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IrfanView is one of the longest-serving and most popular freeware image editors available. Fast, compact, and flexible, IrfanView is also packed with features and extras, including TWAIN support, frames and borders, and slideshows, wallpaper, and screenshots. IrfanView plays music and videos, too; in fact, it's long been prized for its ability to open a huge range of files. It's also widely customizable, with lots of options.
IrfanView's setup wizard is one of the most comprehensive we've seen, with many options to set, such as which file types you want the program to open. When you install IrfanView, it places two shortcuts on the desktop: one to open the program and another, IrfanView Thumbnails, that accesses a file-browsing tool with an Explorer-style tree view. IrfanView's main interface is just a plain empty window with a toolbar, but don't be fooled: whether you open an image directly in the main window or click an image in IrfanView Thumbnails to open it in a new window, the program's menus offer plenty of choices. The options menu addresses everything from how IrfanView looks to languages, plug-ins, and file associations, in case you want to change the settings you made when setting up the program. We clicked a few thumbnails and opened some images, which IrfanView quickly resized, converted, cropped, and flipped. We could also correct color, remove red-eye, sharpen images, and create negatives. One especially useful feature is IrfanView's lossless JPEG rotator. Many users are unaware that simply rotating a JPEG can reduce its quality, but a lossless rotator can reorient your images without changing the file's quality. Another neat extra creates panoramic images with the help of a simple wizard. Speaking of Help, IrfanView offers all any user could want, with a full manual as well as FAQs, a list of keyboard shortcuts, and online resources.
Fast and capable, this lightweight app is perfect for most jobs, and most users, too. With so many free graphics apps to choose from, you have plenty of options if you have special needs. We can't think of a better go-to image tool to start with than IrfanView.
Irfanview - Convert and edit images - Download Video Previews:Publisher's Description
From Irfan Skiljan:
IrfanView is a fast and compact image viewer/converter. It is trying to be simple for beginners and powerful for professionals. It supports file formats and features. Features include: multi-language support, Thumbnail option, Painting, slideshow, toolbar skins, fast directory browsing, batch conversion/editing, multipage editing, file search, change color depth, scanning, cut/crop, IPTC edit, capturing, lossless JPG operations, effects, watermark image option, ICC support, EXE/SCR creating, many hotkeys, command line options and plugins.
What's new in this version: Version 4.35 adds new insert text features, dialog profiles, updated TIF loader, bug fixes, plugin updates etc.
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All versions:
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Current version:
4.6 starsout of 58 votes
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"easy functional and free"
Version: IrfanView 4.35
Pros
easy functions that can be simple to operate
Cons
Needs better auto adjust functions such as group adjustments.
Summary
Been around for years and keeps getting better
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"My go-to program for pics I take or grab off the 'net"
Version: IrfanView 4.35
Pros
Easy keyboard shortcuts, great plug-ins (eg. create .pdf from multiple images, F12:add arrows, boxes, paint, erase, and more), fast, enables me to add arrows and text, auto-rotate to straighten pics to horizontal, easy crop, easy enlarge canvas size to paste additional pics into current pic and/or text for instructional use or collage, great compensations for dark pics and overexposed pics, easy batch treatments for size reductions (either file size via variable compression or pic size in inches) and more, easy to control print size in inches, and many more useful features.
Cons
only 1 level of undo
Summary
I have used Irfanview for years and it is my go-to for getting pics ready to show.. whether vacation or everyday pics, procedure instructions, or before & after views in one pic. It amazes me how much it can do and I'm sure I'm only scratching its surface. I do not use this for some things and another program for other things, as Irfanview does everything I need with the pictures I take (or grab off the 'net).
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"Great Program for resizing pictures and more Awesome"
Version: IrfanView 4.35
Pros
This is a great program for resizing pictures.When I put pictures on my PC from my digital camera they are way to big,most of the time a little over 1 mb.Way to big to send people and takes up a lot of space.With IrfanView I resize the pictures to jpeg and to cover most of the screen and it is only around 20 to 80 KB in size.I have used it for a long time for Ebay pictures.
Cons
No cons for me
Summary
If you want a great program for resizing pictures this is it.I also convert mine as jpeg.Great for Ebay pictures.Saves a lot of space.I wish more people would use it.I hate when somebody sends me a picture that has not been resized and would cover 5 monitor screens.Way to big.I got to play with it a little the other night and found out I could add Text in my pictures with my choice of colors.Anyway I would recommend this to anyone.Thanks IrfanView
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"Excellent full-featured freeware with little overhead"
Version: IrfanView 4.35
Pros
Fast, Easy-to-use, compact, opens MANY file types.
Cons
None I can think of although I don't use most of the tools available.
Summary
Highly recommended!
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"very versatile, compact program"
Version: IrfanView 4.35
Pros
free free free
Cons
I would like to see a better red-eye feature similar to what Zoner Photo Studio does
Summary
been using it for years and still learning some of its features. very easy intuitive to use. faq web site has answered my infrequent questions
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"Worked for me!"
Version: IrfanView 4.35
Pros
Small install, lots of good features.
Cons
non that I could find!
Summary
A good solid program.
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"Replaces windows default image viewer."
Version: IrfanView 4.35
Pros
Fast, stable, free.
Cons
Prompts to install toolbar.
Summary
The built-in windows image viewer is very slow by comparison. I'm not thrilled that it solicits permission to install adware, but at least it's presented as an option and not forced upon the user.
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"great for resizing"
Version: IrfanView 4.35
Pros
Has lots of tools if you want them
Cons
I dont know of any
Summary
Anyone can use this
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"Worked for my Purposes."
Version: IrfanView 4.35
Pros
Full-featured, handles certain file types that my Photoshop Elements doesn't handle.
Cons
None yet. Doesn't handle .jp2 files natively, but the plugin is easy to acquire and install. (Minor)
Summary
I just needed something to open JPEG 2000 files (.jp2). I also needed to get and install the proper plugin, and then it worked like a charm.
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"Easy to use,meets all my needs and is free!"
Version: IrfanView 4.35
Pros
Easy to set up and use.
Cons
none for my uses
