the first graphic viewers WORLDWIDE with Multipage
TIFF support The
first graphic viewer WORLDWIDE with Multiple
ICO support
Features:
Thumbnails, Preview, Drag & Drop Support, fast Directory View (fast
moving through directory), Print Support, Scan (TWAIN) Support,
Slideshow, Batch conversion, change the color depth, audio CD player,
Capturing, Cut/Crop, Effects (Blur, Sharpen etc.) and many many more ...
Only one EXE-File, no DLLs, no Shareware Messages like "I
Agree" ...
Available plugins:
MP3 -
PlugIn: allows IrfanView to play MP3 files.
IV_PLAYER
- PlugIn: allows IrfanView to play video/sound/audio-cd files (AVI,
MPG, WAV, MIDI, CDA, WMA, ASF, AIF, SND etc.)
FPX -
PlugIn: allows IrfanView to read FlashPix files.
LWF -
PlugIn: allows IrfanView to read/write LuraWave LWF files.
LDF -
PlugIn: allows IrfanView to read/write LuraDocument LDF files.
EMAIL -
PlugIn: allows IrfanView to send images as emails.
JPG
Transformation - PlugIn: allows IrfanView to process lossless JPG
transformations.
QUICKTIME
- PlugIn: allows IrfanView to play Apple Quicktime movies.
KDC -
PlugIn: allows IrfanView to read Kodak Digital Camera files.
Filter
Factory - PlugIn: allows IrfanView to use Filter Factory 8BF files
(Photoshop PlugIns).
FORMATS
- PlugIn: allows IrfanView to read some rare image formats (G3, RAS,
BioRAD, Dicom/ACR, Mosaic, XBM, XPM, GEM-IMG, SGI/RGB, WBMP, EXIF-Information
from EXIF-JPEGs).
FLASH -
PlugIn: allows IrfanView to read Macromedia's Flash/Shockwave files.
DJVU -
PlugIn: allows IrfanView to read AT&T DJVU files.
RA-Player
- PlugIn: allows IrfanView to play Real Audio RA files.
Filters
Unlimited - PlugIn: allows IrfanView to use Filters Unlimited files
(Photoshop PlugIns and filters).
NCC -
PlugIn: allows IrfanView to display NCC information from JPG, GIF
and PNG files.
Version 3.70 ( -
CURRENT VERSION - ) (Release date: 20.04.2002)
The below features have been
added/amended etc
Creating
of EXE/SCR files for presentations (in Slideshow dialog)
Support
for MNG/JNG formats (PlugIn)
Support
for MrSID format (PlugIn)
Support
for ECW format (PlugIn)
Support
for MRC format (PlugIn)
Support
for WAD format (WAD3, thanks to DrkShadow, PlugIn)
Support
for TTF format (True Type Fonts, in Formats PlugIn)
Support
for RAW format (in Formats PlugIn)
Support
for Canon CRW format (high resolution, VERY slow, using Canon DLLs,
PlugIn)
New
option: "Properties->PlugIns->Set TTF text"
New
menu: Image->Effects browser (Effects preview + settings)
New
effect: "Image->Red eye reduction" (in the selection), very simple
New nice
feature: Create Panorama Image (image menu)
Improved
resize/resample dialog (support for cm/inch resize)
Improved
batch dialog; Advanced batch options are saved
New
option: "Properties->Misc. 1->Close TWAIN after acquire" (Default:
ON)
(Setting OFF can be used for manual batch scanning)
New
option: "Properties->Misc. 1->Show PNG alpha/transparency color"
New nice
feature: support for TXT format, see also: "Properties->Misc. 3"
New
menu: File->Open ASCII file (TXT, INI, HTML, C, H, PAS, JAVA, DFM
etc.)
The
selection can be resized using left mouse button
Zoom
into selection with the left mouse button (zoom to window)
New
feature for administrators: "ShowExtensionsDlg" for INI file,
example:
[Extensions]
ShowExtensionsDlg=0
=> hide the extension dialog from properties
EXIF
information from JPGs is also saved in a new JPG
New EXIF
PlugIn
New
multipage TIF option: "Append image to TIF" (view->multipage images)
Toolbar
can be customized: "Properties->Misc. 3" or double click on toolbar
The
left/right keys (<-,->) can be also used for browsing through
directory
Improved
black/white TIF saving ("fixed" old and stupid 'Windows Imaging'
bug)
Context
menu for Thumbnail tree
New
command line option: /bpp=BitsPerPixel
Example: i_view32.exe c:\test.jpg /bpp=8
Supported BPP-values: 1, 4, 8 and 24 (decrease/increase color depth)
=> Open 'c:\test.jpg' and reduce to 256 colors
MP3
player is hidden in slideshow mode (can be used for background
music)
New
print option for multipage images in print dialog: Page range
FSH
format saving added, thanks to GreyMana
Improved
command line option "/print"; Support for custom printers:
Example: i_view32.exe c:\test.jpg /print="Printer Name"
Improved
command line option "/ini" = support for custom folders:
Example: i_view32.exe /ini="c:\temp\"
New
options in "Properties->Misc. 2" for slideshow/batch dialogs
Two new
variations for "fit to desktop": fit to desktop width/height
Option
to stretch small images for Contact sheet and Thumbnails
"Count
colors used" moved to Image info dialog
These
PlugIns are changed/added, please install the newest versions:
Formats, Flash, EaFSH, SFF, DJVU, EXIF, JPG-Transformation, MP3,
IPTC
http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.html
Some
minor bugs/features fixed/added
Note:
This is a free program for non commercial use. A site license is only
$10.
Go to
their site for more information and to download for FREE IrfanView. IrfanView
